Varieties.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 303, 4 May 1869, Page 3

Varieties.

Which is the strongest day ? —Sunday, because all the rest are weak (week) days. When a man's face turns as yellow as a guinea, he is said to have a rich complexion. What is the best adhesive label a traveller can put on his luggage ? — To stick to it himself. " Cheaper than Dirt" is the pertinent inscription on a case ef soap in an apothecary's window. Editor says, " Woman is a link between earth and Heaven." Printer's devil says, " So is a sausage tossed in the air." In a discussion with a temperance lecturer, a toper asked, "If water rots your boots, what effect must it have on the coat of your stomach? ' Any person having a few minute s to spare is respectfully requested to send them to our offlce, where they will be thankfully received. " Time is money, and every little helps." An Irish gentleman having a small picture gallery, several persons wished to see it at the same time. " Faith, gentlemen," said he, " if you all go in it will not hold you." -• I do not wish to say anything against the individual in question," said a quiei man, " but. l would merely remark, in thelanguaga of the poet, that, to him, ' truth is strange, stranger than fiction.' " J& Mammu," exclaimed a beautiful girl, who suffered affectation to obscure the little intellect she possessed, •- what is that long green thing lying on the dish before you ?" " A cucumber, my beloved Georgiana," replied the mamma, with a bland smile of approbation on her daughter's commendable curiosity. "A cucumber! Gracious goodness, my dear mamma, how very extraordinary I I always imagined, until this moment, that they grew in slices 1"

THE CUSTOMS TARIFF. The following is the Customs Tariff, including the latest decisions by the Commissioner of Customs :— Ale, porter, beer of all sorts, cider, and pesry, in bottle, Is 3d per gallon; do. do. do., in bulk. Is per gaHon; almonds, in Bhell, ld por lb; do, shelled, 3d per lb; alum, 3a per cubic foot; ain- | munition— sporting powder, Gd per lb ; apparel, not otherwise dcsc ibed, 5s poi- cubic foot ; apples, dried, 1 d per lb ; apothecaries' wares, not otherwise described, 3s per cubic foot ; avm9 — firearms, 58 ench ; axles, axle arms, and boxes. 2s per cwt; arrowroot, in bulk, -£d per I**- ; do, in bottles, jari, or tins, 2s 6d per cubic foot; arsenic, 4s the cwt. Bacon, and hams, ld per lb ; bagging 1 , bags; sacks, and woolpacks, empty, Is 6d per cubic foot , baskets and wickerware, 6d per cubic foot baking powder, Is per cubic foot; beef, salted, 2s per cwt ; beer engines and fittings, 4s per cwt ; bellows. Is per cubic foot; bicarbonate and carbonate of soda, 2s per cwt ; biscuits, plan and unsweetened, 3s per cwt; do, fancy, Is per cubic foot; do Abernethy, and arrowroot, 3s do ; bitters, 12s per gallon; blacking, Is per cubic foot ; blacklead, Is do; blankets and rugs, 3s do; bonnets nnd hats, trimmed, 6s do; do, untrimmed, 3s do: boots, sh'-cs, slippers, and goloshes, ss do; boots, men's common watertight and liiceup, aud diggers' long, 3s do; do, youths' watertight and laceup, 5s dodo, shooting, 5s do; boot and shoe vump and uppers, 5s do ; brass, and brass manufactures, 4s per cwt; brushware and brooms, Is per cubic foot; buckets, of wood, 2s per dozen; buckets and tub-, of iron. 4s per cwt; butter, ld per lb. Candied peel, 3d per lb ; candles, tallow, £d do. do, other than tallow, Id do; capers, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; caps, apparel, 3s do ; c ps, percussion, Is per thousand; cards, playing, 6d per pack; carpet bags, 3s per cubic foot; carpets, woollen, 2s do ; do, of