----------------+---------------+-----------+--------------+---------- During the war, as already explained, the customs receipts have naturally declined, therefore the year preceding that has been selected as indicating the average revenue from custom-houses, when not disturbed by commercial treaty, such as that made in connection with the McKinley Tariff law of the United States, nor the other disturbances, such as civil war and subsequently the blockade of Cuban ports by the United States navy. The value of the following table is in the fact that it shows customs receipts from the several sources other than those which may be considered strictly import duties. CUSTOM-HOUSE RECEIPTS DURING 1895-96, SPECIFYING TAXES --------------+-------------+-------------+ | First | Second | Tariff | Quarter | Quarter | --------------+-------------+-------------+ Import Duties |$2,464,392.70|$2,387,357.28| Ten per cent. | | | on Imports | 272,162.34| 237,673.86| Provisional | | | fifteen per | | | cent. on | | | Imports | 84,126.55| 312,346.57| Export Duties | 344,850.62| 227,858.34| Navigation Tax| 2,539.75| 4,635.50| Loading Tax | 254,316.53| 346,953.59| Unloading Tax | 140,562.35| 128,938.58| Passenger Tax | 8,925.75| 7,808.00| Merchants' | | | Bonds | 332.05| 143.50| Fines | 18,308.40| 22,496.45| Interest on | | | Promissory | | | Notes | 695.03| ..........| Excise Tax | 333,003.78| 252,265.95| +-------------+-------------+ Totals $3,924,215.85|$3,928,477.62| ----------------------------+-------------+