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936 FIFTY-EIGHTHCONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 1408. 1905. 5. Should the interested party in his appeal request that a new analysis be made, this operation shall be effected at his expense if the report of the experts be sustained. In contrary case the expense shall be borne by the government. . 6. The following shall be considered: _ . (a) As crude oil derived from the dist1llation_ of slates_or schists, those obtained from first distillation having a spec1i1c gravity of from nine hundred to nine hundred and twenty, at a temperature of twenty-one and one—ninth Centigrade, o1· measured on a Baumé cale for fluids lighter than water, which give a reading from about twenty-seven (corresponding to a specific gravity of about nine hundred) to twenty-two (corresponding to a specific gravity of about nine hundred and twenty-four).' (b) {lis crude and natural petroleum, that imported in the state in which found when extracted from the well, and which had undergone no operation whatever, whereby the natural chemical composition is altered or modified. W en gradually and continuously distilled up to a temperature of three hundred degrees Centigrade, this petroleum must leave a residuum exceeding twenty per centum of its primitive weight. Z. Tar and mineral pitch, bitumens, schists, unrenned creosote, asphalt, and also asphalt paving blocks, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten cents; The customs authorities must take care that under the denomination of tar, or mixtures containing tar, no oils derived - from schists are imported. Tar must not contain in appreciable proportions volatile products or oils which might be extracted pgmeans of distillation at three hundred de rees Centigrade. ough imported under the name of asphadts, or bitumens, impure paraffin, or other roducts must be included in number one hundred and two of Class III. . 8. Crude oils derived from schists, including crude petroleum and axle grease for cars and carts, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten cents; Crude mineral oils mixed with crude animal oils, as well as crude mineral oils mixed with crude vegetable oils when these oils are exclusively destined to lubricating machinery, are likewise dutiable according to this number. 9. Petroleum and other mineral oils, rectified or refined, intended for ‘ illumination or lubrication, N. W., one hundred kilos, one • dollar and twenty-five cents. 10. Benzine, and mineral oils not specially mentioned, includin vase- . ,. . g , line, (1. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and. twenty-five cents. ‘ (a) Gasoline, G. W., one hundred kilos, sixty-five cents. All mineral oils not having the roperties described in paragraph (a) of rule six of the rules {br this group shall be considere as refined. GMP ·*· Gkoor 4.—Om·:s. pc*3mg}*j,jf,h:,{¤v°e*;_{* 11. Cres other than copper, gold, and silver, G. W., one thousand kilos, twenty-five cents. “’°“P5· Gnom- 5.—Cnrs·mr. no Grass. °“`"“""‘° ‘l““‘ 12. Commor}; or ordinary hollow glassware, G. W., one hundred kilos, ei ty cents. (a) giphons for aerated waters, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars and eighty cents.