THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 307, 8 May 1869, Page 4

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. da. do., in bulk, Is per gallon; almonds, in shell, Id per lb; do, shelled, 3d per lb ; alum, 3s per cubic foot; ammunition — sporting powder, 6d per lb ; appnrel, not otherwise described, os per cubic foot ; apples, dried, Id per lb; apothecaries' wares, not otherwise described, 3s per cubic foot ; arms— firearms, os eoch ; axles, axle arms, and boxes, 2s per cwt; arrowroot, in bulk, $d per lb ; do, in bottles, jars, or tins, 2s 6d per cubic foot; nrsenic, 4s the cwi. Bacon, and hams, Id per lb ; bagging, bags; sacks, and woolpacks, empty, Is 6d per cubic foot, baskets and wickerware, Gd 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 nnd carbonate of soda, 2s per cwt ; biscuits, pla ; n and unsweetened, 3s per cwt ; do, fancy, Is per cubic foot ; do Abernethy, and arrowroot, 3s do; bitters, 12s per fallon ; blacking, Is per cubic foot ; blacklead, Is o; blankets and rugs, 3s do; bonnets nnd hats, trimmed, 5s do; do, untrimmed, 3s do: boots, shoes, slippers, and goloshes, 5s do ; boots, men's common watertight and liiceup, aud diggers' long, 3s do; do, youths 3 watertight nnd laceup, 5s do; do, shooting, 5s do % boot and shoe vamp 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 tubs, of iron, 4s per cwt; butter, Id per lb. Candied peel, 3d per lb ; candles, tallow, £d do, do, otber than tallow, Id do; capers, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; caps, apparel, 3s do ; cips, percussion, Is per thousand; cards, playing, 6d per pack; ■carpet bags, 3s per cubic foot ; carpets, woollen, 2s do ; de, of hemp, coir, or jute, Is do ; carraway seeds, 2a 6d do ; carriages, carts, drays, and waggons, 5 per cent, ad valorem ; carriage and cart wheels, 5s per pair ; catsup, 2s 61 per cubic foot; ceraent and plaster of Paris, Is p.-r barrel ; chains, except gold and silver, #tbs of an inch diameter and under, 2s per cwt _; cheese, I d per lb ; chicory, 3d do; cbina, porcelain, and pariaa ware, Is per cubic foot; China preserves (not being fruit), 5s do; chocolate, 3d per lb; chutney, 2s Cd p-.-r cubic foot ; c ; garß, 6s per lb ; cocoa, 3d do ; coffee, raw, 3d do; do, roasted, 5d do; do essence of, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; collars and cuffs, of paper, 6s do; combs, Is do; composition gas piping, Is per cwt; confectionery, 5s per cubic foot; copper manufactures, not otherwire described, 4s per cwt; copying presses, 4s do; cordnge, three inches in circumference and under, 3s do ; cordials, 12s per gallon ; clocks and watches, £10 per £100 value; cotton manufactures, not otherwise described, and all articles made of cotton mixed with any other material, 6s per cubic foot ; cotton counterpanes, 3s do; cream of tartar, Id 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 described, 5s per cubic foot ; drugs, and druggists' sundries, not otherwise described, 3s do ; cluck, 6s do ; dyes, 3s do. Earthenware, 3d per cubic foot; engravings, prints, drawings, paintings, and pictures, Is do enamelled cloth, 5s do; essences, flavouring, 2s Gd do. Fish, dried, pickled, or salted, 2s per cwt ; do, potted and preserved, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; fish paste, 2s Gd do ; fish, red herrings, in casks and 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, Id pei lb ; furniture and cabinet ware, of wood, Gd per cubic foot ; furs, 5s do. Gelatine, 2s 6d per cubic foot; ginger, preserved, 2s 6d do ; glass, crown and sheet, Is per 100 superficial feet ; do, plate, la per cubic foot ; globes nnd chimneys, for ar 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 do. Hardware, 4s per cwt ; haberdashery, 5s per cubic foot; hair seating, Is. do; hair cushions, 6d do; hams, ldperlb; harness, 2s per cubic foot; bats, 3s do ; do, men's, with