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CUSTOM HOUSE EXAMINATION OF BACCACE.

The Tariff of 1913 provides for the exemption from duty of wearing apparel, etc., as shown in paragraph 642, as follows:

642. Wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, and similar personal effects of persous arriving in the United States; but this exemption shall include only such articles as were actually owned by them and in their possession abroad at the time of or prior to their departure from a foreign country, and as are necessary and appropriate for the wear and use of such persons and are intended for such wear and use, and shall not be held to apply to merchandise or articles intended for other persons or for sale: Provided, That in case of residents of the United States returning from abroad all wearing apparel, personal and household effects taken by them out of the United States to foreign countries shall be admitted free of duty, without regard to their value, upon their identity being established under appropriate rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That up to but not exceeding one hundred dollars in value of articles acquired abroad by such residents of the United States for personal or household use or as souvenirs or curios, but not bought on commission or intended for sale, shall be admitted free of duty.

BAGGAGE DECLARATIONS.

The law requires that every person entering the United States shall make a declaration and entry of personal baggage. The senior member of a family present as a passenger may, however, declare for the entire family. A failure to declare articles acquired abroad and brought in as baggage renders the articles subject to forfeiture and the passengers liable to criminal prosecution. (Sections 2802 and 3082, R. 8.)

Returning residents of the United States should use the form of declaration printed in black; nonresidents should use the form printed in red.

The exact number of pieces of baggage accompanying a passenger must be stated in the declaratlon, including trunks, valises, boxes, hand bags, and packages or bundles of every kind. Forms of baggage declarations will be furnished passengers by the steamship officers. The déclaration should

CUSTOM HOUSE EXAMINATION OF BAGGAGE-Continued, › be prepared and signed at least one day before the expected arrival of the vessel. Declarations spoiled in preparation should not be destroyed, but should be turned over to the purser, who will furnish a new blank.

When the declaration has been prepared and signed, the coupon at the bottom of the form must be detached and retained by the passenger and the declaration delivered to the ship's officer designated to receive the same. After all the baggage and effects of the passenger have been landed, the coupon which has been retained must be presented at the inspector's desk, and an inspector will then be detailed to examine the bagggage. Passengers must acknowledge in person, on the pier, their signatures to the declarations.

RETURNING RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

Returning residents of the United States must declare all articles acquired abroad, in their baggage or on their persons, whether by purchase, by gift, or otherwise, and whether dutiable or free of duty. Exemption, however, will be allowed by customs officers of articles aggregating not over $100 in value, if suitable for personal or household use or as souvenirs or curios, and whether intended for the personal use of the passengers or as gifts or presents to others, provided the articles are not bought on commission for another person nor intended for sale. Articles so exempt from duty must, nevertheless, be declared. Articles belonging to one passenger can not be included in the exemption of another.

Use does not exempt from duty wearing apparel or other articles obtained abroad. Such articles which have been used abroad may, however, be specifically noted on the declaration, and due allowance will be made by the appraising officers for depreciation through wear and use and duties charged upon the articles at their value in their condition as imported.

Passengers must not deduct the $100 exemption in making out their declarations. Such deductions will be made by customs officers on the pier.

All wearing apparel, personal and household effects taken out of the United States by residents shall be admitted free of duty without regard to their value upon their identity being established. If remodelled, repaired, or improved abroad, the cost of such remodelling, repairing, or improvement must be declared, and receipted bills for such alterations should be presented. The cost of such repairs is subject to duty, but may be included by customs officers within the $100 exemption. If the cost or value of the repairs be not declared, the articles will be subject to duty upon their entire value. Citizens of the United States or persons who have at any time resided in this country shall be deemed to be residents of the United States, unless they shall have abandoned their residence in this country and acquired an actual bona fide residence in a foreign country. Such citizens or former residents who declare as nonresidents must present satisfactory evidence to the customs officers upon the pier that they have given up their residence in the United States and have become bona fide residents of a foreign country

The residence of a wife follows that of the husband, and the residence of a minor child follows that of its parents. The examination of baggage will be facilitated and difficulties avoided if receipted bills for foreign purchases be presented, and if all articles acquired abroad be packed separately in one or more trunks. NONRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

Nonresidents of the United States must declare all articles in their baggage or on their persons which do not constitute wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, tollet articles, or similar personal effects, whether intended for their personal use or for others. They must also declare all articles of wearing apparel, jewelry, and other articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, and similar effects when not owned by them or when intended for other persons or for sale.

HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS.

Household effects, such as furniture, table linen, bed linen, tableware, etc., imported as baggage must be declared. If shown to the satisfaction of the customs officers to have been actually owned and used abroad by the passenger not less than one year and not intended for any other person nor for sale, such effects will be admitted free of duty. If not so owned and used abroad, duties must be paid thereon, unless included in the $100 exemption allowed returning residents,

CIGARS AND CIGARETTES.

Each passenger over eighteen years of age may bring in free of duty 50 cigars or 300 cigarettes, or smoking tobacco not exceeding three pounds, if for the bona fide use of such passenger. These articles must be declared, but will be passed free by customs officers in addition to the $100 exemption. CONTESTED VALUATION.

Passengers dissatisfied with values placed upon dutiable articles by the customs officers on the pier may demand a re-examination. Application therefor should be made to the officers in charge Iminediately. If, for any reason, this course is impracticable, the packages containing the articles should be left in customs custody and application for reappraisement made to the collector of customs in writing within ten days after the original appraisement, No request for reappraisement can be entertained after the articles have been removed from customs custody.

Examination of any baggage may be postponed if the passenger requests the officer taking his declaration to have the baggage sent to the appraiser's stores

Currency or certified checks only can be accepted in payment of duties, but upon request baggage will be retained on the pier for 24 hours to enable the owner to secure currency or certified checks. The offering of gratuities or bribes to customs officers is a violation of law. Customs officers who accept gratuities or bribes will be dismissed from the service. and all parties concerned are liable to criminal prosecution.

Discourtesy or incivility on the part of customs officers should be reported to the collector at the custom house, to the deputy collector or deputy surveyor at the pier, or to the Secretary of the Treasury. Passengers should not, however, deem customs officers discourteous merely because such officers examine baggage thoroughly or appraise articles at a value different from that stated in the passenger's declaration.

BAGGAGE FOR TRANSPORTATION IN BOND

Baggage containing dutiable articles may be forwarded in bond to any other port of entry upon good reason therefor being shown.

Passengers desiring to have such baggage forwarded in bond should so indicate on their declarations, and also make a request therefor upon the inspector at the time he is assigned to the examination of their baggage. Similar action should be taken when it is desired to have baggage forwarded to another country in transit through the United States.

CUSTOM HOUSE EXAMINATION OF BAGGAGE-Continued.

SEALSKIN GARMENTS.

An act of Congress of 1897, as amended in 1912, expressly forbids the importation into the United States of garments made in whole or in part of the skins of seals taken in the waters of the Pacific Ocean Unless the owner is able to establish to the satisfaction of the collector that the garments are not prohibited by said act, they cannot be admitted.

AIGRETTES AND OTHER PLUMAGE.

Paragraph 347 of the present Tariff act contains the following proviso:

"The importation of aigrettes, egret plumes, or so-called osprey plumes, and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins, of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, and not for scientific or educational purposes, is hereby prohibited; but this provision shall not apply to the feathers or plumes of ostriches or to the feathers or plumes of domestic fowls of any kind.

Any of the above-described prohibited articles will be excluded from entry when brought in by passengers as trimmings on hats or other articles of wearing apparel, and will be confiscated whether found in the baggage or on the person. In cases where there has been no wilful intent to violate the law, such prohibited articles may be exported to a foreign country. W. G. MCA DOO, Secretary of the Treasury.

THE UNITED STATES CENSUS.

