THE NEW TARIFF.

Evening Star, Issue 9772, 31 July 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE NEW TARIFF.

The following is tbenew tariff os proposed in the Financial Statement to come into force on and after the 31st July inst. It was brought into operation by the following resolution from Committee of Ways and Means Customs duties: Resolved, that there should be levied, collected, and paid to and for the use of Her Majesty upon the under mentioned goods, wafts, and merchandise on importation in New Zealand, or on being cleared from any Warehouse for home consumption, at the time of making perfect entry therefor, on and after the 31st day of July, 1895, the several altered or additional duties of Customs under-men-tioned, namely—

Candied peel and drained peel, 3d the lb. Confectionery, chocolate, in plain trade packages, 3d the lb. Confectionery, in fancy packages or small boxes for retail sale, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Fruits, fresh namely, currants, raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, and strawberries —Id the lb.

Fruits, preserved in juice or syrup, 25 per cent. ad valorem.

Fruits, preserved by sulphurous acid, Id the lb. Gelatine, liquorice, cayenne pepper, caraway seeds, and isinglass, 20 per cent, ad valorem. .Tellies, solidified or tablet, 4d theib. Pickles, 3s the Imperial gallon. Sauces, 4s the Imperial gallon. Rices and rice flour, 4s the cwt.

Rice, malt. Id the lb. Vinegar, od tho gallon up to 5 per cent, of acidity, and Id additional 1 per cent, the gallon.

Ale, beer, porter, cider, and perry, 2s the gallon. Spirits, the strength of which can be ascertained by Sykes’s hydrometer, in hulk, 16s the proof gallon. Spirits, in bulk, sweetened or mixed, also cordials, bitters, and liqueurs, in bulk, 16s the liquid gallon. Coffee, raw, 21b per lb. Coffee, essence, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Syrups and raspberry vinegar, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Tea in bulk, 5d the lb. Tea in packets for retail sale, 6d the lb. Acid, acetic, Id the lb for every 10 per cent, of acidity. Drugs not otherwise enumerated. 20 per cent. ad valorem.

Tinctures and medicinal spirits containing more than 50 per cent, proof spirit, on ahu after the Ist of January, 1896, Is the lb. Tinctures and medicinal spirits containing less than 50 per cent, proof spirit, on and after the Ist of January, 1893, 6d the lb. Druggists’ sundries and apothecaries' wares, not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Chemicals not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Baking powder, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Essences, flavoring, spirituous, Wis the gallon. Glycerine, refined, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Saccharine (except in the form of tabloids or tablets), Is 6d the ounce. Names of articles of apparel made by British or foreign tailors to the order of residents in the colony and intended for the individual use of such residents, whether imported by the residents themselves or through an importing firm, rates of duty 40 per cent, ad valorem. Hats anti caps, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Cotton piece goods, not otherwise enumerated, including shirtings, 10 per cent, ad valorem. Cotton piece goods—namely, tapestry, cretonne, chintz, art crape, frieze, velvets, damasks, towellings, prints, moquctte, Utrecht and Genoa velvets, muslin, all kinds of window nets, laces, Hollands and blinds, diapers in th piece, cotton tick and colons! Belgian cotton tu x, 20 per cent. ad valorem.

Flannelette ; also flannelette shirtings, imitation flannel, raised cotton, and soft spun piece goods, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Union shirtings, without distinction ot value, 20 per rent, ad valorem. Lace of all kinds (except gold and silver lace for military trimmings), 25 per rent, ad valorem. Boots and shoes, slippers, goloshes, clogs and pattens, vamps, uppers, and laces, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Heel and toe stiffeners and plates, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Bags, of leather or leather cloth, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Harness and saddlery, whips and whip thongs, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Leather—viz., belting and belt leather, harness, bridle, legging, bag kip (other than East India), buff, split, etc.—4d the lb. Cordovan, levanted leather, roans, sheepskins, morocco (not otherwise enumerated), basils, sole leather, 3d the 11). East India kip, Persians, lambskins and goatskins (dressed other than morocco), kangaroo and wallaby skins (dressed), stained and colored calf, 2d the lb.

