THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 301, 1 May 1869, Page 4

THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Tlie following is the Customß Tariff, including ! the latest decisions by the Commissioner of Customs : — Ale, porter, beer of all sorts, cider, andpesry, in bottle, ls 3d per gallon ; do. do. do., in bulk, ls per gallon; almonds, in shell, ld per lb; do, shelled, 3d per lb ; alum, 3s per cubic foot; ammunition — sporting powi.er, bd per lb ; apparel, not otherwise described, 6s per cubic foot ; apples, dried, ld per lb; apothecaries' wares, not otherwise described, 3s per cubic foot ; arms — firearms, 6s each ; axles, axle arms, and boxes. 2s per cwt; arrowroot, in bulk, $d'perl*; do, in bottles, jar>, or tins, -2s 6d per cubic foot ; arsenic, 4-s the cwt. Bacon, and hams, ld per lb ; bagging, bags; sacks, and woolpacks, empty, Is 6d per cubic foot, baskets and wickerware, 6d per cubic foot baking powder, ls per cubic foot; beef, salted, 2s per cwt.; beer engines and fittings, 4s per cwt: lidlows, ls per cubic foot; bicarbonate and carbonate of soda, 2s per cwt; biscuits, plan and unsweetened, 3s per cwt.; do, fancy, ls per cubic foot; do Abernethy, and arrowroot, 3s do; bitters, 12s per. gallon ; blneking, ls per cubic foot; blacklead, ls do; blankets and rugs, 3s do; bonnets and hats, \ trimmed, 5s do ; do, untrimmed, 3s do : boots, Bhnes, slippers, and goloshes, 5s do ; boots, men's common watertight and luceup, aud diggers' long, 3s do; do, youths' watertight and laceup, 5s do: do, shooting, 5s do; boot and shoe vamp and uppers, 5s do ; brass, and brass manufactures, 4s per cwt; brußhware and brooms, ls per cubic foot; buckets, of wood, 2s per dozen; buckets | and tubs, of iron, 4s per cwt; butter, Id per lb. Candied peel, 3d per lb ; candles, tallow, _'\ do, do, other than tallow, Id do; capers, 2s O'd per cubic foot ; caps, apparel, 3s do ; c ps, percussion, Is per thousand; cards, playing, 6d per pack; carpet bugs, 3s per cubic foot; carpets, woollen, 2s do ; do, of hemp, coir, or jute, ls do ; carraway seeds, 2s Gd do ; carriage?, carts, drays, and waggons, 5 per cent, ad valorem; carriage ■an d cart wheels, os per pair ; cat-sup, 2s 6 " per cubic foot ; cement and plaster of Paris, ls p->r barrel ; chains, except gold and silver, '3ths of an inch diameter and under, 2s per cwt ; cheese, I d per lb ; chicory, 3d do; chine, porcelain, and parian ware, ls per cubic foot; China preserves (not being fruit), os do; chocolate, 3d per lb; chut- ey, 2s fid p r cubic foot ; cgars, 5s per lb ; cocoa, 3d do ; coffee, raw, 3d do ; do, roasted, od do ; do essence of, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; collars and cuffs, of paper, 5s do ; combs, ls do ; composition gas piping, ls per cwt; confectionery, S.s per cubic foot; , cupper manufactures, not otherwire described, 4s per cwt; copying presses, 4s do; cordage, three inches in circumference and under, 3s do; cordials, 12s per gallon ; clocks and watches, .£lO per £100 value; cotton manufactures, not otherwise described, and all articles made of cotton mixed with any other material, 5s per cubic foot ; cotton counterpanes, 3s do; cream of ttirtar, ld perlb ; cruet bottles, ls per cubic foot ; curry powder and paste, 2s fid do ; cutlery, 4s per cwt. Doors, of wood, Is each ; drapery, not otherwise describ*. d, 6s per cubic foot ; drugs, and druggists' sundries, not otherwise described, 3s do; duck, 5s do ; dyes, 3s do. Eartbcnwnre, 3d per cubic foot ; engraving---, prints, drawings, paintings, and pictures, ls do enamelled cloth, 5s do; essences, flavouring 2s Od Fish, dried, pickled, or suited,. 2s per cwt; do, potted and preserved, 2s 6d per cubic foot; fish ! .paste, 2s 6d do ,* fish, red herrings, in cisks und tins, 28 per cwt; floorcloth, ls per cubic foot; Forfar sheeting, unbleached, 3s do; fruits, bottled | or preserved in syrup, 2s 6d do; do, (hied, ld pei lb ; furniture and cabinet wro, of wood, Od per cubic foot ; fur's, 5s do. Gelatine, 2s 6d per cubic foot; ginger, preserved, 2s (3d do ; glass, crown and sheet, Is per 100 superficial feot ; do, plate, ls per cubic foot ; globes and chimneys, for a' d with lamps, ls do; glassware, lsdo; glue, 2s per cwt; groats, prepared, Is per cubic foot ; grindery, Is do ; gutta percha manufactures, not being apparel, ls do. Hardware, 4s per cwt; haberdashery, os per cubic foot; hair seating, ls do; hair cushions, 6d do; hams, ldperlb; harness, 2s per cubic foot; hats, 38 do; do, men's, with plain ribbon binding, 3s do ; hollbware, 4s per cwt ; hops, ld per lb ; horseshoes, ls per cwt ; hosiery, 5s per cubic foot. Ink, writing, ls per cub^c foot ; iron fencing wire, staples and standards, straining posts and apparatus, ls per cwt ; iron gates and gate posts, 4s do ; iron hurdles, 4s do ; iron, galvanised Bheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, spo ting, rivets, washers, screw nail.