THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 293, 11 December 1901, Page 3

THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

MORK REMISSIONS OF DUTY. PER PfIESS ASS' CIATION, Melbourne, December 10. In committf e on the tar if}', prints, cotion linen piece goods, plain, white, and unbleached, bookbinders' clotb, saddlers' webbing, galvanised iron sheeting and pipiDg, and lead were placed on the free list.

J SOME OF THK CHANGES MADE. The Wellington Evening Post, which has been closely watching the cbangrs made in the tariff, says in a recent issue:—"The Federal House of Representatives has made several reductions in the duties originally imposed by the Commonwealth. The following table | will show the chief alterations which ; have been cabled to this colony:— I Revised Original 1 Article. Duty. Duty. Cocoa Id per lb 2d, plug 15 p.c. ad val ' Chocolate ... Id per lb 2d, pins 15 p.c. | ad ysl I Tea (in bulk)... 3d per lb 2d, pins 20p.c. I ad val I Tea (in pack'ge) 4d per lb 3d, plus 20 p.c. I ad val , Earthenware... 20 p.c, ad 15 pc, plus 8d I val per cubic ft Glassware ... 20 p.c. ad 15p.c.,plus 6d 1 val ' per cubic ft Opiim 30s per lb 20* per lb Tobacco ... 3s 3d per lb 3s 6d per lb Biscuits ... ldperlo lMperlb Blue Id per lb 2d per lb Oandles, raw material, lard .and refined i

I fats Id per lb l|dper)b Fruits, n.o.e. ... Is p. cental 2s per cental Oatmeal, etc.... jdperlb Id per lb Maizeua and

Cornflour ... J per lb Id per lb Fruit Juices ... Lid per gal Is p>r gal Honey and Jel-

lies ljdperlb 2d per lb Salt 10s per ton 20s per ton Canary, Hemp, and Rape

Beed ... 1/6 p,cental 15 p.c ad val In addition to the above changes the duties on white pine for butter-boxes and on oysters bave been abolished, while the original duties on coffee, chicory, eggs, bicon and hams, wheat, malting barley, bran, pollard, sharps, grain and pulse, linseed meal and cake, hay, chaff, straw, fresh meat, fish, poultry, potted and concentrated meats, potatoes, onions, hops, and malt have been retained. The only concessions that affect this colony are, besides those on white pine and oyster s, the reductions on oatmeal, rolled oats, etc, and possibly that on maizena. Generally! speaking, there was little desire to j show any favour to New Zealand products, and it is worth noting that when Sir William McMillan moved a reduction of the duty on bacon and hams Mr Kingston said he would be delighted to see New Zealand in the Federation, and if she approached the Federal Government the latter would gladly assist to bring about more intimate relations between that colony and the Commonwealth. Evidently it is intended to make New Z- aland realise that she is Outside the Commonwealth, for among, the many reduct'ons of duty noted above the only one which materially affects our produce, if we except white pine, which Australia cannot do without, is that on mtal. Our ctiuf exports to Australia are to be heavily taxed, and the effect is already visible in the cargoes which aro Laving our ports for the Commonwealth."