Leather not otherwise enumerated, Id the lb. Leather, chamois, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Leather, board or composition, 4d per lb. Leather cut into shapes, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Leather leggings, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Leather manufactures not otherwise enumerated, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Portmanteaux, trunks (other than iron), travelling and carpetbags, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Carpets, druggets, floorcloth, mats, and matting, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Furniture, knife, and plate powder aud polish, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Bricks of all kinds, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Glassware; also glass plate, polished, colored, and other kinds not otherwise enumerated, and globes and chimneys for lamps, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Lamps, lanterns, ami lamp wick, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Artificial flies, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Jewellery (including precious stones cut or uncut), greenstone, cut and polished, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Musical instruments of all kinds, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Perfumed spirits, £llos the gallon. Pictures, paintings, drawings, engravings, and photographs, picture and photograpn frames and mounts, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Pipes, tobacco, cigar ami cigarette holders, and oases for same, cigarette papers and cases, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Plate, gold or silver, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Calendars and show cards, all kinds, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Cardboard boxes complete, orcardboard'cutand shaped for boxes, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Directories of New Zealand, or of any part thereof, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Newspaper supplements, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Sterotypes and matrices, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Printed matter relating to patent or proprietary medicines, trade catalogues, and price lists for firms or persons in tho colony, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Stationery manufactured—viz , account books, manuscript books, billheads, invoice and statement forms, printed or ruled paper, counter books, cheque aud draft forms, t.ags and labels, blotting wads, sketch books, copying and letter books, manifold writers, albums other than for photographs, diaries plain or faint-lined, ruled books, printed window tickets, other printed lithographed or embossed stationery, and Christmas, New Year, birthday, and other similar cards and booklets, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Stationery aud writing paper not otherwise enumerated, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Paper wrapping—viz., blue candle, glazed cap, glazed casings, small hard, lumber, hard, and tissue—6s the cwt.

Paper wrapping (other kinds including brown, cartridge, and-sugar papers), 5s the cwt. Cartridges, 10 to 24 bore, 3s per 100. Cartridge cases, Is 3d per 100, Cartridges not. otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Copying presses, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Weighing machines, 20 per cent, ad -valorem. Firearms, 20 per cent, ad valorem, Gasometers and other apparatus for gasworks, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Iron fencing wire, 6d the cwt. Iron barbed wire. Is per cwt. Woodcnware and turnery and veneers, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Traction engines, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Kerosene, 6d the gallon. Axle grease and solid lubricants, 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Paints and colors ground in oil. 3s the cwt. Paints ami colors mixed ready for use, 6s the cwt.

Varnish and gold size. 2s the gallon. Tarpaulins, tents, rick and waggon covers, aprons and elevators for reaping and binding machines, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Cattle (horned), 10s each. Horses, £1 each. Linseed, .£2O the ton. Onions, £1 the ton. Potatoes (except for seed purposes), £1 the ton. Prepared calf meal, £lss the ton. Brooms and brushes and brushware, not otherwise enumerated, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Corks, cut (including bungs), 20 per cent, ad valorem.

Flock, 10 per cent, ad valorem. Marble, granite, and other stone, dressed or polished, and articles made therefrom, 25 per cent, ad valorem.

Matches, wax “plaid vestas "in cardboard boxes containing under 100 matches, Is the gross. Pocket vestas in tin or other boxes containing under 100 matches, Is fid the gross. • Sportsman’s “ ovals” and “ No. 4 tin vestas" in boxes containing not more than 200 matches, 4s the gross. Other kinds, for'every 100, matches or fraction thereof contained in one box, 2s the gross. Sausage skins. 3d the lb, including brine or salt. Spirits methylated in the colony, fid the gallon. In addition to any duty chargeable bylaw on any goods imported into the colony, a further duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem shall be charged when the goods are prison-made. DUTIES ABOLISHED.

The Customs duties now levied on the under-mentioned articles to be abolished from 31st inst.

Mutton birds, manures, alumina, sulphate, Milestone or sulphate of copper, catechu or cutch, chloride of calcium, iron sulphates, gallnuts, potassium, cyanide potassium, chlorate, sal*

