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[[stamp]] QUADRUPLICATE [[/stamp]]

CUSTOM HOUSE INDORSEMENT,*
No. 
Importer,
Vessel,
From
Arrived
KIND OF ENTRY:
MARKS, QUANTITY, AND CONTENTS:

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

PURCHASED BY IMPORTER,
Invoice No. 1598 issued in {TRIPLICATE / QUADRUPLICATE
Certified May 19 1919
(Date.)

AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE
AT
Shanghai, China
Date, May 19, 1919
Seller, Seaonke Yue
Shanghai
Purchaser, Smithsonian Institution
c/o Mr. Charles L. Freer
33 Ferry Ave. Detroit Mich.
Name of vessel or railroad
SS. "Methuen" C.P.O.S.
Port of shipment, Shanghai
Port of arrival, Ogdensburg
Port of entry, Detroit, Mich.
Amount of invoice, Mex $12,659.70
Kind of goods, Chinese paintings jades porcelain and brassware

FORM NO. 138.
Declaration of Purchaser or Seller or Duly Authorized Agent of Either.

I, Seaouke Yue of Shanghai do solemnly and truly declare that I am the Seller (Purchaser or 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 the place named therein whence the said merchandise is to be exported to the United States of America; 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, or agreed to be purchased, and the actual cost thereof, price actually paid or to be paid therefor; and all charges thereon; that no discounts or commissions are contained in said invoice but such as have been actually allowed thereon; that all drawbacks or bounties received or to be received are shown therein; that no different invoice of the merchandise has been or will be furnished to anyone, and that the currency in which the invoice is made out is that which was actually paid or to be paid for the said merchandise.

I further declare

I further declare that it is intended to make entry of said merchandise at the port of Detroit, Mich. USA in the United States of America.
Dated at Shanghai, this ... day of May 19
(Date.)
Seaouke Yue

FORM NO. 140.
CONSULAR CERTIFICATE.

(Date) May 19 1919
I do hereby certify that the invoice described in the indorsement hereof was this day 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 prices given in the invoice agree with 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, excepting as noted by me upon said invoice, or respecting which I shall make special communication to the proper authorities.

I further certify

that a fee of $2.50 United States gold, equal to Mex. $220 (Local currency.) has been paid by affixing stamps to the duplicate copy of this document.
Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.

Chas E Kline
c1-11 Vice Consul of the United States of America.

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