THE TARIFF.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 91, 2 August 1895, Page 2

THE TARIFF.

The following is the resolution passed by the House relative to the imposition of duties, from which it will be seen that the House has merely gone over the tariff with a bit of solder and a sok’eriug iron, in the direction of increased protection Resolved, that there should be levied, collected and paid to, and for use of her Majesty,Japon .impoctatations, into New Zealand, or on being cleared from any warehouse for home consumption at time of making perfect entry therefore, on and after the thirty-Srst day of July, 1595, the several altered or additional duties of Customs unde meniioiiod*, namely, candied peel and drained peel. 3d per lb; confectionery chooalate in plain trade package, 3d per lb; confectionery in fancy packages or small boxes, for retail s'fle, 2o]per cent ad val; fruits, fresh, namely, currants, raspberries, gooseberries, black* berries and slxawbe. rios, M per lb; fruits iu juice or syrup, 25 per cent ad val; fruit preserved by sulphurous acid, II per lb ; milk preserved, 23 per cent ad val; gelatine, liquorice, cayenne popper, seeds and isinglass, 20 per cent ad val; jellies, solid : fied or tab’et, 4s per lb; pickles 3d per gallon; sauces, 4s per cwt; rice, malt, Id per lb; vinegar, 6d per gallon, up to five per cent of acidity, and Id additional for each additional Iper cent; ale, porter, cider, beer, and sheiry, 2s per gallon; spirits, IJn, and proof galloa sphlts in bulk, also cordials, bitters, and liqueurs in balk, 16s per liquid gallon; coffee, raw, 2d per lb; coffee essence, 20 per cent ad val; syrups and raspberry vinegar, 25 per cent ad val; tea in bulk, 5d per lb; team packets, for retar, Gd pec lb; acid, acetic, Id per lb for every ten per cent of acidity; drugs not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent ad yal; tinctures and medical spirits containing more than 5o per cent proof spirit, on and after Ist January, IBC6, Is per lb; tinctures and medical spirits containing less thru 50 per cent proof spirit, on end after Ist January. IS9G, 6d per lb; druggists’ sundries and apothecaries’ wares, not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent ad val; chemicals, not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent ad val; baking powder, 20 per cent ad val; essences, flavouring, spirituous, 16s per gallon; glyeerine, refined, 20 per cent ad val; saccharine, (except iu the form of tabloids or tablets), Is 6d ounce', apparel made by British or foreign tailor, whether imported by the residents themselves or through an importing firm, 40 per cent ad val; bats and caps 25 per cent ad val; cotton piece goods not other-* wise enumerated, including shirtings, 10 per cent ad val; cotton piece goods, tapestry, cretonnes, Chintz. art crape, frieze, velvets, damasks, prints, Moquette, Utrecht and Genoa velvets, muslins, all kinds window nets, laces, Hollands and blinds iu the piece, cotton tick and coloured Belgian cotton tick 20 per cent ad val; -flannelettes, also flannelette shirtings,'imitation flannel, raised cotton and soft piece goods, 20 per cent ad val; union shirtings, without distinction of value, 20 per cent ad val; lace of all kinds except gold and silver lace for military trimings, 25 per cent ad valj; Forfar, Dowlas, and flax sheeting, with distinction of value, 20 per per cent ad val; millinery , viz., trimmed hats, capes, bonnets, feathers, and artificial flowers 25 per cent. Boots, shoes, slippers, goloshes, clogs, and patent vamp uppers, 25 percent ad val; heal and toe stiffeners and plates, 25 per cent ad val; bags of leather or leather cloth, 25 per cent ad val; harness and saddlery, whips and whip-tbongs, 25 per cent ad val; leather, viz, beltings and belt leather, harness, bridle, bag legging, kips (other than East India), buff, split, 4d per lb; lavanted leather, sheep skins, Morocco (not otherwise enumerated), basils, sole leather, 3d lb; East India kip, Prussian lambskins and goatskins (dressed other than Morocco), {kangaroo and wallabv