plain ribbon binding, 3s do; holloware, 4s per cwt; hops, Id 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 dd per cubic foot ; japanned and lacquered metal ware, 4s per cwt ; jewelry, £10 per £100 value. Lamps, lanterns, and lamp wick, Is per cubic foot; lamp black, 2s per cwt; lasts, and shoe makers' wooden pegs, Is per cubic foot ; lead — sheet, pig, and pipirg, Is per cwt; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, 4s do; leather, sole, do, other kinds, Id do; do, bags, 5s per cubic foot; do, leggings, 5s do; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, Is do ; linen man ufactures, not o'ljerwise described, and all articles made of linen mixed with any other materials, 5s do; linseed meal, 3s do; lithographs, Is do; b'queurs, 12s per gallon ; liquorice, 2s 6d per cubic foot; looking glasses. Is do. Maeearoni, 2s Gd per cubic foot; maizena and corn flour, la do ; malt, Cd per bushel ; mangles, (patent), 4s per cubic foot; mante'pieccs, 3s do; marbles, (toys), Is do; marble or alabaster ornaments, Is do; matches and wax vestas, Is do; mots (door mat.*), Is do; matting, of cocoa fibre and other kinds, 6d do ; mattrasses, spring, 6d do ; meats, potted and preserved, 2s 6d do ; millinery, not otherwise described, 5s do; musical instruments, Is do ; mustard, 2s 6d do. Nails, of iron, Id per cwt; nuts, of all kinds, except cocoa nuts, Is per lb. Oil vegetable, in bulk, 6d per gallon ; do, do, in bottle, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; do, mineral, Gd per gallon ; oil, in bottle, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; do, perfumed, 2s Gd do ; do, cod liver, in bottles, 2s Gd do; do, not otherwise described, Gd per gallon; olives, 2s Gd 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, Is; do, wrapping, and bage, do, Is; f'o, hangings, do, Is; papier mache ware, do, Is; pearl barley, per cwt, Is ; pc irl ash, per cubic foot, 3s; peas, split, per cwt, Is; pepper and pimento, unground, per lb, Id; ditto, cayenne, per cubic foot, 2s Gd ; do, ground, perlb, 3d; perambulators, per cubic foot, 6J ; percussion caps, per thousand, Is perfumery, not otherwiso described, and toilet vinegar, per cubic foot, 2s Gd; photographic chemicals, do, 3s ; photographic goods, other than chemicals, do, Is; pickles, 2s Cd; picture frames, do, Is ; pipes, tobacco, do, 2s ; pitch, per barrel, Is ; plate, gold and silver, for every £100 valuo, £10; plated ware, per lb, 3d; pork, Balled, per cwt, 2s; portmanteaus, per cubic foot, Is; preserved soups, do, 2s Cd ; prunes, in glass jars, per lb. Id.

Raspberry vinegar, per cubic foot, 2s 6:1 ; rice, per cwt, 2s ; ditto, ground, per cubic foot, 2s Gd ; rugs, woollen, eatfon, or opossum, do, 3s. Saddlery, per cubic foot, 2s ; sad irons, per ewt, Is ; safes, iron, do, 4s ; sago, in bulk, do 2s ; do, in bottle or canister, per cuHc foot, 3s: sa^o mid tapioca, in jars, do, 4s; sash weights, per cwt, 2s 6d ; saltp trc, do, 2s ; sarsaparlla, per cubitfoot, 3s ; sauces, do, 2s 6d ; sausage machines, per cwt, 4s ; sashes, window, the pair. Is ; scrim cloth, per cubic foot, Is; shirts, navy, serge, and Scotch twill, do, 3s ; do, white, regatta, Crimean, do, 5s ; shot, per cwt, 10s ; silk manufactures, per cubic fuofc, sa; silver cups for presentation, £10 per cent, ad valorem ; snuiF, per lb, ss ; snap, cominone Der cwt, 2s Cd ; ditto, scented nnd fancy, per cubic toot, 2s Gd ; do powder and washing powder, do, Gd ; soda, crystals, per cwt, Is ; spices, cassia, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmegs, mixed and ground spices, per lb, 3d ; spirits, nnd strong waters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise, of nny strength not cxc eding the strength of proof by Sykes' hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, per gallon, 12s ; spirits of tar, do, 6d ; Btarch 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, ss; syrups, per