Industrial Cuba: Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital, Enterprise, and LabourPorter, Robert P. (Robert Percival)
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Industrial Cuba: Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital, Enterprise, and Labour
Porter, Robert P. (Robert Percival)
Cuba -- Description and travel; Cuba -- Economic conditions
41. In large pieces, composed of bars or bars and sheets fastened by
means of rivets or screws; the same, unriveted, perforated, or
cut to measure for bridges, frames, and other buildings, G. W.,
.....100 kil. 1.80
42. Anchors, chains for vessels or machines, moorings, switches, and
signal disks, G. W......100 kil. .80
42_a._ Anvils, T......do. 2.50
43. Wire gauze--
_a._ Up to 20 threads per inch, T......do. 2.00
_b._ Of 20 threads or more per inch, T......kilog. .06
44. Cables, fencing (barbed wire), and netting; furniture springs, G. W.,
.....100 kil. 1.00
45. Tools and implements--
_a._ Fine, for arts, trades, and professions, of crucible steel, T.
.....100 kil. 8.00
_b._ Other, T......do. 2.50
46. Screws, nuts, bolts, washers, and rivets; Parisian and similar
tacks, T.....100 kil. 1.50
47. Nails, clasp nails, and brads, T......do. 1.00
48. Buckles:
_a._ Gilt, silvered, or nickeled, T......kilog. .20
_b._ Other, T......do. .15
49. Needles, sewing or embroidering, pins, and pens; pieces of clockworks,
N. W......kilog. .30
50. Crochet hooks and the like; hooks, hairpins, and surgical instruments,
N. W......kilog. .30
51. Cutlery of all kinds; tailors' scissors; sidearms and pieces for same,
T......kilog. .40
52. Firearms:
_a._ Barrels, unfinished, for portable arms, G. W......kilog. $ .25
_b._ Small arms, such as pistols and revolvers, also their detached
parts, T......kilog. 1.00
_c._ Sporting guns: Muzzle-loading, and detached parts thereof,
T......kilog. .60
_d._ Breech-loading, and detached parts thereof, T......do. 2.50
53. Manufactures of tin plate, T......100 kil. 4.00
Wrought iron or steel:
54. Articles of all kinds not specially mentioned, common, even coated
with lead, tin, or zinc, or painted or varnished--
_a._ In which sheet predominates, T......100 kil. 3.00
_b._ In which sheet does not predominate, T......do. 2.00
55. Articles of all kinds not specially mentioned, fine, i.e., polished,
enamelled, coated with porcelain, nickel, or other metals (with
the exception of lead, tin, or zinc), or with ornaments, borders,
or parts of other metals, or combined with glass or earthenware--
_a._ In which sheet predominates, T......100 kil. 3.00
_b._ In which sheet does not predominate.....do. 3.00
GROUP 4.--_Copper and alloys of common metals with copper (brass,
bronze, etc.)_
56. Copper scales, copper of first fusion, old copper, brass, etc., G. W.
.....100 kil. 3.00
57. Copper and alloys of copper in ingots, G. W......do. 4.00
58. Rolled in bars of all kinds, G. W......do. 4.50
59. Rolled in sheets, G. W......do. 5.00
60. Wire, galvanised or not--
_a._ 1 millimetre and more in diameter, T......do. 6.00
_b._ Less than 1 millimetre in diameter, T......do. 6.00
_c._ Gilt, silvered, or nickeled, T......kilog. .50
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