THE Constitution requires that a census of the United States shall be taken decennially. The First Census was taken in 1790 under the supervision of the President; subsequent censuses, to and including that of 1840, were taken under the supervision of the Secretary of State. In 1849 the supervision of the census was transferred to the newly organized Department of the Interior, and continued under the control of that department until the passage of the act of 1903, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor; by this act the Census Bureau was transferred to the new department. Congress, by act approved March 6, 1902, made the Census Bureau a permanent bureau of the Gov

ernment.

The work of the Census Bureau is divided into two main branches, namely, the decennial census and special statistical inquiries, the latter mostly made in the intervals between the decennial censuses. The Thirteenth Decennial Census was taken as of date April 15, 1910. It covered the three main subjects-(1) population, (2) agriculture, and (3) manufactures, mines and quarries.

The results of this census have been published, and have been used wherever available for the tables of the present ALMANAC. The aggregate cost of the census of 1910 was about $13,500,000, In addition to which $1,675,000 was spent in carrying on the annual Investigations of the permanent bureau during the census period. Of this amount $7,200,000 represents the cost of collecting the data through the employment of over 70,000 paid enumerators, besides supervisors, clerks, and special agents. The balance is the cost of tabulating and publishing the result. A more detailed account of the census of 1910 is given in the 1911 Issue of THE WORLD ALMANAC.

The permanent work of the Census Bureau is provided for by the act of Congress approved March 6, 1902, and amendments thereto. These acts authorize and direct the bureau to make statistical inquiries regarding the Insane, feeble-minded, deaf and dumb, and blind; crime, pauperism and benevolence; deaths and births in the areas maintaining registration system; social and financia! statistics of cities: wealth, debt and taxation; religious bodies; electric light and power, telephones and telegraphs, and street railways; transportation by water: cotton production, cotton consumed. Imported, exported, and cotton on hand, and active cotton spindles, and statistics of tobacco. The statistics of deaths (which now cover about two-thirds of the population, statistics of cities, and of production of cotton are secured annually; the other statistics mentioned are taken usually at Intervals of five or ten years, not, however, at the same time as the regular decennial censuses. The act of 1902 also provides for a census of manufactures in the fifth year intervening between the decennial censuses, and the new Thirteenth Census act further provides for a census of agriculture in 1915, The Director of the Census is appointed by the President of the United States and receives a salary of $6,000 per annum. The present Director is William J. Harris of Georgia. The permanent office organization includes a chief clerk, William L. Austin; four chief statisticians; for Population. William C. Hunt; for Manufactures, William M. Steuart: for Finance and Municipal Statistics, Starke M. Grogan, and one for Vital Statistics; a geographer, Charles S. Sloane, and eight chiefs of division. The entire number of employés in the Bureau at Washington is now about 600; In addition there are about 735 special agents employed intermittently in the Southern States for the collection of cotton statistics. The number of employés in Washington was greatly increased during the decennial census; on November 1, 1910, it was 3,565, in addition to field employés.

WHITE HOUSE RULES.

THE following rules have been arranged for the conduct of business at the Executive Offices during the Winter of 1914-15:

The Cabinet will meet on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11 A. M. until 1 P. M.

Senators and Representatives having business to transact will be received from 10.30 A. M. to 12 M., excepting on Cabinet days. In view of the pressure of business at the Executive Offices during the Congressional session it would greatly facilitate matters If Senators and Members could telephone for an appointment before calling, as many will have first made appointments in this way, and those calling without appointments are therefore necessarily delayed in seeing the President

The East Room will be open daily, Sundays excepted for the inspection of visitors, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. JOSEPH P. TUMULTY, Secretary to the President.

