THE NEW TARIFF.

Evening Star, Issue 7625, 30 May 1888, Page 2

THE NEW TARIFF.

The following are THE NEW DUTIES: Resolved— That in lieu of the duties of Customs now charged on the undermentioned articles in importation into New Zealand, or on being cleared from any warehouse for home consumption, the following duties of Customs shall, on and after the 30th of May, 1888, be charged thereon, and be paid at the time of making entry therefor—namely Ale, porter, beer of all sorts, cider, and perry, in bulk, Is 6d the gallon. Aerated and luiucral waters, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Hitters, cordials, and liqueurs, IBs the gallon. Spirits and strong waters of every kind of any strength not exceeding tire strength of proof by Sykes’s hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater strength tha ■; ins strength of proof of such hydrometer, IBs the g«.ivn, (Provided, bowevi t, tin., until the 30th November, 1883, an allowance snail Ik. made for any less strength than the strength of proof as aforesaid.] Spirits and strong waters mixed with any ingredient in any proportion exceeding 33 per cent, of proof spirit, and although thereby coming under the designation of patent medicines, or other designation, IBs the gallon. Spirits and strong waters, sweetened or nixed so that the degree of strength oannot be ascertained as aforesaid, when not exceeding the strength of, IBs the gallon. Spirits, methylated, lathe gallon. Spirits in oases shall be charged as follows on and after the Ist December, 1888—namely, Two gallons and under, as two gallons; over two gallons and not exceeding three, as three gallons; over three gallons and not exceeding four, as four gallons; and so on for any greater quantity contained in any case. Lima and lemon juice, sweetened or aerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Syrups, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Tea, (id the lb. Wine, sparkling, 8s the gallon. Wine, Australian, containing not more than 36 per cent, of proof spirit (verified by Sykes’s hydrometer), the gallon, or for six reputed quart bottles, or for twelve reputed pint bottles, 6s. Wine, other than sparkling and Australian, containing less than 40 per cent, of proof spirit (verified by Sykes’s hydrometer), the gallon, or for six reputed quart bottles, or for twelve reputed pint bottles, 6s. Beef and pork, salted, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Biscuits, shipt’, plain and unsweetened, 3s the cwt. Biscuits, other kinds, 2d the lb. Chocolate confectionery and all preparations of chocolate or cocoa, 3d the lb. Capers, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Catsup, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Cheese, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Chutney, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Confectionery not otherwise enumerated, 2d the lb. Currie powder and paste, L2O per cent. ;ad valorem. Drained peel, Sd the lb. Fish-dried, pickled, or salted, 10s the cwt. Fish (including sardines), potted or preserved, 2d the lb (or reputed package of that weight). Piuits, preserved, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Fruit, pulp, and partially preserved fruit, IJd the lb, Fruit, fresh (including apples, pears, plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, quinces, tomatoes), Id the lb. Glucose, Id the lb. Jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves, 2d the lb. Meats, potted or preserved, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Milk, preserved, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Mustard, 2d the lb. Olives, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Oysters, preserved, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Peas, split, 2s the cwt. Pepper and pimento, ungronnd, 2d the lb. Pickles, 2s the dozen pints or reputed pints, and In the same proportion for larger or smaller slges. Provisions, preserved, not otherwise enumerated L2O per cent, ad valorem. Raspberry vinegar, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Rice and lice flour, 6s the 1001b. Rice, uadressed, and dressed in bond, 4s the 1001b Rice, manufactured Into starch, in bond, 2s the 1001b. Salt, except rock, LI per ton. Sauces, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Vegetables, fresh, dried, or preserved, L2O per cent ad valorem. Opium, L2 the I\ Cigais, cigarettes, and snuff, 7s the lb. Tobacco, unmanufactured, entered to be manufactured in the colony at the time of removal from bonded warehouse or from any importing ship to any licensed tobacco manufactory for manufacturing purposes only into tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, or snuff, 2s Od the lb (from the 31st December, 1888, to the 31st December, 1890). Blacking and boot gloss, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Black lead, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Blue, 2d the lb. Candles, 2d the lb or reputed package of that weight. Furniture, knife, and plate powder and polish, LIB per cent, ad valorem. Glue and size, IJd the lb. Matches, wooden, in boxes containing 100 matches or fraction thereof, Is the gross of boxes; for every additional 50 matches or fraction thereof, Cd the gross of boxes. Wax, in boxes containing 100 matches or fraction thereof, 2a the gross of boxes; for every additional 60 matches or fraction thereof, Is the gross of boxes, Olive oil in bulk, 6d the gallon. Paints and colors mixed ready for use, 