Prohibited Exports.

CEYLON.

Under date of January 3, 1920, the Gove.nment of Ceylon promulgated a revised list of articles the export of which is prohibited under the War Exportation Ordinance of 1914. The list is as follows:

Articles prohibited to all destinations:-Made-up wearing apparel of cotton, linen, flannel, tweed, and woolen goods, chilies: manufactures or cotton, wool, linen, and tweed: cotton and linen thread: lubricating oils: rice: wheat flour: sugar: tins (empty or full) made of tin plate, except those of less capacity than I gallon: Russian rouble notes: and British specie.

Articles prohibited to destinations other than the United Kingdom its possessions and proctectorates: Aircraft, ammunition, apparatus which can be used for the storage or protection of compressed or liquifled gases, fiame, acids, or other destructive agents capable of use in warlike operations and their component parts; armored motor cars; asbestos, except raw asbestos; bitumen; bauxite; butter; cheese; cocaine; explosives; firearms of all kinds; implements designed exclusively for the manufacture of tions of war and for the manufacture or repair of arms or war material for use on land or sea; mica; opium; silver; whalebone; and wool.

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COSTA RICA

Under date of January 28, 1920, the President of the Government District of Danzig, who is at present administering the territory of the future Free City on behalf of the Allies, issued an order concerning foreign trade, the principal provisions of which are as follows:

A permit is necessary for the exportation of merchandise from the territory of the future Free City.

The granting of permits for both imports and exports may be made subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions. Permits will be issued by a municipal Bureau for Foreign Trade, which will be organized at once. This bureau will determine the conditions under which permits are to be granted. The main lines for the activity of the bureau will be drawn up by the municipal authorities in agreement with the Danzig Chamber of Commerce, subject to approval by the President of the Government District.

To cover the expenses of the bureau, a fee of one per mill may be collected.

Penalties for violation of the foregoing provisions are also fixed.

These provisions do not, of course, apply to merchandise in transit, which is unrestricted.

Removal of Certain Embargoes.

DENMARK.

permits the exportation of horses mares, and colts under license from the Ministry of Finance.

Duties on Certain Animals.

Another decree of the same date provides for the imposition of export duties on the following live animals: Horses and mares, 800 francs each; colts, 500 francs each; asses and young asses, 200 francs each. Schedule B (export tariff) of the French customs tariff, is modified in accordance with the above decree. These rates are applicable also to Algeria.

Embargo and Duty on Objects of Art and Furniture.

A decree of May 1, published May 2, 1920, prohibits from the date of publication the exportation of objects of art and furniture dating before the year 1830, and works of painters, sculptors, designers and engravers, deceased twenty years before the date of exportation. The prohibition is not applicable to goods for transshipment, warehousing, of transit, nor for those imported (for exportation) after the publication of the present decree. The Ministry of Finance may authorize special export permits. The degree imposes upon each object exported which is valued at less than 100,000 francs an export duty of 50% ad valorem, plus the amount obtained by multiplying 1-2 per cent. thousand francs by the square of the number of thousands of francs of total value. For example, the duty on an obbject valued at 50,000 francs is 37,500 francs, or 5 times 50 squared plus 25,000. The export duty on objects valued at 100,000 francs and over is 100% ad valorem. The duty is not applicable to goods imported after the publication of this decree.

Export Duty on Oil.

GIBRALTAR.

The Gibraltar Governor has placed a duty of Is. 6d. per ton of actual weight delivered on all oil for use as fuel exported from Gibraltar whether taken as bunker or as cargo. The duty taxes affect from May, 1920.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Changes in Embargoes.

It is announced that solvent naphtha, cresylic acid, and mixtures containing cresylic acid have been restored to the list of British export embargoes. The item now includes coal tar, all products and derivatives thereof suitable for the manufacture of dyes and explosives, whether obtained from coal tar or other sources, and mixtures and preparations containing such derivatives.

The open general license for the export of industrial explosives, smooth-bore guns, and munitions for use therewith, has been withdrawn and the exportation of these commodities granted to the following countries only: British possessions and protectorates (in accordance with the arms convention, all arms, ammunitions, and industrial explosives still require export licenses for destinations in prohibited areas), French possesions and protectorates (same convention applies), the United States, South America, Japan, and Korea, Asiatic Russia France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Norway; Sweden; Denmark, and Switzerland.

The Board of Trade has removed the export prohibition from canned cherries. (Other canned fruits may be exported only under Ecense).

The following changes have been made on March 31, in the export embargoes now in force: Grabs oysters, shrimps, scallops and salmon, trout have ben added to the list of tinned, preserved, or frozen fish and may be exported without license. Condensed or preserved milk, other than milk powder, has been placed on the list of goods that may not be exported to any destination except under license, removing this item from list B, which allowed its exportation to all parts of the British Empire.