NATIONAL CRANGE, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Master-Oliver Wilson, Peoria, Ill. Overseer-W. H. Vary, Watertown, N. Y. LecturerGeorge W. F. Gaunt, Mullica Hill, N. J. Steward-F. C. Bancroft. Wyoming, Del. Assistant Steward J. A. Sherwood, Long Hill, Ct. Chaplain-A. P. Reardon, McLouth, Kan. TreasurerMrs. Eva 8. McDowell, 6 Norfolk Terrace, Wellesley, Mass. Secretary-C. M. Freeman, Tippecanoe City, Ohio. Gatekeeper-C. L. Rice, Austin, Minn. Ceres-Mrs. Esther E. Pattee, Laconia, N. H. Pomona Mrs. Cora E. Ketcham, Hastings, Mich. Flora-Mrs. Ella Peckham, Newport, R. I. L. A. Steward-Mrs. Mabel H. Harland, Payette, Idaho. High Priest-C. M. Gardner, Westfield, Mass. Priest Archon-Oliver Wilson, Peoria, Ill. Priest Annalist-C. E. Spence, Oregon City, Ore. Executive Committee: C. S. Stetson, Chairman, Greene, Me.; A. B. Judson, Balfour, Iowa: C. O. Raine, Secretary, Canton, Mo. The National Grange has established over 30,000 subordinate granges throughout the United States.

Postal Enformation.

(Revised by the Post-Office Department for THE WORLD ALMANAC. Sections quoted by numbers in this subject refer to the Postal Laws and Regulations.) DOMESTIC RATES OF POSTAGE.

ALL mailable matter for transmission by the United States mails within the United States is divided into four classes, under the following regulations: (Domestic rates apply to mail for Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Tutuila, Porto Rico, Guam, Hawail, the Philippines, the Canal Zone," the Republic of Panama, and Shanghai, China, also to mail for officers or members of the crew of vessels of war of the United States, and officers and men of the United States Navy in the United States Naval Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.)

First-Class Matter-This class includes letters, postal cards, post cards," and anything sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, except as provided for under other classifications or anything containing writing not authorized on mail matter of other classifications.

First-class or letter rate of postage to any part of the United States, its possessions, or the abovenamed countries, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof.

Rates on local or drop letters at free delivery offices, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. At offices where there is no free delivery by carriers, and the addressee cannot be served by rural free delivery carriers, one cent per ounce or fraction thereof.

Rates on postal cards, one cent (double or reply" cards, two cents). Postal cards issued by the Post-Office Department may bear written, printed, or other additions as follows:

(a) The face of the card may be divided by a vertical line placed approximately one-third of the distance from the left end of the card; the space to the left of the line to be used for a message, etc., but the space to the right for the address only.

(b) Addresses upon postal cards may be either written, printed, or affixed thereto, at the option of the sender. (c) Very thin sheets of paper may be attached to the card on condition that they completely adhere thereto. Such sheets may bear both writing and printing.

(d) Advertisements, illustrations, or writing may appear on the back of the card and on the left third of the face.

2. The addition to a postal card of matter other than as above authorized will subject the card, when sent in the mails, to postage according to the character of the message-at the letter rate if wholly or partly in writing or the third-class rate if entirely in print. In either case the postage value of the stamp impressed upon the card will not be impaired.

3. Postal cards must be treated in all respects as sealed letters, except that those mailed for local delivery will be returned to the sender if undeliverable and the name and address of the sender appears thereon. Undeliverable "double" postal cards will be returned to the sender if known.

4. Postal cards bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel or other similar substances, are unmailable, except when inclosed in tightly sealed envelopes with proper postage attached, or when treated in such manner as will prevent the objectionable substances from being rubbed off or injuring persons handling the mails.

Cards that have been spoiled in printing or otherwise will be redeemed from the original purchasers at 75 per cent, of their face value if unmutilated.

POST CARDS-(private mailing cards)-bearing written or printed messages are transmissible in the mails. Private mailing cards (" post cards '') in the domestic mails must conform to the following conditions: (a) A post card'' must be an unfolded piece of cardboard not exceeding approximately 3 9-16 by 59-16 inches, nor less than approximately 234 by 4 inches,

(b) It must in form and in the quality and weight of paper be substantially like the Government postal card. (e) It may be of any color not interfering with a legible address and postmark.

(d) It may or may not, at the option of the sender, bear near the top of the face the words " post card.

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(e) The face of the card may be divided by a vertical line the left half to be used for a message, etc.. but that to the right for the address only.

