— 327 — Numbers of the German Articles. Rate of duty: general bril Mar, per 100 10 (Nos. 74 to 76. Timber for building, etc., continned,) (No. 76 sawn longitudinally, etc., continued) 0,72 Notes to Nos. 75 and 76. Shingle boards grooved by the saw only will pay duty under No. 76 as shingle boards merely sawn. Square timber (baulks, planks, etc.) hewn longitudinally, sawn or otherwise prepared, not planed. having only peg sooles, Pegs, slits. grooves, or bored holes, will pay conventional duty under Nos. 75 and 76, with a surtaf as follows: if the duty is paid by weight, 0,.20 mark per 100 kilos. il the duty is paid by volume: hard woaol 1.60 marks per cubic meter, soft woonnn . . . ... 1.(20 marks per cubic meter. Notes to Nos. 74 to 76. I. Wood for building or industrial purposes, merely steamed (not at the same time olored), as also the same wood impregnateld or otherwise chemically treated with the object only of increasing its durability), will pay duty under Nos. 74—76 without a surtax. Colored wood, or wood chemically treated for the purpose of being colored, is subjected to a surtax as follows: ifhe duty is Paid by volume, per cubic meter 2.40 marks, if the duty is paid by weight, per 100 kilos: hard woo . .. . . . . . 0.30 mark, solt olll. 0.40 mark. # The duty on wood includlel under theser number may be Hanid either by weight or by mensure, at the importer'’s Option. or her enbic meter ·2½ 7*