THE TARIFF

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1930, Page 6

THE TARIFF

SOME ALTERATIONS.' (.By Telegraph—Per Press Association WELLINGTON, Aug. 12. -v ! ■ The foil owing are alterations in the Customs Tariff mTi'dS’- by the resolutions passed by Parliament, which became- effective to-day,. tetiVi 1. are -subject to &oction : 143 of'tho ©ustomn Act:— Tobacco, unmanufactured—Duty increased iro.u one shilling to three . shillings per pound. 'the spirits auty is now 40 shillings per liquid or proof gallon, according to kind, ine proposal to abolish tli© allowance ior under-proof’ ■ Spirits has been a mndoncu. . n,! . Spirituous, cu.liii.iry and flavouring, essences are increUacd to 4J shillings' per gallon Plain glass bottles and jars:—Over ( • one ounce: BruiHii duty is increased' >from 15 to 20 per cent to 25 per ' cent; foreign duty is increased iroiti' 40 per cent and 45 per cent to 50. per cent; others: British free, 1 ofeign 25 per cent. ; Watches: —The foreign fate is re-'' dueled from 45 to 35 per' cent. Oils, except vegetable oils inT^r K sols of ’lew's 'than one gal.Pn: The'for-? eign , duty is now .40 per cent. Logs,. round un worked : Duty now 25 shillings per hundred cubic "feet?' ;] Baths' and shingles:—Duty now 20 per- oent. . t .Timber, rough sawn, or hewn', in, large sizes:—Duty now seven shillings and sixpence per hundred superficial feet; small sizes; nine shillings and sixpence per .hundred superficial feet, Timber, sawn, cl reused: Duty now 19 shillings per hundred superficial feet. EXCISE ALTERATIONS The. following alterations are made in i the excise . duties; — Cut tobacco and. cigarettes and other tobacco Duty, rediiced oiie, shilling'' per pound., , ... , , .. r Cigars i-r Duty reduced two 'shffiingp and sixpence per pound, p The .duty on alcohol- used in foijlet preparations culinary find flavouring; essences,-, mqr.ease.p,.. 4c\ .-per, gallon. •'