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 1010 rnocnnnnrrons. nos. 17, Is. 27. Roofs of galvanized iron, gutters, ridging, clamps and screws for the same. 28. Printing materials. 29. Books, pamphlets and other printed matter, and ruled paper for printed music, printing paper in sheets not less than 29 by. 20 inches. 30. Geographical maps or charts, and celestial and terrestrial spheres or globes. 31. Surgical and mathematical instruments. 32. Stones and nre-bricks for smelting furnaces. 33. Vessels and boats of all kinds, iitted together or in parts. 34. Gold and silver in bullion, bars or coin. umn packages or It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles °°"*>’*¤¥°· named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be iree of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose. And that the Government of Nicaragua has further stipulated that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product of the United States of America, shall impose no undue restrictions on the importer nor additional charges on the articles imported. And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua at Washington that this action of the Government of N icaragua in granting freedom of duties to the products of the United States of America on their importation into Nicaragua, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in Section 3 of . said Act: t_R¤¢iv¤;»¢1¤`;lm¤¤if¢¤· Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of $$3 lgwg. `°mg°°° the United States of America, have caused the above stated moditications of the tariff laws of Nicaragua to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ahixcd. Done at the City of Washington, this 12th day of March. one thou— sand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independ- [SEAL.] ence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth. BENJ Hnnmson By the President:. WILLIAM F YVHARTON Acting Secretary of State. [No. 18.] BY THE PRESIDENT on THE UNITED STATES OF AAIERICA: A PROCLAMATION. M¤rch15.18¤2. Whereas in Section 3 of an Act passed by the Congress of the United rmimtie. States entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on `*·`<·*·2°· I’·°12· imports, and for other purposes” approved October 1, 1890, it was pro. vided as follows: t M That witha view_to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following articles, and for this purpose, on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the Government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides raw and uneured, or any of such articles, imposes duties or other ex? actions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coifee;