Dried fruits may now be exported without license and the preserved fruits requiring a license are the following:Pears, pineapples and peaches, canned or bottled in water; fruits canned or bottled in sirup, except cherries, fruit pulp; and jams and marmalade.

On March II the exportation of salmon, trout and Russian notes and roubles from the United Kingdom was permitted without the formality of a license.

The following British export prohibitions have been removed under date of April 15, 1920: Barley, maize, oats,

rye,and dari, together with their relative flours and meals: brewers' and distillers' grains; malt dust, culms, spouts, and combings; and rice meal or bread.

The Board of Trade announced that from April 1 the open general license for the export of industrial explosives has been wihtdrawn and prohibition on the export of explosives has been amended so that the exportation of all explosives (except blasting, gelatine, gelignite, gelatine dynamite, viking aowder, detonators, electric detonators nonobel safety fused, and dynamite) is prohibited to all destinations.

On April 29, 1920, the British Board of Trade removed the export embargo on unsweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk.

On May 6, 1920, the British Government removed the export embargo from cod-liver oil, preparations containing cod-liver oil, and sulphate of quinine.

The British export prohibition against pears and peaches, canned or bottled in water, and fresh and frozen imported meats of all kinds, has been removed on May 13, 1920.

An order from the British Food Ministry has removed the export embargo on cottonseed cake effective from January.

Licenses for Certain Coal-tar Products.

Under date of February 19, 1920 the British Board of Trade announces that export licenses for the exportation of all coal-tar products excepting finished dyestuffs, but including aniline oils and salts, granted before January 1, 1920, are revoked. The revocation is to take effect February 21, 1920. Applications for the renewal of licenses will be considered if special cause is shown.

Permits for Cherries.

ITALY.

Under date of May 13, 1920, the Italian Government will permit, until further notice, the exportation of fresh cherries, sulphurated cherries, and cherries in brine.

By a decree published under date of January 7, 1920, there is introduced in the tariff of Export Duties issued June 13, 1917, the following amendments applicable to exportations from Lower California; Cotton seed, Item 135 Bis, $1 ($0.50 U. S. currency) per 100 kilos, gross weight; orchilla, Item 168, exempt; and oranges Item 77, exempt when exported from the States of Sonora and Sinaloa, as well as from the territory of Lower California.

Surtax on Imports and Exports.

A presidential decree has been issued under date of February 24, 1920, with effect from March 1, 1920, imposing on all imports and exports a surtax of 10%,payable either in Mexican gold or in "infalsificable" paper at the rate of I peso to 10 centavos. The purpose of the measure is the withdrawal of the "infalsificable" currency from circulation with a minimum of speculation. It is estimated that all of this paper currency will be retired within the next six months.

Beginning with May 1, 1920, the export of cattles hides and goat skins from Mexico is prohibited.

the royalty shall be 2 1-2 per cent, ad valorem; when the price is 30 shillings, but less than 35 shillings, the royalty shall be 3 per cent. ad valorem; when the price is 35 shillings, but less than 40 shillings, the royalty shall be 5 1-2 per cent. ad valorem; when the price is 40 shillings or more, the royalty shall be 7 1-2 per cent. ad valorem.

Provided that, for the purpose of computing royalty, mixed ore containing both tin and wolfram concentrates shall if it contains 60 per cent and over of wolfram concentrate, be deemed wolfram ore, and if it contains less than 60 per cent. of wolfram concentrate, be deemed to be tin ore.

Duty on Palm Kernels and Oil.

Beginning Februarv 1, 1920, the duty in Nigeria on palm kernels will be £2 per ton (exclusive of the duty of £2 per ton on palm kernels exported to destinations outside the British Empire) instead of £1 2s. 6d. per ton. On palm oil the duty will be £3 per ton instead of £2 per ton after February 1. RUSSIA.

Relaxation of Embargo from Vladivostok. The committee in control of imports and exports has been persuaded in April by the head of the Vladivostok government to grant export permits. SPAIN.

Allowance of Olive Oil.

A royal order published March 30, 1920, modified April II, allows the exportation of 20,000,000 kilos of olive oil, providing the exporters place at the disposition of the Government, at the official price, quantities equal to 150 per cent. of the amount exported. The Government reserves the right to suspend export if deemed advisable for the supply of the national demands; also the right to permit export to certain countries only, if it is desirable for the fulfillment of special trade agreements. There will be an export tax of 5 pesetas per 100 kilos if in barrels, and 20 pesetas if in bottles or tins under Span'sh brands. The permits will lapse on September 30 for olive oil in barrels, and on October 31 for oil in other receptacles. URUGUAY.

