The  articles  are  ready-made  clothing  or  Avearing-apparel,  composed  in  part  of  silk
and  in  part  of  wool,  and  the  question  involved  is  whether  they  are  dutiable  as  manu-
factures of  silk  or  of  which  silk  is  the  component  of  chief  value  (T.  I.,  new,  383),  or
under  the  provision  for  "  clothing,  ready-made,  and  wearing-apparel  of  every  descrip-
tion, not  specially  enumerated  or  provided  for  in  this  act,  »  »  »  composed  wholly
or  in  part  of  wool,"  «fec.    (T.  I.,  new,  366.)

In  the  opinion  of  the  Department,  the  articles  are  provided  for  in  the  clause  last
mentioned,  as  they  are  therein  enumerated  as  ready-made  clothing,  in  part  of  wool,
and  as  such  provision  takes  precedence  of  the  general  provision  (T.  I.,  new,  383)
for  "all  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  not  specially  enumerated  or  provided  for  in
this  act,  made  of  silk,  or  of  which  silk  is  the  component  material  of  chief  value."

The  Department  decides  that  the  appe.il  is  well  taken,  and  that  the  appellants
are  entitled  to  a  reliquidation  of  the  entry.  You  will  take  action  accordingly.
(5964.)


WOOL  AND  MANUFACTURES  OF  WOOL.  125

Treasury  Department,  November  12,  ISRfl.
White  highlaxo  wool.— I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  a  h;tter
from  the  Acting  Secretary,  dated  the  6th  instant,  transmitting  a  copy  of  a  disijatch
from  Mr.  Bret  Harte,  United  States  consnl  at  Glasgow,  relating  to  the  price  of  white
Highland  wool.