hemp, coir, or jute, Is do ; carraway seeds, 2s 6d do ; carriage', carts, drays, and waggons, 6 per cent, ad valorem: carriage and cart wheels, 5s per pair; catsup, 2s 6 I per cubic foot; cement and plaster of Paris, Is p>-r barrel ; chains, except gold and silver, -^ths of an inch diameter and und*r, 2s per cwt ; cheese, 1 d per lb ; chicory, 3d do ; china, porcelain, and pariaa ware, Is per cubic foot-; Chin* preserves (not being fruit), 5s do; chocolate, 3d per lb; chut-ev, 2s 6d p r cubic foot ; c gars, 5s per lb ; cocoa, 3d do ; coffee, raw, 3d do; do, roasted, 6d do; do. essence of, 2s 6d per cubic foot; collars and cuffs, of paper, 5s do; combs, Is do; composition gas piping, Is per cwt; confectionery, os per cubic foot; copper manufactures, not otherwire described, 4a per cwt; copying presses, 4s do; cordage, throe inches in circumference and under, 3s do; cordials, 12s per gallon ; clocks and watches, £10 per -8100 value; cotton manufactures, not otherwise described, and all articles made of cott m mixed witb any other material, 5s per cubic foot; cotton counterpanes, 3s do ; cream of tartar, ld per lb ; cruet bottles, Is per Cubic foot; curry powder and paste, 2s 6d do ; cutlery, 4s per cwt. Doors, of wood, Is each; drapery, not otherwise describ-d, 5s per cubic foot ; drugs', and druggists' sundries, not otherwise described, 3s do ; duck, 5s do ; dyes, 3s do. Earthenware, 3d per cubic foot; engraving.*, prints, drawings, paintings, and pictures, Is do enamelled cloth, 5s do; essences, flavouring 2s 6d d 0 ..; . . ¥ Fish, dried, pickled, or suited, 2s per cwt; do, potted and preserved, 2s Gd per cubic foot; fish paste, 2s 6d do ; fish, red herrings, in casks und tins, 2s per cwt; floorcloth, Is per cubic foot; Forfar sheeting, unbleached, 3s do; fruits, bottled or preserved in syrup, 2s 6d do; do, dried, ld poi lb ,- furniture and cabinet ware, of wood, 6d per cubic foot ; furs, 5s do. Gelati-.e, 2s Cd per cubic foot; ginger, preserved, 2s 6d do ; glass, crown and sheet, Is per 100 superficial feet ; do, plate, Is per cubic foot ; globes and chimncjs, for a- d with lamps, Is do; glassware, Is do; glue, 2s per cwt; groats, prepared, Is per cubic foot; grindery, Is do; gutta percha manufactures, not being apparel, Is clo. Hardware, 4s per cwt; haberdashery, 5s per cubic loot; hair seating, Is do; hair cushions, Cd do; hams, Id per lb; harness, 2s per cubic foot; hats, 3s do; do, men's, with plain ribbon binding, 3s do ; hollowaro, 4s per cwt ; hops, ld per lb ; horseshoes, Is per cwt; hosiery, 5s per cubic foot. Ink, writing, Is per cubic foot; iron fencing wire, staples and standards, straining posts and apparatus, Is per cwt ; iron gates and gate posts, 4s do ; iron hurdles, 4s do ; iron, galvanised sheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, spo ting, rivets, washers, screw nails, and -wire netting, Is do; ironmongery, 4s do ; isinglass, 2s 6d per cubic foot. Jams, jellies, and marmalade, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; japanned and lacquered metal ware, 4s por cwt ; jewelry, £10 per £100 value. Lamps, lanterns, and lamp wick, Is per cubic foot; lamp black, 2s per cwt; lasts, and shoemakers' wood n pegs, Is per cubic foot ; lead — sheet, pig, and pipi g, Is per cwt; do, raanuf.