Letter

Exhibit H., July 18, 1878

Author

ALLEN, Collector-General

Date

July 18, 1878

Type

Letter

Language

English

Exhibit H.

Collector-General’s Office, Honolulu, H. I., July 18, 1878.

To his excellency S. K. Kaai, H. H. M.’s Minister of Finance:

Sir: In reply to the communication of yesterday’s date from your excellency’s department, I herewith inclose the list of parties who have protested against paying the additional 15 per cent. duties under the tariff act of 1876, which was enforced with all treaty powers on and after the 12th October, 1877.

That you may see the grounds of protest, I send the several protests that were filed at this office.

The total amount of the 15 per cent. duty on protested entries is $1,177.14. This is all that I consider as direct protests against the tariff act.

I have a much larger list of protests against duties paid upon British, German, and French goods, which goods would have been admitted free if the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States, under the treaty of reciprocity.

I have the honor to be, sir, your excellency’s most obedient servant,

W. F. ALLEN, Collector-General.

List of parties protesting.

Ed. Hoffschlæger & Co.:
	October 1, 1877, ex R. C. Wyllie, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	$1,336 29	$200 44
	December 10, 1877, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	776 04	116 40
	December 13, 1877, ex City New York, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	161 58	24 23
	February 5, 1878, ex St. Paul, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	179 02	26 85
	February 26, 1878, ex Australia, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	244 73	36 70
	March 27, 1877, ex City New York, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	139 89	20 97
	April 10, 1878, ex Iolani, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	391 84	58 77
	April 23, 1878, ex Zealandia, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	132 29	19 83
	May 7, 1877, ex Wilmington, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	66 97	9 90
				$504 19
F. A. Schaefer & Co.:
	October 18, 1877, ex City Sydney, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	1,318 41	197 76
	November 9, 1877, ex Courier, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	782 78	118 41
	December 13, 1877, ex City New York, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	667 35	100 10
	March 1, 1878, ex Glencoe, Great Britain, 15 per cent.	212 63	31 39
	March 1, 1878, ex Glencoe, Great Britain, 15 per cent., champagne		64 65
				522 21
	Castle & Cooke, October 13, 1877, ex W. H. Meyer, Japan, 15 per cent	70 17	10 53
				10 53
	J. T. Waterhouse, January 2, 1878, ex Hertfordshire, Great Britain, 15 per cent	155 75	23 35
				23 35
	Dillingham & Co., April 3, 1878, ex St. Paul, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	219 15	32 87
				32 87
	Theo. H. Davies, July 12, bonded goods, Germany and Great Britain, 15 per cent	559 93	83 99
				83 99
				1,177 14

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.