Opinion by
Keefe, J.It was stipulated that the cheese in question is sijnilar to that the subject of Scaramelli v. United States (9 Cust. Ct. 270, C. D. 706) and Abstract 48539. In accordance therewith it was held to be properly dutiable upon the basis of the net weight of the cheese as returned by the United States weigher, not including the weight of the strings, less 2)4 percent for inedible coverings. Protests sustained to this extent. Abstracts 40880 and 41794 cited.