cubic foot, 2s 6d. Tacks, per cwt, 4s : tapioca, in bulk, do, 2s ; do, in bottles iaw, or tin?, per cubic foot, 2s 6d ; tar, the barrel, Is; tarlarie acid, per lb, Id; tea, do, } 6d ; tinware, per cwt. 4«; timber, sawn, the 100 feet superficial, Is; do, shingle 3 and laths, the 1000, Is ; do, palings, tbe 100, Is ; do posts, 4s ; do, rails, do, 2s ; tobacco, per lb, 2s 6d ; do, for shcepwash, 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 ; tools, carpenters' and others, not otherwise described, per cwt, 4s ; toys and fancy goods, net otherwise described, per cubic foot, Is; trousers, moleskin an-1 cord, do, 3s; do, woollen cord, do, 3s ; trusses, do, 3s ; twine, per cwt. 2s ; tubs of wood, the nest, 2s; turpentine, the gallon, Gd. Umbrellas and parasols, per cubic foot, as. Tarnish, prr gallon, Gd ; vermicelli, per cubic foot, 2s. 6d ; vinegar, per gallon, Gd. Weighing ma hine?, 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 60 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermome'er the gallon: or for six reputed quart bottles, or twelve reputed pint bottles, per gallon, 4s ; wine, ginger, do, 4s ; woollen manufactures, not otherwise enumpratcd, and all articles made of wool mixed with an}' other materials, the cubic foot, pd. Zinc sheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, piping, and roll, the cwt, Is ; do manufactures, not othorwise described, do, 4d. List of Exemptions.— Anchors ; anvils ; blacksmiths' bellows ; blasting powder ; bottles of all kinds, empty ; cabin furniture and effects which have been in use, and not imported for sale; canary seed; carriage springs, mountings, and trimmings ; carriage fittings of iron ; chain cables and shackles over fths of an inch diameter; cheese presses ; churns ; cotton waste ; copper and composition rod, bolts, sheuthing, and nails : coriander see 's ; corn sieves and riddles ; chaffcutters; crab winches; cranes; capstans and windlasses; disinfecting fluids; drainage pipes and tiles; tmery cloth; earth nnd p«tent water closets; felt, for sheathing; filters; (ire engines and hose ; fish oil in bulk ; forges ; gaspipes and machinery, and all material wlr'ch may be Bpecially imported for the construction of gasworks; hayrukes ; helmets for fire brigades ; indiarubber sheets ; iron bridges, and nil material which may be specially imported f>r the construction of bridges, wharves, jetties, or patent slips ; iron — rod, bolt, bar, hoop, black she t, and pig : iron lamp posts; iron tanks; iron plates, rivets, bolts, buts, screws, and castings for ships ; iron weighbridges for carts; lard; lawn mowers; lime juice; machinery for agricultural purposes ; machinery for boring, brick nnd tile making, planing punching, sawing, shearing, turning, aud 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 ; nicotine ; oil, cocoanut, olive, and palm, in bulk ; opera gla=ses ; organs, harmoniums, bells, and furniture, specially imported for places of public worship; passengers' baggage; prin'ing machinery, presses, <y, c, 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 bo specially imported for the construction of railways and tramways; resin; rennets ; rope above three i dies in circumference ; sailcloth; sewing machines; ships' blocks; ship chandlery not otherwise described ; school books, slatee, and apparatus ; shafts for carts and carriages ; so 'a ash nnd caustic soda ; sodawater machines ; spirits, methylated ; . steam engines and parts of steam engines ; sulphate of copper ; sulphuric acid ; tarpaulins : tallow ; tel scopes ; theodolites ; watch movements and parts of uufinfched watches; water pipes not otherwise described ; and all material which may be specially imported for the purpose of constructing water works ; wood hurdles ; wire ropes for ships' use ; wooden spokes for wheels ; a«d all other articles not otherwise described.