skins, strained and coloured calf 2 A lb; leather, not otherwise enumerated, Id lb; leather, chamois, 20 per cent ad val; leather board, 4d lb!; leather leggings, 25 per cent ad val; leather mauufactursd not otherwise enumerated 25 per cent ad val; portmanfeuix, trunks, travelling and carpet bags, 25 per cent ad val; carpets, floor cloth, mats, matting, 20 per cent ad val; furniture and plate polish, 20 per cent ad val; glassware, also glass plate, polished, coloured, and other kinds not . enumerated, and globes and chimneys for lamps, 20 per cent ad val; lamps, lanterns and lampwicks, 20 per cent ad val; artificial flies, 25 per cent ad val; jewellery (including precious stones cut or uncut), j greenstone cut and polished, 20 per cent jad val; musical instruments of all kinds, 20 per cent ad val; perfumed spirits, £1 10s ; oil pictures, drawings, engravings, and photograph pictures and photograph frames and mounts, 20 per I cent ad val; pipes, tobaccos, cigars, and 1 cigarettes, holders and cases for same, cigarette papers, 25 per cent ad val; plate, gold or silver, 25 per cent ad val; calendars and show cards, all kinds, 25 per cent ad val; cardboard boxes complete, i or cardboard cut and shapen for boxes, 25 per cent ad val; directories of New Zealand or of any other part thereof, 25 per cent ad val; newspaper supplements, 25 per cent ad val; stereotypes and mattrices, 25 per cent ad val; printed matter relating to patent or nroprietory medicines trade catalogues and price lists for firms or persons in the colony, 25 per cent ad val; stationery, manufactured, viz., account books, manuscript books, bill-head invoices and statement forms, printed or ruled paper, counter books, cheque and draft forms, tags and labels, blotting padr, sketch books, copying letter books, manifold writers, albums other than for photographs, diaries, plain or faint lined ruled books, printed window tickets (other than printed, lithographed, or embossed stationery), and Christmas, New Year, birthday, and other similar cards and booklets, 25 per cent ad val; stationery and writing paper not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent ad val; paper, wrapping, viz., blue, candle, glazed cap, glazed casing, small baud, lumbder hand, and tissue paper wrapping (other than kinds including brown, cartridge, and sugar papers), 5s the cwt ; cartridges, ten to 24 boro 3s !per 1?0 carriages; cartridges not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent ad val; copying presses, 20 per cent ad val; weighing ing machines, 20 per cent ad val; firearms, 20 per cent ad val; gasometers and other apparatus for gas works, 20 per cent ad val; iron fencing fire, 6d cwt; ~ iron barbed wire, Is cwt; traction engines 20 per cent ad val; wooden ware and turnery and veneers, 20 per cent ad val; kerosene od the gallon; axle grease and solid lubricants, 20 per cent. ad. val; paints and colors ground in oil, 3s the cwt; paints and colors mixed for use, 6s the cwt; varnish and gold size, 2s gal; turpuetine, tents, ricks, and waggon covers, apronsand , elavaiors for reaping and binding machine, 20 oft bwwty 10§ mb j

£\ each; linseed, £2 ton; onions, £1 Ion; potatoes (except for seed purposes) £1 ton; prepared calf meal, £1 5s ton; brooms and brushes and brush ware not otherwise enumerated, 20 ad val; corks. cut (including bungs) 20 ad val; f ode, 10 ad val; marble, granite, and other stone, dressed or polished, and articles made therefrom, ad val; matches, wax, plaid vestas, in cardboard boxes, containing under 100 matches, Is gross; pocket vesles, in tin or other boxes containing under 100 matches. Is 6d gross ; sportsman’s ovals and No. 4 tin vestas, in boxes containing not more than 200 matches, 4 sgross; other kinds, for every 100 matches or fiaction thereof contained in one box, os gross; sausage skins, 3d lb, including brine or salt; spirits, methylated in the colony, 6a gallon. In addition to any duty chargeable by law on any goods imported into the colony, a further duty of 20 per cent ad val shall bo charged when the goods are prison made.