4s the cwt. Paints and colors ground in oil, 2a the cwt. Sausage skins, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Soap, common, 5s the cwt. Soap powder, extract of soap, dry soap, and soft soap, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Starch, 2d the lb. Varnish, Is 6d the gallon. Stearins, IJd the lb. Washing powder, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Wax—paraffin, mineral, vegetable, and Japanese— Id the lb. Brooms and brushes not otherwise described, L2O per cent, od valorem. Brushware not otherwise described, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Bellows, except forge, LIB per cent ad valorem. Buckets aqd tubs of wood, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Cabinetwarc, L2B per pent, ad valorem. Furniture, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Mantel-pieces, L2Q per Cent, ad valor ein Upholstery not otherwise enumerated, L 26 per cent, ad valorem. Wire mattresses and webbing, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Desks and dressing cases, L2O per cent, od valorem. Fancy goods and toys, L2O per cent ad valorem. Fireworks, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Maglo lanterns and dissolving views apparatus and elides, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Musical instruments—namely, organs, harmoniums, and pianofortes, and parts of either (except aotlonwork not made up), L2O per cent, ad valorem. Organs, harmoniums, bells, and furniture Imported (or public places of worship, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Statues, statuettes, and casts of bronze, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Walking sticks, L3O per cent, ad valorem. Baskets and wicket-ware, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Hair brushes and combs, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Oil (perfumed), L2O per cent ad valorem. Boots, shoes, slippers, goloshes, clogs, and pattens not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent ad valorem. Boot and shoe uppers, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Harness and saddlery, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Harne s oil and composition and leather dressing, Lls per cent, ad valorem. Glycerine (refined), LIB per cent, ad valorem. Patent and proprietary medicines, and medicinal and other preparations or compounds not otherwise enumerated, recommended to the public under any general names or title as specified (or any disease or affection whatever affecting the human or animal bodies, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Pearl ash, potash, and oaustio potash, LIB per cent, ad valorem. Sarsaparilla, L2S per cent, ad valorem. Soda ash, Is the cwt. Soda carbonate, Is the cwt. Stationery, manufactured—including account boobs billheads, cheques, labels, asd other printed and ruled paper, blank and headline copy books, drawing books, blotting pads, sketch books, manifold writers, albums, diaries, plain and faint-lined ruled books, and other printed and lithographed stationery, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Ink, writing, L2O per cent, od valorem. Paper bags, 7s Od the owt. Paper, wrapping, brown, 4s the owt. Paper, wrapping, other kinds, 6s the owt. Pictorial calendars, show cards, and other pictorial lithographs and prints, on and after Ist December, 1888, L 26 per cant, ad valorem. Leather belting and belt, harness, bridle, leggings and bag leather, 6d the lb, kip (other than East India kip), cordovan, buff, split kangamo, tanned, levant, cow and hone hides, Sd the lb. Roans, Persian, sheepskins or .basils, lambskins and goatskins (dressed), 2d the lb, Not otherwise enumerated, Including sole leather, Id the lb. Portmanteaus, tranks, and travelling bags, L2O per cent. «d valorem. Filters, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Fish paste, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Chaff, LI the ton. Acetic add, 3d per lb. Cod liver oil (refined), Ll6 per cent, ad valorem. Cordage—via , coil rope, Bs the owt. Cordage-viz., white lines, 10s the owt. Cordage—viz , not otherwise enumerated, 7s 6d the owt. Twine for fishing nets, LIB per cent, ad valorem. Twine—sailmakers’ seaming and roping, LIB per cent, ad valorem. Drainage pipes and tiles, L2O per cent, od valorem. Earthen flooring and gardening tiles, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Earthen gas retorts, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Earthenware, stoneware, and brownware, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Fire bricks and fire-day goods, L2O per cent, ad valorem. China and Parian ware and porcelain, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Apparel and ready-made clothing, and all articles made up wholly or in part from silk, cotton, linen, or wool, or of other mixed materials, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Bonnets (trimmed), L2B per cent, ad valorem. Collars and ougs, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Drapery made up, ESS per cent, ad valorem. Drapery not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cant. ad valorem *

