PREFERENTIAL TARIFF.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 170, 18 July 1907, Page 3

PREFERENTIAL TARIFF.

The proposals of the Government with regard to the extension of the system of preferential trade adopted under the? Act of 1904 are given below: —

Resolved that there shall be levied and paid to the use of His Majesty on all goods specified in schedules C, D and E. and not being the produce or manufacture of soma part of the British Dominions if imported into New Zealand after the respective dates hereinafter specified in this or entered for home consumption after the said dates, in addition to duties (if any) authorised under schedules A and B, the duties of Customs following: (1), On the articles specified in schedule C, if so imported or entered after the data mentioned, an amount equal to the amount payable on these articles under schedule A; (2), on articles specified schedule D part i., after the said date, an amount equal to one-half of the amount payable on these articles under schedule A, except so far as otherwise provided in schedule D part I.; (3), on the articles specified in schedule D part 11. after the 31st day of March, 1908, an amount equal to one half of the amount payable on these articles uiider schedule A; (4), on the articles specified in schedule D part 111., after March 31st, 1908, an amount equal to "20 per cent of amount payable on these articles under schedule A; (5),0n the articles specified in schedule E part 1., after the 16th day of July, 1907, duties equal 20 per cent of value for duty as defined by Customs Laws Consolidation Act ISS2, or its amendments: (6), on articles specified in schedule E part TL, after the 31st March, 190S, duties equal 20 per cent the value for duty as .defined by Customs Laws Consolidation Act 1882 or its amendments; (7), on the articles specified in schedule E part 111., after the 31st March, 190S, duties equal to 10 per cent the value for duty as defined by Customs Laws Consolidation Act 18S2, or amendments.

Srhedule C. — Cement, Portland, and otber structural, and builuaig cement.

Schedule D. — Part 1. — Basketware and wickerware, iiot otherwise enumerated, not being furniture; bicycles, tricycles, and the like vehicles, also finished or partly tiniSaed or machined parts of the same, n.0.e.; boots, as specified elsewhere; candies; carriages, carts, drays, waggons, perambulators, and the like v-ohicles, and wheels for tee same; china, porcelain, and parian ware; clocks, time registers, aud time detectors; cordage, rope, and twlaa, not otherwise enumerated; earthenware, stoneware, aud brownware; fancy goods and toys, also sporting, gaming, and athletic requisites, not otherwise enumerated, includiug billiard tables, and billiard requisites; hair aud toilet combs; fish, potted and preserved; furniture and cabinetw-are, n.o.e. and other than iron, or other metal; glassware, globes and chimneys for lamps: hardware. Ironmongery, and hollow-ware; hops; iron, and other nails, not otherwise enumerated, including- dog spikes: iron pipes and fibre pipes, exceeding sin in interna!, diameter; also knees, bends, elfcowe, and other fittings for the same; jewellery, plate, gold, or silver; plated ware; greenstone, cut or polished; lamps, lanterns, and lamp-wick, not otherwise enumerated; lawn-mowers: mnslcal Instruments; pa-per-wrapplng.wrapping. ail kinds, not printed, including blue candle, glazed cap, glazed casings, small-band, lumber-hand, tissue, brown, cartridge, and snprar papers; up bolstery, n.0.e.; walking-slicks.

Preferential duties upon the articles hereafter enumerated to be charged up to and including the 31st day of October, Wi>7. thereafter to cease and determine:— Cream of tartar; glass, crown, sheet, and common window; glass, plate, polished, coloured, and other kinds, not otherwise enumerated: paper-hangings.

