Section 209
SEC. 209. The Insular Collector is hereby authorized, upon satisfactory proof of the injury or destruction, in whole or in part, of any merchandise, by accidental fire, or other casualty while the same remains in the custody of officers of the customs in any public or private warehouse under bond, or in the appraiser's stores undergoing appraisal, in pursuance of law or regulation, or while in transportation under bond from the port of entry to any other port in the Philippine Islands, or while within the limits of any port of entry, and before the same has been landed under the supervision of the officers of the customs, to abate or refund, as the case may be, out of the money appropriated for the refund of duties, the amount of duties paid or accruing thereupon; and likewise to cancel any warehouse bond or bonds, or enter satisfaction thereon, in whole or in part, as the case may be.