Furs, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Feathers (including ostrich), L2O per cent, ad valorem. Haberdashery not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem, Hats and caps, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Millinery-vis,, trimmed hats, caps, and bonnets, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Millinery not otherwise enumerated, L2O pet cent, ad valorem. . , , Shirts of all kinds, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Trousers of all kinds, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Blankets, rugs, and shawls, L2O per cent, a valorem. Hosiery (woollen and mixed with wool), L2O per sent, ad valorem. . , Woollen piece goods and piece goods containing wool, L2O per cent ad valorem. Cotton, linen, silk, and other textile piece goods not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Cotton counterpanes, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Holland (rough brown), not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Machinery for boring, brick and tilomaking, planing, punching, sawing, shearing, turning, mills and

looms, steam vessels, wool and hay pressing, L2O pec osnt. ad valorem. Machinery not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Metal manufactures, including airgratiogs, ashpans, barrow wheels, bill Wes, brackets, bolts as nuts of Jin and over (except blank nuts and bolt ends), blacksmiths’ tongs, boat-hooks, copper boilers and furnaces, Doitrings, lifting and bottle jacks, wrought-iron braces, Copper and branch pipes, brazed copper pipee, cake rolls, camp ovens, and three-legged pots, case iron of all sorts moulded (not otherwise enumerated), castings of steel (not otherwise enumerated), cast iron cylinders, wrought Iron cisterns, coal scoops and scuttles, contractors' forgings, condensers lor salt water and steam engines, wire and steel cork drawers, crowbars, blacklead, crucibles, dampers and frames, door knockers, porters and scrapers, drain grates and frames, drain gratings, dumb bells, engine eastings (not otherwise enumerated), engineers’ forgings (nut otherwise enumerated), engine forgings (not otherwise enumerated), fenders, tire dogs, tire guards, (lower stands, fittings for pumps, engines, machinery (not otherwise enumerated); garden reels, rollers, seats, and syringes, grates, gridirons, grindstone fittings, gun metal, engine fittings, quartz and spalling hammers, hasps and staples, hat stands, holdfasts, hook and eye hinges, horseshoes, hay takes and burse rakes, horse-power gear, hydraulic mains, kitchen ranges and colonial ovens, lampposts, leaden ware, wrought iron or steel letters and figures, forged levers, conucctiug or split links, hydraulic lifts, manger rings, mangles, marine engine cranks and pillars, maul tings, meat hooks, monkeys lor pile-driving, ornamental grating, painted and brass casings (or engines, pepper, malt, .wan and oat mills, picks and mattocks, pully blocks, quarry mauls and picks, quoit*, railway chairs, dolts, fastenings and rail dogs, connecting rods, roller skates, sack trucks, iron safes and boxes, sash weights, bright wrought iron, sluice valves, soldering irons, iron stands, stamped ironware (cot otherwise enumerated), shafting iron, stench traps, troughs, truck wheels, cast iron wedges, wrought iron wheelbarrows and wheels, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Bolts and nuts of half-inch diameter and over, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Braes cocks, valves, unions, lubricators, and whistles, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Boilers (land and marine), L2O per cent, ad valorem, Cbaffcutters, corn crushers, and corn shelters, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Crabwiucbos, cranes, capstans, and windlasses, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Fire engines and hose, not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Gas pipes, L 5 per cent, ad valorem. Galvanised iton manufactuies, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Tin stamped into shapes, L 26 per cent, ad valorem. Tinware, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Japanned and lacquered metal ware, L 25 per cent, ad valorem. Zinowaie, L2o per cent, ad valorem. Iron and zinc tiles, ridging, guttering, and spouting, L2O per cent, ad valorem. lion bridges and iron material (or construction of bridges, wharves, jetties, or patent slips, L2O percent, ad valorem. Iron gates and gate posts, staples, standards, straining posts, and apparatus, 820 per cent, ad valorem. Iron, plain galvanized sheet, LI 10s the ton. Iron tanks, 10s each. Iron tanks of and under 200 gal, 6s each. Lon weighbridges, L2O per coat, ad valorem. Iron barbed fencing wire, 2s the cwt. Iron pipes, wrought, LB per cent, ad valorem. Iron columns for buildings and other structural iron work, L2O per cent, ad valoiem. Iron doors for safes and vaults, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Iron and wire work, ornamental, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Lawn mowers, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Pumps and other apparatus for raising water, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Bailway and tramway plant and materials, not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Irons, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Steam engines and parts of steam engines, not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Waterworks pipes, LB per cent, ad valorem Cement, 2s the barrel. Carriages, carts, drays, waggons, and perambulators, and wheels for same, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Bicycles, tricycles, and the like vehicles, L.'O per cent, ad valorem. Buggy shafts, bent wheel rims, and other bent carriage timber, not otherwise enumerated, Lls per