THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 311, 13 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 peary, m bottle, Is 3d per gallon ; do. do. 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, Gd per lb ; apparel, . not otherwise described, 5s per cubic foot ; apples, dried, Id per lb ; apothecaries' wares, not otherwise described, 3s per cubic foot ; arms — firearms, 6s ench ; axles, axle arms, and boxes, 2s per cwt; arrowroot, in bulk, per lb ; do, in bottles, jar?, or tins, 2s 6d per cubic foot; arsenic, 4s tho cwt. Bacon, and hams, Id per lb ; bagging, bags; sacks, and woolsacks, empty, Is6d 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, 28 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 gallon ; blacking, Is per cubic foot ; blacklead, Is do; blankets and rugs, 3s do ; bonnets and hats, trimmed, 5s do; do, untrimmed, 3s do; boots, shoes, slippers, and goloshes, 5s do ; boots, men's common watertight and laceup, aud diggers' long, 3s do ; do, youths' watertight and laceup, os do ; do, shooting, 5s do; boot and shoe vamp and uppers, 5s do ; brass, and brass manufactures, 4 s per cwt ; brushwaro and brooms, Is per cubic loot ,* buckets, of wood, 2s per dozen ; buckets and tubs, of iron, 4a per cwt; butter, Id 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-ips, percussion. Is per thousand ; cards, playing, 6d per pack ; carpet bags, 3b per cubic foot ; carpets, woollen, 2s do ; do, of hemp, coir, or jute, Is do ; can-away eeeds, 2s 6d do ; carriage*, carts, drays, and waggons, 5 per cent, ad valorem ; carriage and cart J

wheels, 5s per pair ; catsup, 2s 6.1 per cubic foot ; cement and plaster of Paris, Is per barrel ; chains, except gold and silver, -Jths of an inch diameter and under, 2s per cwt; cheese, Id per 1b; chicory, 3d do ; china, porcelain, and pariaa ware, Is per cubic foot; China preserves (not being fruit), 5s do ; chocolate, 3d per 1b ; chut-ey, 2s 6d p r cubic foot ; c : gars, 5s per lb ; cocoa, 3d do ; coft'ee, raw, 3d do; do, roasted, od 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, 5s per cubic foot; cupper manufactures, not otherwire described, 4s per cwt; copying presses, 4s do; cordage, throe 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 colt n mixed with any other material, os per cubic foot; cotfon countevpanes, 3s do ; cream of tartar, Id per lb ; cruet bottles, Is per cubic foot; curry powder and pnste, 2s 6d do ; cutlery, 4s per cwt. Doors, of wood, Is each; drapery, not otherwise described, os per cubic foot; drills, and druggists' sundries, not otherwise described, 3s do ; duck, os 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 do. lish, dried, pickled, or salted, 2s per cwt; do, potted and preserved, 2s Gd per cubic foot; fish paste, 2s Cd do ; lish, red herrings, in ciisks 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, os do. Gelatine, 2s 6d per cubic foot; ginger, preserved, 2s Gd do; glass, crown and sheet, Is per 100 superficial feet ; do, plate, Is per cubic foot; globes nnd chimneys, for acd with lamps, Is do; glassware, Is do; glue, 2s per cwt; groats, prepared, 1b per cubic foot ; grindery, Is do ; gutta percba manufactures, not being apparel, Is do. Hardware, 4s per cwt; haberdashery, 5s per cubic foot; hair seating, Is do ; hair cushions, Gd do; hams, ldperlb; harness, 2s per cubic foot; hats, 3s do ; do, men's, with plain ribbon binding, 3s do; hollownre, 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, lsdo; ironrnongi-ry, 4s do ; isinjjlass, 2s 6d per cubic foot. Jams, jellies, nnd marmalade, 2s Cd per cubic foot ; jirpunncd and lucquered 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 shoo makers' wootl-n pegs, Is per cubic foot ; lend — sheet, pig, and piping, Is per cwt; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, 4s do; leather, sole, £d per lb ; do, other kinds, ] d do ; do, bags, 5s per cubic foot ; do, leggings, os do ; do. manufactures, not otherwise described, Is do ; liven man ufnetures, not oiherwise described, nnd nil articles made of linen mixed with any other materials, os do; linseed meal, 3s do; lithographs, Is do; liqueurs, 12s per gallon ; liquorice, 2s 6d per cubic foot; looking glasses, Is do. Maccaroni, 2s 6d per cubic foot; maizena and corn flour, lsdo; malt, Gd per bushel; mangles, (patent), 4s per cubic foot; mantelpieces, ]sdo; marbles, (toys), Is do ; marble or alabaster ornaments, Is do; matches and wax vestas, Is do; mots (door mats), Is do; matting, of cocoa fibre and other kinds, Gd do ; mattrasses, spring, Gd 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; nuls, of all kinds, except cocoa nuts, Is per lb. Oil vegetable, in bulk. Gd per gn'lon ; do, do, in bottle, 2s Gd per cubic fool ; do, mineral, Gd per gallon ; oil, in bottle, 2s Gd per cubic foot ; do, perfumed, 2s Cd do ; do, cod liver, in bottles, '2s Gd do; do, not otherwise described, Gd per gallon; olives, 2s Gd per cubic fool; 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 bag.", do, Is; do, hangings, do, Is; papier mache ware, do, Is; pearl birley, per cwt, Is; peirl ash, per cubic foot, 3s ; peas, split, per cwt, Is ; pepper and pimento, ungvound, per lb, Id; ditto, cayenne, per cubic foot, 2s Gd ; do, ground, per lb, 3d ; perambulators, per cubic foot, 6J ; percussion cap*, per thousand, Is perfumery, not otherwise described, and toilet vinegar, per cubic foot, 2s 6d; photographic chemicals, do, 3s; photographic goods, other than chemicals, do, Is; pickles, 2s Gd; picture frame.", do, Is ; pipes, tobacco, do, 2s ; pitch, per barrel, Is ; plate, gold and silver, for every £100 value, £10; plated ware, per lb, 3d; pork, salted, per cwt, 2s; portmanteaus, per cubic foot, Is; pveserved soups, do, 2s Gd; prunes, in glass iars, per lb, Id. Raspberry vinegar, por cubic foot, 2s Gil ; rice, per cwt, 2s; ditto, ground, per cubic foot, 2s Gd; rugs, woollen, cation, or opossum, do, 3s. Saddlery, per cubic foot, 2s ; sad irons, per cwt, Is; snfes, iron, do, 4s; sago, in bulk, do 2s; do, in bottle or canister, per cu.'