-c---tures, not otherwise described, 4s do ; leather, sole, Jdperlb; do, other kinds, ld do; do, bags, 5s per cubic foot; do, leggings, 5s do; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, Is do ; lit en man ufactures, not o'berwise described, and all articles made of linen mixed with any other materials, 5s do; linseed meal, 3s do; lithographs, la do; liqueurs, 12s per gallon ; liquorice, 2s Gd per cubic foot; looking glasses, Is do. Mnccaroni, 2s rJd per cubic f-ot; maizena and cornflour, Is do ; malt, Gd per bushel; mangles, (patent), 4s per cubic foot; mnntc'pieces, Is do; marhles, (toys), Is do; marble or alabaster ornaments, la do; matches and wax vestas, Is do; mots (door mats), Is do; matting, of cocot fibre and other kinds, Gd do ; mattrasses, spring, 6d do ; meats, potted and preserved, 2s 6d do ; millinery, not otherwise described, 5s do; musical instruments, Is do; mustard, 2s Gd do. Nails, of iron, ld perewt; nuts, of all kinds, except cocoa nuts, Is per lb. Oil vegetable, in bulk, 6d per gallon ; do, do, in bottlo, 2s Gd per cubic foot; do, mineral, Gd per gallon; oil, in bottle, 2s Gd per cubic foot; do, perfamed, 2s 6d do ; do, cod liver, in bottles, '2s 6d db; do, not otherwise de?cribcd, Od per gallon; olives, 2s Gd per cubic fool; opium, £1 per lb; do, tmctlu're of, 3s per cubic foot ; oysters, preserved, 2s Cd do. Pain-killer, per cubic foot, 3s; paints and colours, per cwt, 2m.; paper, writing, per cubic foot^ Is; do, wrapping, and bags, do, Is; do, hangings, do, la; papier mache ware, do, Is; pearl barley, per cwt, Is ; pc iri ash, per cubic foot, 3s; peas, split, per cwt, Is; pepper and pimento, unground, per lb, ld; ditto, cayenne, per cubic fontj 2s 6d ; do, ground, p'er lb, 3d; perambulators, per iabic foot, 6J; percU'g'sion cap?, pei*" thousand, Is perfumery, not otherwise described, and toilet vine&ar, per cubic foot, 2s 6d; photographic chemicals,- do, 3s ; photographic goods, other than cherpicnls, do, Is; pickles, 2s 6d; picture frames, do, js ; pipes* tobacco, do; 2s ; pitch, por barrel, Is; plate, gold and silver, for every £100 value, £10; platedware, per lb, 3d; pork, salted, per cwt, 2s; portmanteaus, per cubic foot, Is; preserved soups, do, 2s 6d ; prunes, in glass jars, per lb, ld.

Raspberry vinegar, per cubic foot, 2s 6d ; rice : per cwt, 2s; ditto, ground, per cubic foot, 2s 6d: rugs, woollen, cotton, or opossum, do, 3s. Saddlery, per cubic foot, 2s ; sad irons, per cwt. j Is; safes, iron, do, 4s; sago, in bulk, do 2s; do. in bottle or canister, per cubic foot, 3s; sago and tapioca, in jars, do, 4s; sash weights, per cwt, 2s 6il ; saltp tre, do, 2s; sarsaaarilla, per cubii foot, 3s ; sauces, do, 2s Gd ; sausage machines, poi cwt, 4s ; sashes, window, fho pair, Is; scrim cloth, per cubic foot, Is; shirts, navy, sergo, and Scotch twill, do, 3s ; do, white, regatta, Crimean, do, or ; shot, per cwt, 10s ; silk manufactures, per cubic fot, ss; silver cups for presentation, £10 per cent, ad valorem ; snoff, per lb, os ; soap, commonc per cwt, 2s Gd ; ditto, scented and fancy, per cubif foot, 2s 6d ; do powder and washing powder, do, 6jl ; soda, crystals, per cwt, Is ; spices, cassia, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmeg*, mixed and ground spices, per lb, 3d ; spirits, and strong waters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise, of any strength not cxc eding the strength of proof by Syke»' hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, per gallon, 12s; spirits of tar, do, 6d; sturch and blue, per cwt, 2s ; stationery and account books per cubic foot, Is; steel, per cwt, Is; sugar, treacle, and molasses, the lb, Id; sulphur, per cwt. Is; swords, each, os; syrups, per cubic foot, 2s Gd. Tacks, per cwt, 4s ; tapioca, in bulk, do, 2s ; do, in bottles iars, or tins, per cubic foot, 2s Gd; tar the barrel. Is; tartaric acid, per Ib, Id; tea, do, 6d ; tinware, per cwt. 4s; timber, sawn, the 100 feet superficial, Is ; do, shingles and laths, the 1000, Is; do, palings, tbe 100, Is; do posts, 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 