Increased Port Charges.

On account of the increased cost of labor, fuel, and materials the National Port Administration of Montevideo has found it necessary, in order to cover the cost of operation, to increase both ths landing and loading charges for all merchandise handled at this port. The new schedule was put into effect on January 10, 1920.

Duties on Preserved Pork.

By a decree of January 9, 1920, pork preserved by salting and injection, as well as by refrigeration, is included in the exemptions from export duty provided by the laws of July 15, 1911, and April 28, 1916. Amounts paid for export duties on preserved pork are to be refunded.

II. Import.

AUSTRALIA.

facture or importation of which has ben authorised under this act. "Explosive" means gunpowder, blasting powder, nitro-glycerine, guncotton, dynamite, blasting, gelatine, gelignite, fulminates of mercury, or other metals, colored fires, and every other substance whether chemical compound or mechanical mixture, used or manufactured with a view to produce a violent effect by explosion, or a pyrotechnic effect, and includes fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions, fog and other signals, and every other adoption or preparation of an explosive as above defined.

The Minister may issue permits for the importation of authorized explosives, and no one shall import any explosive into Canada, other than safety cartridges, without such permit: Provided however, That nothing in this Act shall prevent any explosive from being transported through Canada by railway in bond, if such transportation is made in a manner authorized by the Railway Act or any regulation or order made thereunder. The Ministry may on application and on payment for the prescribed fees issue a special permit to import, for the purpose of chemical analysis or scientific research, an amount not exceeding 2 pounds of any explosive specified in such permit.

Penalties are provided for the violations of this act, which came into force on March 1, 1920.

predous stones and watch charms of glass, colored or not, coefficient, 3; item 428bis, incandescent mantles (impregnated,) coefficient, 3; item 442, pure wool carpets with notted or twisted pile of any origin including imitations, coefficient, 3; item ex504bis, alarm clocks with or without mus'c, weighing more than 500 grams each, coefficent, 2.5 item ex504ter, small alarm clocks and movements for the same, with or without music or striking attachments, coefficient, 2.5.

A decree of February 3, 1920, published in "Le Journal_Officiel" for February 8, modified coefficients as follows: Item 332, refractory products other than of common clay, coefficient coefficient 3; items 409 and 410, cotton velvets and plushes, bleached or unbleached, dyed or mercerized, glossed to imitate silk, coefficient 2.7; the same, other than glossed to imitate silk, containing silk in the warp, 26 or less threads to the centimeter, coefficient, 1.2; more than 26 threads to the centimeter, coefficient, 3; item 536, except carbon, or artificial carbon brushes for dynamos, coefficient,3.

A decree of March 27, published March 30, increases the coefficient for import duty on bodies of passenger motor vehicles (item ex614ter) other than those dutiable at the ad valorem rate to 2.3 motor vehicles and parts weighing up to 2500 kilos (kilo 2. lbs.) are dutiable at the rate of 45% ad valorem.

Item ex419 unit cotton goods not specified, including garments and parts thereof, fitted or not coefficient 3 and item 627 hats of woolen felt coefficient 2.5.

A decree of April 12, 1920, published April 16, makes the following modifications in the list of coefficients: Item ex24, horsehair prepared or curled, coefficient 3; item 515, carding machines, item 516, machines for cleaning, opening, and preparing textile fibers, and for dressing and finishing fabrics in the niece, and item 516bis, machines for drying or carboning textile fibres. coefficient 3: iron or steel rims (armatures) for solid automobile truck tires. coefficient 3: item 651 and 651bis. artificial flowers, leaves, and fruits, and preserved plants and flowers. coefficient 3.

A decree of April 22, 1020, nublished April 26, increases the following coefficients for obtaining rates of import duty: Item ex 164bis, distillery yeast coefficient 3: item 331, refractory potterv of common clav, coefficient 3; item 521, printing presses and machines for letterpress. Ithographic, phototype. copperplate. and all other kinds of impression on paner, cardboard, wood, metal, celluloid, and plastic materials coefficient 3.

Removal of Prohibition on Frozen Meat.

A French decree of February 24 removes the prohibition against the importation of frozen meats, beginning June 1, 1920.

Guina. A decree of same date removes the restrictions on the importation of sugar into all the French colonies except the above and into all the protectorates except Tunis and Morocco. GREAT BRITAIN.

Duties on Cigars and Motor Spirits. The new duty on cigars is 15 shillings and 7 pence plus 15% ad valorem, while the colonial preference will be five sixths of the specific duty plus two thirds of the advalorem surtax. On January 1, 1921 the duty of six pence per gallon on motor spirits is to be repealed.

Removal of Prohibition on Dyestuffs.

INDIA.