.ic foot, 3s ; sago and tapioca, in jars, do, 4s ; sash weights, per cwt, 2s Gd ; saltp tre, do, 2s ; sarsaj arilln, per cubic foot, 3s ; sauces, do, 2s Gd ; 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, 6s ; shot, per cwt, 10s; silk manufactures, per cubic kot, 6s; silver cups for presentation, £10 per cent, ad valorem ; snuff, per lb, os ; soap, commonc per cwf, 2s Gd ; ditto, scented and fancy, per cubit 1 foot, 2s Gd ; do powder and washing powder, do, 6d; soda, crystals, per cwt, Is; ppices, ea«sin, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmegs, mixed and ground spices, p^r lb, 3d ; spirits, and strong waters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise, of any strength not cxc eding the strength of proof by Sykcs' hydrometer, and so on in propor:ion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, per gallon, 12s; spirits of tar, do, Gd; starch 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 cwl, 4s ; tapioca, in bulk, do, 2s ; do, in bottles iars, or tins, dit cubic foot, 2s Gd; tar, the barrel, Is; tartaric acid, per lb, Id; ten, do, Gd ; tinware, per cwt, 4s; timber, sawn, the 100 feet superficial, Is; do, shingles and laths, the 1000, Is; do, palings, the 100, Is; do posts, 4s; do, rails, do, 2s ; tobacco, per lb, 2s Gd ; do, for sheepwash, subject to its being rendered unfit for human consumption, and to ouch 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, not 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, 6d. Umbrellas and parasols, per cubic foot, ss. Varnish, pa* gallon, Gd; vermicelli, per cubic foot, 2s. 6d ; vine-rat* 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 GO degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer the gallon: or for six reputed quart bottles, or twelve reputed pint bottles, per gallon, 4s; wine, ginger, do, 4s: woollen manufactures, not otherwise enumerated, nnd nil articles made of wool mixed with any other materials, the cubic foot, sd. Zinc sheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, piping, and roll, the cwt. Is ; do manufactures, not otherwise d'.'scnbed, 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; carriago springs, mountings, and trimmings; carriage fittings of iron; chain cables and shackles over -gths of an inch diameter ; cheese presses; churns; cotton waste; copper and composifon rod, bolt", sheathing, and nails ; coriander seels; corn sieves and riddles; chaffcutters; crab winches; cranes; capstaus and wiudlnsses; disinfecting fluids; drainage pipes and tiles; emery cloth ; ennh and patent water! closets; felt, for sheathing; filters; fire engines j and hose ; fish oil in bulk ; forges ; gaspipes and machinery, and all material wh'ch may be specially imported for (be construction of gasworks; hayrakes; helmets for five brigades ; indiarubber sheets ; iron bridges, and all material which may be specially imported for the construction of bridges, wharves, jetties, or putcnt slips; iron — red, bolt, bar, houp, black she.-t, and pig • iron lamp posts; iron tanks; iron plates, rivet*, bolts, buts, screws, nnd actings for ships ; iron weighbridges for caits; lard; lawn mowers; lime juice; machinery for agricultural purposes ; mudiineiy for boring, brick and 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 ; niedils, gold and silver, prize ; mouldings, gilt; nicotine; oil, cocoanut, olive, and palm, in bulk; opera gla-ses; organs, hurmoniums, bells, and furniture, specially imported for places of public woTship; passengers' baggage; prin ing machinery, presses, tyj c, and materials, printing ink and puper ; printed books, paper, and music ; ploughs and harrows; pumps and other apparatus for raising wafer; putty; railway plant, and all materials which may bo specially imported for the con^tr . ction of railways and tramways ; resin ; rennets ; rope above three i-_ ches in circumference; railcloth ; sewing machines; ships' blocks; ship chandlery not otherwise described ; school books, slate*, and apparatus ; shafts for carts and carriages; so 7 a ash and caustic soda; sodawater machines; spirits, meth_> lated; steam engines and parts of sttam engines ; sulphate of coppev ; sulphuric ticid; tarpaulins; tallow; tel/scopes; theodolites; watch movements and parts of unfinished watches; water pipes not otherwise described ; and all material which may be specially imported for the purpose of constructing water Wf>rks ; wocd hurdles ; wire ropes for ships' me ; wooden 6pokes fur wheels ; aud ull other articles not otherwise described.