THE TARIFF
The chief items of revenue under customs dutun If-st year were spictts (£211,125) and tea (£103,162) Tho new duties propose an increase of £11,000 on the firab and a d'.>creiS3 of £34,000 on the last, and of £1100 on raw coffee, which now brings in £3419. A fnrther revpiuie of £3000 from cotton piece goods (whi-h already bring in £14,406) is estimated uuder the nivr proposals, and an additional impost of £3500 on boots and shoe 1 * ia C3ntemplated. They already rst-irn £27,000. The n^w match duties are estimated to result iv £4000 of a decrease. The total increases are estimated at £64,500 and the decrosaea at £41,000.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 20
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110THE TARIFF Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 20
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