A circular has been issued by the Mexican Minister of Finance permitting the payment of import duties at Mexico City instead of at ports of arrival upon compliance with the following requisites:

First Previous delivery to the customs at the port of entry of a bond satisfactory to the collectors of customs, fully guarantee ng the payment of import duties that may be imposed.

Second. The payment of said duties will be made upon the basis of the respective tariff, with a surcharge of 25% of the total amount of the duties.

For surtax: see "Exports" above.

NEW ZEALAND.

Conversion Rates for Customs Purposes.

The following new regulations prescribing the form of conversion in the case of goods imported into New Zealand on or after February 1, 1920, substituted there for:

(1) For goods exported from Canada: An average rate of exchange to be published in the New Zealand Gazette and forwarded by circular to the collectors of customs throughout New Zealand, for public information on or before January 20, 1920, such rate to stand for a period of six months unless, before the expiry of that time, it is found to be operating unjustly. The rate of exchange so fixed will be a fair average of the latest quotations available from Montreal over a period of 14 days, or some longer period.

(2) For goods exported from the United States: An average rate to be arrived at in the same manner as under rule (1) on latest quotations from New York.

(3) For goods exported from other countries: A rate to be published in the same manner as under rule (1) fixed on the best information available, or in case of those countries for which no rate of exchange can be satisfactorily arrived at, the rates of exchange shown on the invoices of other documents, unless there is good reason to believe that such rates have been wrongfully or mistakenly Inserted.

Where goods which left the exporters' premises in the country of exportation prior to October 11, 1919, have been prevented from reaching New Zealand before February 1, next, owing to shipping strikes or similar unavoidable delay in transit, such goods may be entered at the rates of exchange at present recognized by the customs, provided the same are imported not later than March 31, 1920.

A decree of February 14, 1920, published in the Diario do Governo of the same date prohibits the importation of certain articles and regulates the importation of others. The list of prohibitions and restrictions, together with a part of the regulations, follow:

Art. I. The importation into continental Portugal and adjacent islands of foreign goods enumerated in schedule A of this decree is prohibited. Art. 2. Goods enumerated in schedule B of this decree may be imported only in quantities fixed every three months by the Minister of Finances and subject to the payment of the regular import duties and the surtaxes provided for in the decree.

Art. 3. The quantity of goods to be imported will be allotted by special rationing commissions located in certain customs d.stricts.

Persons wishing to import articles included in schedule B must make an application to the rationing committee in their district between the 1st and 15th of March, June, September, or December.

Art. 4.

The importation of goods enumerated in schedule

B can be made only by persons whose names are included in the lists of the rationing commissions. Persons who wish to import goods allotted to them by the special commission must ask for an authorization of importation, stating the quantity and quality of goods to be imported and giving the value of the goods in the currency in which the goods are to be paid for. Art. 5. Goods which on the date of this decree are in a warehouse in the customhouse are excepted from the provisions of articles 1 and 2 of this decree; also goods of which importation has been authorized by article 3 or decree No. 6263 of December 2, 1919, also goods which were sent direct to continental Portugal before January 2, 1920, where it can be proved by bills of lading, railway or postal receipts, also goods which were sent direct to continental Portugal before January 2, 1920, where it can be proved by bills of lading railway or postal receipts, also goods which were ordered and paid for before January 2, 1920, subject to adequate proof. Art. 9.

The petitions for importation during the present year must be presented before February 20 of this year. The commission will allot the goods to be imported from March to June, inclusively, until the end of February.

Art. 10. This decree enters immediately in force and revokes all legislation to the contrary.

There is a surtax of 20 escudos each on automobile trucks, and on manufactures of oilcloth another sutax of 0.30 escudo per kilo. (Escudo equals $1.08, nominal value; kilo equals 2.2046 pounds.) SALVADOR.

Exemption for Stucco Board.

The free admission of stucco board into Salvador is provided by a decree of February 17, 1920. SPAIN.

Regulations for Foreign Aeroplanes.

The Spanish Ambassador to the United States has transmitted the new customs regulations for foreign aeroplanes to be in effect in Spain.

These regulations provide that no foreign machine may land in an airdrome, except one provided with customs services, when it will be examined and assessed for duty. The duty shall be paid or sufficient guaranty given for them in case proof is not given of the departure of the machine within six months. The airdromes or landing fields near Barcelona, San Sebastian, Malaga, and Sevilla are considered as provided with customs service, the operator of the field being expected to apply for authorization from the Director General of Customs. Native or foreign companies which establish service over the country must apply for a permit for airdromes established or to be established. In the case of forced or voluntary landing in airdromes not supplied with customs service the owner of the airdrome shall notify the authorities.

No merchandise whatever may be imported by aeroplane