cent, ad valorem. Carriage shafts, spokes, felloes, and naves, not otherwise enumerated, Ll6 per cent, ad valorem. Completed parts of carriages, outs,drays, waggons, perambulators, bicycles, and tricycles, and the like vehicles, LiO per cent, ad valorem. Bags (flour), L2O percent, ad valorem Bags (calico, Forfar, Hessian, and linen), L2O per cent, ad valorem. Bigs (carpet), L2O per cent, ad valorem. Cartridges and cartridge cases, Liu per cent, ad valorem. Greenstone, cut and polished, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Marble, granite, and other stone, sawn on not more than two sides, not dressed or polished, LB per cent, ad valorem. Marble, granite, and other stone, dressed or polished, and articles made therefrom, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Photographic chemicals, Lls per cent., and photographers’ goods not otherwise enumerated, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Tarpaulins, tents, tick and waggon covers, aprons, and elevators for reaping-and-binding machines, LIB per cent, ad valorem. Wooden tackle, blocks, L2O per cent, ad valorem. Resolved—That in the event of any of the duties hereby imposed not being confirmed, or of reductions being made in the rates specified above, the amounts levied, collected, and paid in excess of the duties that may be imposed by the Customs Act based on these resolutions shall be refunded to the persona who paid the same. Resolved—That the duties of Customs now charged on the undermentioned articles shall cease, and determine—namely Artists’ canvas colors, brushes, and palette knives, ash timber unwrought. Brass tubes, blind tape, bolts and nuts under Jin diameter, Bigs’s seamless calico, buttons, braids, tapes, wadding, pins, needles, and such minor articles required in the making up of apparel, boots, shoes, hats, caps, saddlery, umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, as may be enumerated in any order of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs and published in the 1 Gazette.’ Candle nuts and candle nut kernels; cardboard boxes, materials for—namely, gold and silver plain and embossed, gelatine, and colored papers, known as box papers; carriages and cart shafts; spokes and felloe s in the rough ; elm hubs and poles, if unbent and unplatted ; children's boots, shoes, and slippers. Nos. oto 3 ; cochineal coil springs; cocoa beans; piece goods; linen Hollands invoiced at or under Bd the yard; engineer's machine tools. Dye stuff and dyeing materials (etude). Glassmakers’aoulds; gum arable and tragacanth gum boots. Iron and steel cordage; iron boiler plates and end plates for boilers; iron rolled girders. Kangaroo skins, undressed. Locomotives, nuch'nery for agricultural purposes, also materials for manufacturing the same—namely, reaper knife sections, fingers, brass and steel springs and tilt rakes, chaffoutting knives, set screws, malleable castings, fittings tor threshing mills, discs for harrows, forging for ploughs, mould board plates and steel .share plates cut to pattern, and skeitb plates. Machinery for dairying purposes; machinery for mining purposes; machinery for refrigerating and preset ing meat; metal fittings fo- portmanteaus, tiavelling hags, and leggings; metallic oap ules. Passengers' baggage and effects, ino'udlng only wearing apparel and other personal effects that have been worn or are in use as personal ornaments by persons arriving in the colony; also Implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment of such persons and household effects not exceeding LIOO in value used abroad for more than a year by the persons or families bringing them to the colony, and not intended for any other person or persons or for sale, or cabin furniture belonging to such persons; perambulators, bicycles, tricycles, and like vehicles (fittings for) not otherwise enumerated; photographic cameras; portable engines; precious stones unset. Bails for railways and tramways; rivets and washers of ail kinds. Steam engines, non-condensing, (ho area of whose cylinder or cylinders exceeds 1,000 circular inches, and condensing engines the area of whose cylinders exceeds 2,600 circular inches; steam boiler tubes, corrugated and welded flues, and Bowling’s expansion rings; steam fire engines; shale, waste, or undefined mineral oil; strychnine; stones (mill, grind, oil, and whet); ships’ rockets, biuelights, and danger signals. Tacks of all kinds; tanning materials (crude). Umbrella silk and other fabrics when cut into pieots not larger than the size required for covering umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, and to be specially used for such purposes. Upholsterers' imitation bair seating. Brass, copper, and load waterproof material in piece for bottling. Yarn—flax and hemp. Resolved—That on all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the colony there shall be levied and paid at the time of making import entry therefor a primage duty of LI per cent, on the fair market value thereof in the country whence the same were exported, as such value is defined in the Customs Laws Consolidation Act; 18S2. Resolved —That in lieu of the duties of excise now charged on the undermentioned goods, there shall, on and after the Ist day of January, 18§9, and until the 31st day df December, 1890, be charged thereon and be paid at the time of making entry therefor the following duty—namely On oil cigars, cigarettes, and snuff manufactured within the colony, Is Oi the pound.