Protest 908954-G of Stone & Downer Co.

Keefe, Judge:

In this suit the plaintiff seeks to recover certain customs duties assessed upon two thousand salted Buenos Aires camp calf hides, invoiced and entered as weighing 64,914 pounds. The hides were invoiced upon the basis of 8 cents per pound, c. i, f. Boston. The collector assessed duty at 10 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1530 (a), Tariff Act of 1930, on the basis of value found by multiplying the invoiced quantity by the entered price per pound. The plaintiff claims that the collector’s failure to weigh the hides upon importation resulted in assessment of duties upon a…