*, and wire netting, lsdo; ironmongery, 4s do ; isinglass, 2a 6d per cubic foot. Jams, jellies, and marmalade, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; japanned and lacquered metal wave, 4s per cwt ; jewelry, £10 per £100 value. Lamps, lanterns, and lump wick, ls per cubic foot; lamp black, 2s per cwt; lasts, and shoemakers' wood n ppgs, ls per cubic foot; lead — sheet, pig, and pipi g, ls per cwt; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, 4s do ; leather, sole, id per lb; do, other kinds, ld do; do, bags, 6s per cubic foot ; do, leggings, 5s do; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, ls do ; lii.en man ufaclurcfl, not otherwise described, and all articles made of linen mixed witb. any other materials, os do; linseed meal, 3s do; lithographs, ls do; liqueurs, 12s per gallon ; liquorice, 2s 6d per cubic foot; looking glasses, ls do. Maccaroni, 2s 6d per cubic foot; maizena and corn flour, Is do ; malt, Cd per bushel ; mangles, (patent), 4s per cubic foot; mantelpieces, lsdo; marbles, (toys), ls do ; marble or 'nlabas&r ornaments, Is do.; matches and wax vestas, ls do; mats (door mats), ls do; matting, of cocoa fibre and other kinds, 6d do ; mattrasses, spring, Gd do ; meats, potted and preserved, 2s 6d do ; millinery, not otherwise described, 6s do; musical instruments, ls do; mustard, 2s Cd do. Nails, of iron, ld per cwt; nuts, of all kinds, except cocoa nuts, ls per lb. Oil vegetable, in bulk, 6d per gallon ; do, do, in bottle, 2s Cd per cubic foot ; do, minera 1 , 6d per gallon; oil, in bottle, 2s 6d per cubic foot; do, perfumed, 2s ed do ; do, cod liver, in bottles, 2s 6d do; do, not otherwise described, Od per gallon ; olives, 2s Od per cubic foot; opium, £lper lb; do, tincture of, 3s per cubic foot; oysters, preserved, 2s6ddo. Pain-killer, per cubic foot, 3s; paints and colours, per cwt, 25.; paper, writing, per cubic foot, ls; do, wrapping, and bags, do, ls; do, hangings, do, ls ; papier mache ware, do, ls ; pearl barley, per cwt, Is ; pearl ash, per cubic foot, 33; peas, split, per cwt, ls; pepper and pimento, unground, per lb, ld ; ditto, cayenne, per cubic foot, 2s Cd; do, ground, perlb, 3d; perambulators, per eubio foot, 6d ; percussion caps, per thousand, Is perfumery, not otherwise described, and toilot vinegar, per cubic foot, 2s 6d; photographic

chemicals, do, 3s ; photographic goods, other thaD \ chemicals, do, ls; pickles, 2s 6d; picture frame-, do, Is; pipes, tobacco, do, 2s; pitch, per barrel Is; plate, gold ancl silver, for every £100 Ta'ue. £10; plated ware, per lb, 3d ; pork, salted, per cwt, 2s; portmanteaus, per cubic foot, Is; pieserved soups, do, 2s Gd; prunes, in glass jars, per lb, ld. Raspberry vinegar, per cubic foot, 2s Cd : rice, per cwt, 2s ; ditto, ground, per cubic foot, 2s Cd ; rugs, woollen, cotton, or opossum, do, 3s. Saddlery, per cubic foot, 2s ; sad irons, per cwt, Is; safes, iron, do, 4s; sago, in bulk, do 2s; do. in bottle or canister, per cuiic foot, 3s; saijo and tapioca, in jars, do, 4s; sash weights, per ent. 2s 6d ; saltp tre, do, 2s ; sarsa; arilla, per cubic foot, 3s ; sauces, do, 2s 6d ; sausage machines, per cwt, 4s; sashes, window, the pair, ls; scrim cloth, per cubic foot, Is; shirts, liavy, serge, and Scotch | twill, do, 3s; do, white, regatta, Crimean, do, 5s ; shot, per cwt, 10s ; silk manufactures, per cubic fot, ss; silver cups for presentation, £10 pr cent, ad valorem ; snuff, per lb, ss ; soap, commonc per cwt, 2s Gd ; ditto, scented and fancy, per eubif foot, 2s Cd ; do powder and washing powder, do, 6d ; soda, crystals, per cwt, ls ; Fpicee, cassin, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmeg-, mixod and ground spices, per lb, 3d ; spirits, nnd strong waters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise, of any strength not cxc eding the strength of proof by SykcV hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, per gallon, 12s; spirits of tar, do, 6d; starch and blue, per cwt, 2s ; stationery and account books per cubic foot, ls; steel, per cwt, Is; sugnr, treacle, and