NEW SOUTH WALES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9604, 23 December 1891, Page 6

NEW SOUTH WALES.

THE NEW TARIFF. The following are some of the new Customs’ duties now levied on imported goods s. d. Butter and lard, per lb 0 2 Fish—dried, preserved or salted, and fish paste, meats—poultry, soups and game, potted paste, dried or preserved, and not otherwise charged, per lb •■> o^l Honey, per lb ... 0 1 Jams and jellies per lb, or reputed package of that weight, and so in proportion for any. such reputed weight, per lb 0 2 Preserves, per lb ... 0 2 Green, except bananas and pineapples, per bushel 1 0 Vegetables, fresh, per cwt 0 6 Grain .and pulse of every kind, not otherwise enumerated— Barley, beans, maize, oats, peas (dried and split) and wheat, per 1001 b 010 Flour, bran, pollard and sharps, 1001 b 1 0 Hay, chaff and straw, per ton ... 10 O Potatoes, per ton ... ... ... 10 0 Onions, per ton 20 0 Candles—per lb, or reputed package of that weight, and so in proportion for any such reputed weight, and night lights, per lb 0 2 Biscuits, bacon—and bacon partially cured or green—cheese, , hams—ham and ham potted, and meat extract, per lb ... 0 2 Confectionery—cakes, comfits, liquorice, liquorice paste, lozenges of all kinds, cocoanut in sugar, sugar-cendy, suecades, and sweetmeats, per lb 0 2 Timber—dressed, per 100 ft, superficial 3 0 Rough and undressed, per 100 ft, superficial ... ® Palings, per 100 1 0 Laths, per 100 0 9 Shingles, per 1000 1 0 Pickets, dressed, per 100 ft superficial 3 0 Doors, sashes and shutters, each... 2 0 Beer, ale, &e., per gal ... ... 0 6 Oatmeal, per ton ... 40 0 Fruits—Dried, candied and prunes, per lb 0 2 Boiled or in pulp, peel drained or dry, and almonds, per lb ... 0 1 Bottled, not containing spirit— Reputed quarts, per dozen ... 2 0 Reputed pints and smaller quantities, per dozen 1 0 Rope, cordage, twines and lines, per ton... ... ••• ••• ••• Carriages, whole, or in parts, per cwt .£ls Among the articles admitted free are the following Tools (not being machinery), antimony, ores, bonedusfc, bones, fish (fresh), fungus, gold (bars, dust or quartz), hoofs, horns, kapoe, kauri gum, malt, manures, meat (fresh or frozen), oysters (fresh), phormium tenaz, seeds (garden, clover, grass aud linseed), skins (not dressed), tallow, and wool.