() Very thin sheets of paper may be attached to the card, and then only on condition that they completely adhere thereto. Such sheets may bear both writing and printing.

(9) Advertisements and illustrations may appear on the back of the card and on the left half of

the face.

2. Cards, without cover, conforming to the foregoing conditions are transmissible in the domestic mails (including the possessions of the United States) and to Cuba, Canada, Mexico, the Republic of Panama, and Shanghai, China, at the postage rate of 1 cent each.

3. When post cards" are prepared by printers and stationers for sale, it is desirable that they bear in the upper right hand corner of the face an oblong diagram containing the words Place postage stamp here," and at the bottom of the space to the right of the verticle dividing line, the words This space for the address."'

4. Cards which do not conform to the conditions prescribed by these regulations are, when sent In the mails, chargeable with postage according to the character of the message-at the letter rate, If wholly or partly in writing, or at the third-class rate, if entirely in print.

5. Cards bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel, or other similar substances, are unmailable, except when inclosed in tightly sealed envelopes, or when treated in such manner as will prevent the objectionable substances from being rubbed off or injuring persons handling the mails. Postage on all letters should be fully prepaid, but if prepaid one full rate and no more, they will be forwarded, and the amount of deficient postage collected on delivery; if wholly unpaid, or prepaid with less than one full rate and deposited at a post-office, the addressee will be notified to remit postage; and if he fails to do so they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office; but they will be returned to the sender if he is located at the place of mailing, and if his address be printed or written upon them.

Letter rate is charged on typewriting and carbon or letter press copies thereof, and on all printed imitations or reproductions of typewriting or manuscript obtained by mechanical process unless such reproductions are presented at post-office windows in the minimum number of twenty identical unsealed copies.

Letters and other matter prepaid at the letter rate-two cents an ounce or fraction thereof-(but no other class of mail matter) will be returned to the sender free, if a request to that effect is printed or written on the envelope or wrapper. The limit of weight is four pounds, except for a single book, and except, also, gold for or from Alaska sent by registered mail.

POSTAL INFORMATION—Continued.

Prepaid letters and other matter prepaid at the letter rate will be forwarded from one post-office to another upon the written request of the person addressed, without additional charge for postage. The direction on forwarded letters may be changed as many times as may be necessary to reach the person addressed. Nothing may be added to such letters except the forwarding address without subJecting them to new postage.

Second-Class Matter-This class includes all printed newspapers and periodicals that have been Entered as second-class matter," under the act of March 3, 1879, and are regularly issued at stated intervals as frequently as four times a year, from a known office of publication, and mailed by the publishers or news agents to actual subscribers or as sample copies or to news agents for sale, and newspapers and publications of this class mailed by persons other than publishers, Also periodical publications entered under the act of August 24, 1912, of benevolent and fraternal sociêties, organized under the lodge system and having a membership of a thousand persons, and the publications of strictly professional, literary, historical and scientific societies, and incorporated institutions of learning, trade unions, etc., provided that these be published at stated intervals not less than four times a year, and that they be formed of printed paper sheets without board, cloth, leather or other substantial binding. Publishers who wish to avail themselves of the privileges of the act are required to make formal application to the department through the postmaster at the place of publication, producing satisfactory evidence that the organizations, societies, and institutions represented come within the purview of the law.

Rates of postage to publishers and news agents, one cent a pound or fractional part thereof, prepaid in currency. Publications designed primarily for advertising or free circulation, or circulation at a nominal rate, or not having a legitimate list of subscribers, are not entitled to the pound rate under the act of March 3, 1879.

Publications which have not been admitted to the second-class are third- or fourth-class matter. Publications sent to actual subscribers in the county where printed and published are free, unless mailed for delivery at a letter-carrier office.