Prcfere&tia! duties upon tlte items hereafter enumerated shall only be charged ou and after the first day of April, 1U0S: — Bill-hoots, bush-hooks, slasters, and nedgeknlves; bronnis, brushes, and brushware; cartridges (shott. 1O to :>4 bore; cartridgecases: cartridges, n.0.e.: cars, wagsons. and trucks, railway, and tramway, aiid wheels for same: electric batteries, and ceils: furniture, fittings, instruments, and appliances, ii.o.e., for the generation, transmission, application, or utilisation of electricity, or of electric power of any description whatsoever: flsh, dried, pickled, or salted, n.o.e-; galvanised iron manufacttwee, enumerated, made up from galvanised iron, or from plain sheet iron, and then galvanised; heelplates, and toe sttffeners, and plates: japanned and lacquered metalware; luces, vamps and uppers; lay figures, busts, and dress stands; leather bags, and leatherrloth bags, n.0.e.; leather ent into shapes; leather leggings: leather manufactures, n.0.e.: magic lanterns, bioscopes, cinemato~rap-hs, kinetoseopes, phonograpns, gramophones, grraphophones, and, the HKe instruments; also limelight and the like ;ipparatns: mantelpieces, other than stone; manufactured or partly manufactured articles of metal, or manufactured or partly manfactured articles of metal j u combination with any other material whatsoever n.0.e.: matches, as specified elsewhere; paper bags, coarse (Incla<ung sugar bags); paper bags, not otherwise enumerated; picture, or photograph, frames, or mounts; statues, statuettes, casts, and bronzes.

Tinware and tin manufactures, n.o.e. tobacco pipe cases, cigar and cigarette holders' rases, cigarette cases and papers. Woodecware and turnery, u.0.e., and vpmsers: rwnaniit, batter, cocoa or cacao butter, Tuit butter and otlier renned vegetable butters or fats. lard and refined animal fats, n.0.e.; meats, potted or preserved; provisions, n.n.e.. vegetables, fresh dried or preserved fruits, preserved in jnice or syrup: milk, or cream, preserved, evaporated or dried; aerated and mineral waters, effervescing beverages, and beverages, n.0.e.: coffee, essence of. and essence of coffee, with milk, or any other food substance, fruit jnices or imitation fruit juices, unsweetened iv containers of less than 10 gallons capacity, fruit juices or imitation frait juices, sweetened, 6}Tnps aurl raspberry vinegar, sweetened.

Baking powder, yeast preparations and other fpnnents, also ypast foods, chemicals, and chemical preparations, n.0.e.. Including photographic chemicals, n.0.e., also anti-iucrustation boiler and other componnds. deitrine and dextrine pastes or solution. essences flavouring, n.o.c. encaiyptas oil, in bnlk or bottle, glycerine refined, medicinal preparations, dmgs, druggist sundries and apothecaries' wares, D.0.c., also aerated water maters' and cordial manufacturers' and brewers' drugs, chemicals and other sundries, r.0.e.. medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wines or wioes mixed with Tood), containing fifty p.c. of proof spirit or less: saccharine in the Sorm of tablets, pilules, grannies or cachets, each containing not more than half s r 3' D °' saccharine, in combination with at least 10 per cent of alkali; surgeons', physicians', dentists, and opticians' instruments and appliances, n.0.e.; leather, chamois, saddlery, and harness, whips and wbip thongs, portmanteaux, trunks, travelling bags, and oriel bags of- leather, or

leather cloth, ten inches In length, and upwards, and carpet bags, furniture, knife plate powder, and polish: bricks, known as fire bricks, drainage pipes, and drainage tiles, earthen flooring and garden tiles, filters, fireclay; ground and fireclay gooas; plate glass, bevelled or silvered mirrors, and looking glasses, framed or unfraroed; fishing tackle, including artificially baited hooks, other than flies.

Moulding and panels, in the piece, of either wood, nlaster. pulp, metal, or other material, for" picture frames. cornices, walls, or ceilings; photographic goods, n.o.e.

Watches, artificial fiies, oil, perfumed, also toilet preparations and perfumery, n.0.e.; cardboard, pasteboard, strawboard, wood pnlp board, corrugated board, and lined board, n.0.e.; cloth lined, enamelled, gelatine and metallic papers, n.0.e., also ivorite, n.o.e.

Inks, n.o.e: stationery, writing paper, n.0.e.; printers' menu. wedding, programme, and mourning cards of cardboard, celluloid, or other material, edged or embossed, but otherwise unprinted; calendars and show cards of all kinds; cardboard or paper boxef complete or cardboard or paper cot or shaped for boxes, wrappers or other receptacles, including match boxes; directories of Xew Zealand or of any part thereof, also covers for directories.

