BRITISH PREFERENCE.
I . ' THE DUTY ON TEA. I m '! The Minister of Customs, Hon. W. •! Downic Stewart, who reached Welling- • ton yesterday from Auckland On his ' return from Australia, eaid the agree- ■ irient made regarding re-exporte wae ' important since it applied to tea and ' other goodi* that were imported into ' New Zealand to a large extent through ' J Australia. Tea came to New Zealand ' from Ceylon and India, which, a.s British > possessions, were entitled to the preJ ferential tariff o-f 3d per lb. for bulk teae, ■ and 5d for packets, but much of this tea passed through Australia, where it j had to pay an additional duty of 2d per ; lb. This extra 2d was a charge upon ' the New Zealand consumers, and it hud , the effect of destroying the preference ' since it placed Ceylon and Indian tea on ' i the came basis as Java, tea. The arrangement proposed by the Min : eter will restore the British preference.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 4 May 1922, Page 8
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