THE CUSTOMS.
AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 15. The Minister of Customs, in reply■to questions put as an outcome or tle Chambers of Commerce Coherence said it was impossible, as the law stands at present, to havo cigais weighed when taken out ot bond so that duty may he paid on the dry commodity instead of on t' l * R rcen - /JC was willing to bring m a Bill to amend the in the direction suggested. The Minister could not ;<gree to issue fuller statistical information However monthly statements ol duties were now prepared hut not published, and if of any service to merchants, arrangements could he lor _i s amiearance in the. ''Gazette. llk Minister held that legislation regarding export entries as proposed was unnecessary.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13905, 17 May 1909, Page 5
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