ammoniac, Soda acetate; crude soda, ash soda, mtrato 'toda, silicate sodium, sulphate and sulpbfJe aulphur, turmeric, tereoeiie, sine chloride, surgical and dental instruments and appliances, scientific and assay balances, retorts, flasks, and Other appliances for chemical analysis and assay work, hatmakefs’materials—namely, hat leathers, hat linings, hat mocks, moulds, frames, ventilators, tassels; lace, Add,'and silver for military clothing! canvas,’ of linen or flax ; hessians, plain or striped; and knitting cottons andabgola mendings-; tailors’ trimmings. Thefollowing items are to be substituted for those: in schedule B of the Act of 1888, viz. Plain and: colored' imitation haircloth canvas, .plain Verona and ■ Italian' Cloth, buckram wadding and padding silk, worsted and cotton bindings and braids, yrtay bindings, silesias ; drab, slate, and brown~jeanspocketings, slate and black; unions, slate and black; linens, umbrellamakers’ materials—namely, gloria and satin de cheno, not less than 44in in width; also piece goods other than those mentioned in schedule B of the Act'of 1888 on such' Conditions as the Commissioner may approve; fur skins, green or sundried ; bootmakers’' canvas, plain and colored; saddlers’ collar lining known as collar check, and the same, article plain.;- cork soles and sock soles; carpenters’ baskets; bottles, empty, plain glass (not being cut or ground); jars,; not exceeding 3in irt diameter-at the mouth; jars, containing free goods or goods subject to fixed rates .of*' duty, provided they are the ordinary commercial packages for such goods ; sensitised surfaces for photographic purposes; zinc plates and engraved glass plates for photolithographic work ; magic lanterns and lenses and slides for same ; musical instruments, specially imported for volunteer bands; microscopes and astronomical telescopes; cloth-lined boards not less than ‘ ‘ royal ” cloth-lined paper and enamelled paper, not less than “ demy , band-made cheque paper; ivorite, gelatine, and metallic paper, not less than “demy”; butter paper (known as parchment paper) and waxed papers ; band-saws and folding saws, including frames; bicycles and tricycles, fittings for, in the rough and not machined; bolts, Gin by IJin and under, and nuts for same—the exemption in schedule B of the Act of 1888 in favor of bolts and nuts for carriage-making and shipbuilding to be withdrawn; butchers’ saws and cleavers ; aheep-shoars; reaping hooks; solder and tag irons ; paperhangers’ scissors ; picks, mattocks,., and-quartz, and knapping hammers; caps, percussion; chaff-cutters; corn-crushers; corn-sh-llers and seed-cleaners; crucibles; platinum ; buckles of all kinds; emery-grinding machines: iron drums, empty, not exceeding lOgal in capacity; eyelets ; fishhooks; blacksmiths fans; iron and brass wove- wire and wire gauze ; iron and zinc perforated or cellular sheets; engines for dairies; machine pumps for mines ; machines for flour mills, woollen mills, rope and twine making, dredging, sawmilling, planing, and woodworking (including lathes); scythe handles ; set screws ; engineers’ studs and split pins; spiral spring steam aad hydraulic pressure and vacuum gauges; furnace flues ; tinsmiths’ fittings to include stamped or blocked tin ; nnplanished timber (namely, lancewood); un wrought wooden hubs of all kinds ; carriage iron fittings (excluding Stean’s lamp irons, dash iron, and seat rails); wooden handles for tools; shale oil, once run, suitable for gasmak.ing ; turpentine and driers; woolpacks and woolpockets; apparatus and appliances for teaching purposes, as may be approved by the Commissioner; hawsers, 12in and over; netmakers’ cotton twine; brushes for cream separators ; cord clothing for woollen mills; couch wool jackets; machine wire beater; bar and trainer plates for paper mills; aniline dyes; belting for machinery other than leather belting ; jute bagging, bags, sacks, woolpacks, and woolpockets; papermakers’ felts; tea-pack-ing lead; tubular woven cotton cloth; official supplies for consular officers of countries where a similar exemption exists in favor of British consuls; spirits rendered non-potable by manufacture into perfumery, etc.—this exemption to cease after the 31st December, 1895.

Year Ended March 31. Amount of Debentures and Stock in Circulation. Gross indebtedness per head of European Population. Amount of Sinking Fund Accrued. Net Indebtedness. Net Indebtedness per head of European Population. Annual Charges (interest and sinkingf ndl. 1889 £ 36,375,050 £ s. d. 62 17 10 £ 1,395,389 -f* 30,979,661 £ s. d. 60 12 2 £ 1,866,588 1890 3S,(>o7,950 62 10 1 1,383,432 37,284,518 60 5 4 1,851,421 189 L 38,8303150 61 19 4 . 1,186,427 37,343,623 50 11 11 1,864,575 1892 38,713,068 60 11 8 1,037,862 37,675,206 59 2 0 1,842,686 1893 39,257,810 59 16 7 1,113,770 38,144,070 58 2 7 1,837,169 1894 39,826,415 58 17 0 951,924 38,874,491 57 9 10 1,873,682 1895 10.386,964 5S 11 6 751,932 39,635,032 57 9 0 1,656,970