prescribe in that behalf, do, 3d; do juice, do do, do, 3d ; toota, carpenters' and others, not otherwise described, per cwt, 4s ; toys and fancy goods, not otherwise described, per cubic foot, Is; trousers, moleskin am cord, do, 3s; do, woollen cord, do, 3s ; trusses, do, 3s ; twine, per cwt. 2s ; tubs of wood, the nesfc, 2s; turpentine, the gallon, Gd. Umbrellas and parasols, per cubic fool, ss. Varnish, p. r gallon, Gd ; verm icelli, per cubic foot. 2s. Gd; vinegar per gallon, Gd. Weighing ma hin a*, per cwt, 4s ; whips and walking sticks, per cubic foot, Is; whiting and chalk, per cwt. Is ; wine, in w od and bottle, containing less than 25 per cent, of alcohol, of a specific gravity of .825, at the temperature of GO degrees of Fahrenheit's therrnome'er Ihe gallon; or for six reputed quart bottles, or twelve reputed pint bottles, per gallon, 4s; wine, ginger, do, 4s ; woollen manufactures, not otherwise enumerated, and all articles made of wool mixed with any other materials, the cubic fcot, od. Zinc Bheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, piping, and roll, the cwt, Is ; <\o manufactures, not otherwise described, do, 4d. List of Exemptions. — Anchors; anvils; blacksmiths' bellows; bins' ing powder; bottles of all kinds, empty; cabin furniture ond effects, which have been in use, and not imported for side; canary seed; carriage springs, mountings, land trimmings; carnage fittings of iron; cbuiu cables and shackles over f ths of an inch diameter ; cheese presses ; chums ; cotton waste ; copper and composit'on rod, bolt*, she-thing, and n:-ils ; coriander fee's; corn sieves and riddles; chaffcutters; crab winches; crimes; capstans and windlasses; disinfecting fluids ; drainage pipes and tiles; onery cloth ; earib nnd ptent water closets; fe't, for sheathing; filters; firo engines and hose ; fish oil in bulk ; forges ; gaspipes and machinery, and a'l material wh eh may be specially imported for 'be construct : on of gaswo-ks; hayrakes; helmets for fire brigades ; indiarubber sboets ; iron brulg- s, and all material which may be specially imported for the construction of bridges, wharves, jetties, or patent slips; iron — rod, bolt, bar, hoop, black -diet, and pig ; iron lamp posts; iron tanks ; iron plates, rivets, bolts, buts, screws, imd cast ings for -drips ; iron weighbridges for casts; lard; lawn mowers; lin.-e ju'ce; machinery for agricultural purposes; machinoiy for baring, brick nnd tile making, planing punching, sawing, shearing, turning, nud quartzcrushing ; machinery for mills and looms ; machinery for steam vessels ; machinery for wood and hay pressing; machine saws; maps and charts ; medals, gold and silver, prize ; mouldings, gilt; nieoliuo; oil, cocoanut, olive, and palm, in bulk; opera gla-scs; organs, harmoniums, belts, and furniture,*- specially imported for places of public worship; passengers' baggage; prin ing machinery, presses, tyi c, and materials, printing ink and piiper; printed book 0 , 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 tbe con'-tr. ction 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, slate, and apparatus; sh;»fls for carts and c.irringcj; so *a ash und caustic soda ; sodawater m chines; spirits, methylated; steam engines and parts of steam engines ; sulphate of copper ; sulphuric ccid ; tarpaulins : tallow ; teh scopes ; theodolites ; watch movements and parts of unfinished w.ttches ; water pipes not otherwise described ; nnd all material which may bo specially imported for the purpose of constructing water works ; wood hurdles ; wiro ropes for ships' use ; wooden spokes for wheels ; and all other articles not otherwise described.