Stationery, manufactured, viz., account hooks, manuscript books, scribbling and letter blocks, and books plain or ruled, billhead, Invoice and statement forms, printed or ruled paper counter hooks, cheque and draft forms; tags, labels, blotting pads, sketch books, book covers, copying letter books, manifold -writers, albums, other than for photos, diaries, birthday books, plain or faint line ruled: books, printed window tickets, printed, lithographed or embossed; stationery and Cnristmas. New Year, birthday. Easter, and other cards and booklets, stereotypes, matrices, half tone and line blocks: boilers, land and marine, including feed, water heaters, fuel economisers, steam superheaters, mechanical stokers, crab winches, cranes, capstans and windlasses; machinery, n.0.e.. steam engines and parts, n.0.e.. bellows, n.0.e.. blocks, wooden tackle, doors, sashes, either plain or glazed, with ornamental glass, axle grease and other solid lubricants, harness oil and composition leather dressing and belt dressing, animal food of all kinds, n.0.e., including horse and cattle, epices and condiments, proprietary or otherwise, also hemp seed, maw seed, millet seed, canary seed, and mixed bird seed.

Bags;— Calico, forfar. linen, flour, bagging, bags and sacks, n.0.e., including filter bacs and sheaths.

Rla-eking. boot gloss, polish, blacklead. Boats. launches, yachts, also all vessels propelled by means other titan oars, when Imported in any vessel, including all tittingß, therefor, n.o.e. Nets and netting. Soap powder, extract of soap, dry soap, soft soap, liquid soap, soap solntions. and washing or cleansing powders, crystals, pastes, liquids, tarpaulins, tents, sails, rick and ..waggon covens, marble and granite and dressed and polished articles made therefrom, also imitation stone, and dressed or polished therefrom, or from cement. Soap, n.o.e. Schedule D.—Part ll.—Preferential duties »jpon the items hereinafter enumerated shall only be charged on and after the first day of April. 190S:—Bacon and hams: biscuits, ships', plain and unsweetened, also dog biscuits: biscuits: candied peel, and drained peel: confectionery, including medicated lozenges, medicated confectionery, boiled sugars, liquorice not otherwise and chocolate confectionery (1) in plain bottles. (2) in fancy packages, (3) in small packages for retail sale containing not more than 31b net weight of confectionery, boiled sugars, liquorice, sugared or crystallised fruits, and chocolate confectionery not otherwise enumerated, gincose aud caramel, honey, jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves, walnuts, shelled or nnshelled, pearl barley, peas split, spices ground, n.o.c, pepper, pimento, aud olive stones, gTound: vinegar, not exceeding 6.5 per cent of acidity: chicory, cocoa and chocolate, specified elsewhere: coffee, roasted; tea, not otherwise provided for: acid, acetic, containing more or less than 30 per cent of acidity: soda crystals.

Handbills, circulars, programmes, playbills, printed posters, trade catalogues, price-lists, and fashion plates, printed advertising matter, n.c.e.

Composition-piping, iron galvanised corrngated sheets, iron, plain galvanised sheet or hoop, iron tanks, lead piping, shot.

