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(Form No. 140.)

CONSULAR CERTIFICATE.

I, the undersigned, Consul of the United States, do hereby certify that, on this 22nd day of October, A.D. 1900, the invoice described in the indorsement hereof was produced to me by the signer of the annexed declaration.
 
I do further certify that I am satisfied that the person making the declaration hereto annexed is the person he represents himself to be, and that the actual market value or wholesale price of the merchandise described in the said invoice in the principal markets of the country at the time of exportation is correct and true, excepting as noted by me upon said invoice, or respecting which I shall make special communication to the proper authorities. I further certify 

Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
Received It. Lire [[164 -?]], equal to $2.50, U.S. gold.
Edward C. Cramer
United States Consul 

(Form No. 138.)
Declaration of Purchaser of Seller or Duly Authorized Agent of Either. 

I, the undersigned, do solemnly and truly declare that I am the Seller of the merchandise in the within invoice mentioned and described; that the said invoice is, in all respects, correct and true, and was made at Florence, Italy, whence said merchandise is to be exported to the United States; that said invoice contains a true and full statement of the time when, the place where, and the person from whom the same was purchased, and the actual cost thereof, price actually paid or to be paid therefor, and all charges thereon; that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in said invoice but such as have been actually allowed thereon; that no different invoice of the merchandise mentioned in said invoice has been or will be furnished to any one, and that the currency in which said invoice is made out is that which was actually paid or is to be paid for said merchandise. I further declare 

I further declare that it is intended to make entry of said merchandise at the port of Detroit in the United States of America. 

Dated at Florence, Italy, this 22 day of October, 190 . 
Seller
Charles Eyre

QUADRUPLICATE.
PURCHASED BY IMPORTER.
Invoice No. 1242 Issued in [[strikethrough]] TRIPLICATE. [[/strikethrough]] QUADRUPLICATE.

Consulate of the United States at Florence, Italy.

Date: 22 October 1900.
Seller: Charles Eyre
Purchaser: Charles L. Freer
Name of vessel: [[Ems?]]
Port of shipment: Genoa
Port of arrival: New York
Port of entry: Detroit
Value Lire [[Lit]] 400
Contents: Porcelain Elephant

(Form No. 144.)

Certificate of the value of currency.

I, the undersigned, Consul of the United States of America at Florence, Italy, do hereby certify that the true value of the currency of the Kingdom of Italy, in which currency the annexed invoice of merchandise is made out, is 938 per cent as compared with the corresponding standard coin currency, and that the value in such standard coin currency, and that the value in such standard coin currency of the total amount of the currency actually paid for the merchandise is Lire 375,20 -.
Edward C. Cramer
United States Consul. 

CUSTOM-HOUSE INDORSEMENT. *

No ______________
Importer: ___________________
Vessel: _____________________
From: _______________________
Arrived: ____________________

Kind of Entry: ______________________

Marks, Quantity, and Contents:

*Consular offices will leave all of above indorsement blank. It is to be filled in only at the custom-house at the port of entry.

Transcription Notes:
Name of vessel on third column is difficult to ascertain.