1004 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 13,14. 5. Lard and its componmds. _ _ rim-pamiumm. Lumber of pitch pine, in rough or prepared for buildings, to be reduced to 9 shillings per 1,000 feet. sat-suit c. Scrmnuuz C. A»·a¤iq¤¤1m1m1•c Article to be admitted at 25 per cent. reduction of the duty desig- Z.,{§{l°°"°° °f 25 P"` nated in the customs tarid now in force: 1 Beef, salted or pickled. 2. Corn and maize. 3. Corn meal. 4. Oats. 5. Petroleum and its products, crude or refined. 6. Pork, salted or pickled. 7. Wheat. And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given the assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain at Washington that this action of the Government of Great Britain in granting rcmissions and alterations of duties in the British Colonies above mentioned, is accepted as a due reciprocity for mm the action of Congress as set forth in 8E0d0D 3 otésaid Act :1) d f
°•- Now therefore be it known that I enjamiu arrison, resident o
ii$`».° °°1°°m mm the United States of America, have daused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of the aforesaid British Colonies to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America. In testimony whereoi, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the City of Washington, this first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Inde- [SEAL.] pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth. Bmw Hnnrson By the President: Jums G. Bmmn Secretary of State. [No. 14.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PBOCLAMATION. I·`ebruary1, 1892. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved
October 1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize
vsmn, 11.012. duties on imports and for other purposes,” the attention of the Government of the German Empire was called to the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be ex. empt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Charge d’Aii'aires of the German Empire at Washington has communicated to the Special Plenipotentiary of the United States the fact that, in view of the Act of Congress above cited, the German Imperial Government has, by due legal enactment, authorized commercial M__ the admission, from and after February 1, 1892, into the German Emnngemenp with cer- pire, of the articles or merchandise, the product of the United States “““E’”P“’°· at America, named in the following schedule, on the terms stated erem: -