Oil. n.0.e., including mineral lubricating oil, in vessels capable of containing one gallon or more: paints and colours, ground In oil or turpentine, also putty and driers, n.0.e.; paints and colours, mixed ready for use, also enamel paints, n.0.e.; stearine; varnish, including lithographic varnish, gold size, liquid gold, and other metallic paints, also liquid medium for mixing with metallic paints; whitijg and chalk. Cattle (horned)Chaff, grain, barley: grain and pulse of every kind, , n-o-e. ; grain and pulse, of every kind, when ground or in any way manufactured, n.o.e. Horses, onions, potatoes, prepared calfmeal, blue, gelatine, isinglass, glue and size; soap, common yellow and bins mottled: spirits, methylated to the satisfaction of the Minister; starch. Schedule E.—Part I. —Bicycles and tricycles, and Strings, rubber tires, pnenmatic tires, outside covers, and inner tubes, handle-grips, pedal rubbers, also the following articles when not plated, japanned, painted, or varnished: Drop-forglngs, stampings, steel balls, weldless steel tubes with or without butted ends. wood, or metal rims (not bored), forks, stays, handlebars, and seat piUars unbuilt, bracket shells, fork, and stay ends, fork-tips, bridges, crowns, and lugs: gum boots, knee or thigji, the soles of which, may be of either leather or rubber: iron, sheet, plate, hoop, rod, bolt, bar, angle, tee. channel, plain back; plain iron-rolled girders; rolled chequered plates; shafting, plain rolled or plain turned, but otherwise unwrougbt: Iron and steel cordage; material for the manufacture of carriages, and motor vehicles (as specified elsewhere): paper, printing (as specified elsewnerei. rails for railways and tramways, including lay-oms, points. nose, tubing, or piping, armoured or otherWise, flexible metal hose, tubing, or piping; cardboard boxes and material, gold and silver paper, plain or embossed, embossed paper in strips, gelatine or coloured papers, known as "box papers"; castings for ships, also propeller-screws, including only bosses and Wades: iron boiler-plates and nnflanged end-plates for boilers boiler-tnbes not exceeding sin In internal diameter and nnflanged: expansion-rings, fnrnace-flnes, iron pipes, and fibre pipes not exceeding stn in internal diameter, also kcees. bends, elbows, and other fittings for the same, gas engines, hammers, oil engines, motor cars; paper, hand-made or machine-made, book. or writing, when in original wrappers, or sizes no tless than the size known as "demy." and doc being a "wrapping-paper, or of the same quality as a wrapping-paper. Schedule E.—Part lll.—Boots', shoes', sandals, clogs and pattens, slippers, goloshes, children's Nos. 0 to G, cork soles and sock soles, bottles, empty plain glass cot being cut or ground; also jars plain glass or plain earthen, np to 3in .diameter at month; artists' materials, canvas in piece or on stretcirers; oiled paper or dra-wTng paper In sheets or blocks, colours, brushes* palettes and palette knives, pbofosrraptec cameras, leases, including focussing" cloths and camera covers, sensitised surfaces and •albnmenised paper, plain, not ben-- postcards or other stationery, butter paper (known as vegetable parchment pajJer) waxed paper unprinted, cartridge drawing paper, copy books having printed head lines on each page, aleo drawing books copying paper, medium and larger sizes in orfciinai mill wrappers and labels; ink, printing of net invoice valne not exceeding 4d S 'the pound: anchors, axles, axle anna, axle boxes, blacksmith's anvils, forges and fane caps percussion, chains, iron, (rfain or with hook, swivel, or ring attached empty iron drums, not exceeding ten gaUons capacity engine governors.; fire engines, chemical fire engines and extinguishers v fire-liose^n<ico CD . lings for portable fire escapes,. Qre -adders fire reels, firemen's helmets, if to « he e l t^ia^ aaa "* tie collector for use by a fixe brigade; fish hooks unmounted and witnont attachments; machinery inciudinseparating machines, also coolers mtn<ir°machinery. gold-saving machinery metal sheaves, metal wire of all kinds, olai'n No 5 gauged over according to British standard metal cordage n.c.e., not being s om or sUver, also barbed fencing wire and staples metal wove wire and metal san ze also wire netting and expanded metal lath'ine or fencing in piece, perforated sheet or iron, portable engines on four or mnrp. wheels with boiler of locomotive tvr£ Drint ing machines, embossing, bronrfn- type casting and type setting machine!,' card board box making machines and tools for same, printing and type printing materials n.o.e. suited only for use of printer* sew ing, knitting, and kilting machines steam" or hydraulic pressure and vacuum '-saneel pressure indicators for gas engines speed indicators for testinj machinery; surVlyor? instruments, steel bands, chains measartotapes, drawing instruments, tacis nails Un and under, welierea and-fiansed boiie- fur

naces, plain or corrnsatea, paints and colours, belting for machinery other than leather belting, 'and cot nelng cordage or rope, binder twine, two-ply or nnder; br:cfcs not fire bricks, candlewict, cork cut. fishermen's cork floats also plain, unornamentat stoppers of everY description for bottles, etc., felt sheathing. *"»x. bottling machinery, flour milling, refrigerating, dredging, leather splitting, and soda water machines, steam ensines'for mining and gold-savins purposes and for dairying purposes.