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Ch. 37: Imports of Precious Stones from 1892 to 1902

Ch. 36: US Diamond Imports from 1867 to 1889 Page of 237 Ch. 37: Imports of Precious Stones from 1892 to 1902 Text size:minus plus Restore normal size   Mail page  Print this page
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IMPORTS OF PRECIOUS STONES FROM 1892 TO 1902
In the following table " uncut diamonds" include miners', glaziers', and engravers', not set, and watch jewels up to 1896, inclusive. From 1897 uncut diamonds only. " Cut diamonds" include other precious stones up to 1896, inclusive. Years end June 30.
The above table marks very plainly the period during which the duty on cut diamonds was twenty-five per cent. While that law was in force most of the diamonds brought into this country were undoubtedly smuggled in; and as a duty of ten per cent, was put on the rough, that made cutting here in competition with smuggled goods unremunerative, and shows in the decrease of the importations of rough.
Although the importations of cut diamonds in 1902 is not as large in amount as in 1893, and still less in quantity owing
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