Rates of postage on second-class newspapers, magazines, or periodicals, mailed by others than the publishers or news agents, one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof. It should be observed that the rate is one cent for each four ounces, not one cent for each paper contained in the same wrapper. This rate applies only when a complete copy is mailed. Parts of second-class publications or partial or incomplete copies are not entitled to second-class rates. Second-class matter is entitled to special delivery when special delivery stamps (or ten cents in ordinary stamps and the words "Special Delivery" placed on the wrapper) are affixed in addition to the regular postage.

Second-class matter must be so wrapped that it may be easily examined. The sender's name and address may be written in them or on the wrapper, also the words "sample copy", when sent as such, or "marked copy" when it contains a marked item or article, Typographical errors in the text may be corrected, but any other writing subjects the matter to letter postage.

Third-Class Matter-Mail matter of the third class includes printed engravings, circulars in print (or by the mimeograph, hectograph, electric-pen, or similar process when at least twenty identical copies are mailed at post-office windows at one time), and other matter wholly in print (except books), proof sheets, corrected proof sheets, and manuscript copy accompanying the same. Printed books are fourth-class matter. See "Parcel Post or Fourth-Class Mail."

The rate on matter of this class is one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Postage must be paid by stamps affixed, unless 2,000 or more identical pieces are mailed under special permit when the postage at that rate may be paid in money.

Manuscript unaccompanied by proof sheets is subject to the letter rate.

Third-class matter must admit of easy inspection, otherwise it will be charged letter rate on delivery. It must be fully prepaid, or it will not be despatched. New postage must be prepaid for forwarding to a new address or returning to senders,

The limit of weight is four pounds. Packages of miscellaneous printed matter weighing over four pounds are mailable at the parcel post pound or zone rates. It is entitled, like matter of the other classes, to special delivery when special delivery stamps are affixed in addition to the regular postage, or when ten cents in ordinary stamps are affixed in addition to the regular postage and the words "Special Delivery" are placed on the wrapper.

Upon matter of the third class, or upon the wrapper or envelope inclosing the same, or the tag or label attached thereto, the sender may write his own name, occupation, and residence or business address, preceded by the word "from," and may make marks other than by written words to call attention to any word or passage in the text, and may correct any typographical errors. There may be placed upon articles of the third class, a simple manuscript dedication or inscription not of the nature of a personal correspondence. Upon the wrapper or envelope of third-class matter, or the tag or label attached thereto, may be placed in writing or otherwise the words "Please do not open until Christmas" or words to that effect, and there may be printed any matter mailable as third class, Written designation of the contents such as photo," "printed matter," is also permissible, but there must be left on the address side a space sufficient for a legible address, postmark and the necessary stamps.

Fourth-Class Matter-SeeParcel Post or Fourth-Class Mail, "

Third- or Fourth-Class Matter Mailable Without Stamps-Under special permits postage may be paid in money for third- or fourth-class matter mailed in quantities of 2,000 or more identical pieces. For information concerning the regulations governing such mailings inquiry should be made of the postmaster.

Special Delivery Service-Ten cents on each letter or other article in additim to the regular postage, entitles the article to immediate delivery by special messenger. Special delivery stamps are sold at post-offices, and must be affixed to such mail. Ordinary stamps to the value of ten cents In addition to the regular postage, affixed to a letter or other piece of mail will entitle it to special delivery if it is marked Special Delivery." The delivery, at carrier offices, extends to the limits of the carrier routes. At non-carrier offices it extends to one mile from the post-office. Also to patrons of rural routes residing within one-half mile of such routes. Postmasters are not obliged to deliver beyond these limits, and letters addressed to places beyond must await delivery in the usual way, notwithstanding the special delivery stamp.

Registration-All domestic mail matterexcept fourth-class matter may be registered at the rate of ten cents for each package in addition to the regular rates of postage, to be fully prepaid by stamps, Each package must bear the name and address of the sender, and a receipt will be returned from the person to whom addressed, when indorsed **receipt desired," or words of similar import Mail matter can be registered at all post-offices in the United States

An indemnity-not to exceed $50 for any one registered piece, or the actual value of the piece, if it is less than $50-shall be paid for the loss of first-class registered matter mailed at and addressed to

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