molasses, the lb, ld; sulphur, per cwt. Is; swords, each, ss ; syrups, per cubic foot, 2s 6d. Tucks, per cwt, 4s ; tapioca, in bulk, do, 2s ; do, in bottles iars, or tins, per cubic foot, 2s Od ; tar the barrel, Is; tartaric ncid, per lb, Id; tea, do. Gd ; tinware, per cwt, 4s; timber, sawn, the 100 feet superficial, Is; do, shingles and laths, the 1000,1s; do, palings, the 100,1s; do 'post?, 4s; do, rails, do, 2s; tobacco, per lb, 2s 6d ; do, for sheepwash, subject to its being rendered unfit for human consumption, and to such regulations as the Commissioner of Customs shall from time to time ppescribc in that behalf, do, 3d ; do juico, do do, do, 3d; tools, carpenters' and others, not otherwise described, per cwt, 4s ; toys and fancy goods, not otherwise described, per cubic foot, ls ; trousers, moleskin ana cord, do, 3s; do, woollen cord, do, 3s; trusses, do, 3s ; twine, per cwt. 2s: tubs of wood, the nest, 2s ; turpentine, tho gallon, Gd. Umbrellas and parasols, per cubic foot, os. Varnish, pr gallon, Gd ; vermicelli, per cubic foot. 2s. Cd ; vinegar, per gallon. 6d. Weighing ma hincs. per cwt, 4s ; whips and walking sticks, per cubic foot, ls; whiting and chalk, per cwt. Is ; wine, in wod and bottle, containing less than 25 per cent, of alcohol, of a specific gravity of .825, at the temperature of 60 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer the gallon; or i'or six reputed quart bottles, or twelve reputed pint, bottles, per gallon, 4s; wine, ginger, do, 4s; woollen manufactures, not otherwise enumerated, and nil irlieles. made of wool mixed with any other materials, the cubic fuot, sd. Zinc sheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, piping, and roll, the cwt, ls; do manufactures, not otherwise described, do. 4d. List of Exemptions. — Anchors ; anvils ; blacksmiths' bellows; blasting powder; bot'les ol all kinds, empty; cabin furniture nhd effects, which have been in use, and not imported for SHle ; canary seed ; carriage springs, mountings, | nnd trimmings; carriage fittings of iron; chnin cables and shackles over j'lhs of an inch diameter:; cheese presses ; churns ; cotton waste ; copper and composition rod, bolt=, sheathing, 'nnd nails ; coriander seels; corn sieves nnd riddle-*; chaffcutters; crab winches; crimes; capstans and windlasses; disinfecting fluids; drainage pipes and tiles; imeiy cloth; ear h and putont water clostts; fe't, for sheathing; filtew; fire engines and hose ; fish oil in hulk; forges; gaspipes and maehineiy, and a'l material wh'ch niay be specially imported, i'or ihe construction of. gasworks; hajruUes ; hehr.ets for (ire brigades ; indiarubber sheets ; iron bndg s, And nil material which may be specially imported f >r* .the construction of bridges, wharves, jetties, or patent slips ; iron — rod, bolt, bar, houp, black she- 1, and pig ; iron lamp posts ; iron tanks ; iron plates, rivets, bolts, buts, screws, and castings for thips; iron weighbridges for carts; lard ; lawn mowers; lime juice; machinery for agricultural purposes ; mnchinery for boring, brick and tile making, planing punching, sawing, shearing, turning, nud quartz crushing ; machinery for mills and looms ; machinery for steam vessels ; machinory for wood and hay pressing ; machine saws ; maps nnd charts; medals, gold and silver, prize ; mouldings, gilt; nicotine; oil, cocoanut, olive, and palm, in bulk; opera glasses; organs, harmoniums, bells, and furniture, specially imported for places of public worship; passengers' baggage; prin ing machinery, presses, ty,e, and materials, printing ink and paper; printed books, paper, and music ; ploughs and harrows; pumps and.other apparatus for raising water; putty; railway plant, and all materials which may be specially imported for the construction of railways and tramways; resin; rennets ; rope above three i ches in circumference ; sailcloth; sewing machines; ships' . blocks ; ship chandlery not otherwise described ; school books, slates, and apparatus; shafts for carts and carriages; so 'a ash and caustic soda; sodawater m chines; spirits, methylated; steam engines and parts of steam engines ; sulphate of copper ; sulphuric acid; tarpaulins; tallow; telescopes; theodolites; watch movements and parts of unfinished witches; water pipes not otherwise described ; and all material which may bo specially imported for the purpose of coustruct'ng water works ; wood hurdled ; wire ropes for ships' u.'e ; wooden spokes for wheels; and all other articles not otherwise described.