Report of the governor general of the Philippine Islands. [1908]

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REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

Marine division.-During the fiscal year the entrance and clearance of 615
foreign vessels were certified and the corresponding cargo and passenger manifests, crew and store lists, and other requisite papers examined and verified in
the marine division, in which 6 American and 19 Filipino clerks are employed.
It is the duty of the employees of this division to check importations for
which entries are presented, from the manifests of the carrying vessels, verify
the entries for merchandise placed in bond and cleared from bonded warehouses,
examine and affix fee stamps to consular invoices describing exportations of
Philippine and other products destined for the United States and foreign countries, prepare vouchers for the refund of import duties paid on coal used on
vessels engaged in the interisland and foreign trade, certify to the correctness
of bonds presented to insure the subsequent production of bills of lading and
consular invoices when these documents are not available upon arrival of the
corresponding merchandise, estimate duties on importations and exportations in
order that deposit thereof may be made and the merchandise examined or
laden without unnecessary delay, and make proper record of abandoned and unclaimed merchandise, showing final disposition thereof.
The marine division is also charged with the issuance of permits, including
delivery, discharge, lading, or transfer of merchandise, and the subsequent verification of the same from the reports of inspectors, examiners, storekeepers, and
guards. The following list shows the number of each class of permits issued
during the fiscal year 1908:
For lading-.__- _____ —_ __ ____.__. --- ——. -- 855
For discharging 217
For transfer of coal -— _ _ __ _ _ ___ -__ --- 1, 016
For overtime work -..- ____ __ —__-_ --- —-- 1,496
Miscellaneous, ship-side, separate transportation, transit
cargo, short shipments, etc-_____ _____________ - 3, 379
For ship-side delivery of government supplies-,________ 274
For customs warehouse delivery of government supplies___ 1, 576
For delivery of unexamined packages__ __ --- —-------- 23, 710
For examination of designated packages__ ---_ —_ ___ —_ 23, 710
For bonded-warehouse examination___- -______ — 1,460
For bonded-warehouse delivery __ ----- — _.__ __- _ - 5,745
For bonded-warehouse exportation _-_- _ --- —------- 143
For bonded-warehouse transportation___ -- -- _ — 5
Total ___ --- —----------- -... --- —------------ 63, 586

The number of entries handled in this division and their designations was as
follows:
Consumption _ ___- - _._ _ _ _ _-__ ---- - - 20,368
Free - _____ ---- ------------ 3, 342
Warehouse _- _______ _-. _._1,587
Warehouse withdrawals:
For consumption___....-. — - _-. 3,689
For export --- 124
For transportation - -..........- -—.. 5
Government free_-_ --- —. -- - - -...- 3, 207
Railroad free.._______ _ _... -.- --- 217
Export __ - _. --- —- - - ---—..- -. --- —--- 4, 573
Coal refund__ ___ _ ----------- 997
Drawback ------------------------------- 33
Total --- ------ ------------ 38,142
The average number of warehouse entries filed per month during 1908 was
132, as compared with 96 during the previous fiscal year.
From July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908, the marine division certified the entrance
and clearance of 2,364 vessels engaged in the interisland trade.
As may be gathered from the above, the initial work in connection with customs treatment of imported and exported commodities is performed in the
marine division, and their final disposition is also shown by its records.
Liquidation division.-On this division falls the important duty of liquidating
and examining, for the purpose of detecting and rectifying errors, all entries