THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 324, 28 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. do. do., iu balk, la per gallon; almonds, in shell, Id per lb; do, shelled, 3d per lb: alum, 3s per cubic foot; ammunition—sporting powder, 6d perlb; apparel, not otherwise described, 6s per cubic foot ; apples, dried, Id per lb; upotlwcarW wares, not otherwise described, 3s per cubic foot ; arms— firearms, 5s each; axles, axle arms, and boxes, ,2s per cwt; arrowroot, in bulk, Id j.er 1- ; do, in bottles, jars, or tins, 2s 6d per cubic fool; arsenic, 4s the owt, Bacon, and hams, Id per lb; bagging, bags; sacks, and woolpacks, empty, Is 6d per cubic foot, baskets and wickerwnre, Od per cubic foot baking powder Is per cubic loot ; beef, salted, 2s per cwt; beer engines and fittings, 4s per cwt: bellows Is per cubic loot; bicarbonate and carbonate of soda, 2s per cwt; bruits, plan and unsweetened, 3s per cwt ; do. fancy, Is per cubic foot ; do Abernethy, find arrowroot, 3* do ; bitters, 12s per gallon ; blacking, Is per cubic foot; blacKlcad, Is do; blankets and rugs, 3s do ; bonnets and hats, trimmed, 5s do; do, untrimmed, 3s do; boots, sh/es, clippers, and golosbes, 5s do ; boots, men s common watertight and 1 -reap, aud diggers' long, 3s do; do. you- lib' watertight and laceup, 5s do; do, shooting, os do; boot an;l shoe vamp and uppers, o£ do ; brass, and brass manufactures, 4s per cwt: brushware and brooms, Is per cubic foot; l'ucket*. of wood, 2s per dozen; buckets and tub*, of iron. 4s per cwt; butter, Id per lb. Citndied peel, 3d per lb ; candles, tallow, $d do, do, other than tallow, Id do; capers, 2s 6d per cubic loot; 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, 5 per cent, ad valorem; carriage and cart wheels. 5s per pair ; catsup, 2s 6 1 per cubic foot; cement and planter of Paris, Is p?r barrel ; chains, except gold and silver, &ths of an inch diameter and under, 2s per cwt; cheese, Id per lb; chicory, 3d do ; china, porcelain, and parias ware, 1b per cubic foot; China preserves (not being fruit), os do ; chocolate, 3d per lb ; chutney, 2s 6d p r cubic foot 1 ; c gars, 6s per lb ; cocoa, 3d do; coffee, raw, 3d do; do. roasted, od do; do essence of, 2s 6d per cubie loot ; 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, 4n per cwt; copvmg presses, 4s do; cordage, 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, 5s per cubic foot; cotton counterpanes, 3s do ; cream of tartar, Id per lb ; cruet hottles, Is per cubic foot; curry powder and paste, 2s fid do ; cutlery, 4s per cwt. Doors, of wood, Is each; drapery, not otherwise described, 6s per cubic foot ; drugs, and druggists' sundries, not otherwise described, 3s do ; duck, 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 6d do. Fish, dried, pickled, or salted, 2s per cwt ; do, potted and preserved, 2s 6d per cubic foot; fish paste, 2s 6d 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 pet lb ; furniture and cabinet wai e, of wood, 6d per cubic foot ; furs, 5s do. Gelatine, 2s 6d per cubic foot; ginger, preserved, 2s fid do : glass, crown and sheet, Is per 100 superficial feet ; do. plate, Is per cubic foot ; globes und chimneys, for ai d with lamps, Is do; gla^ware, Is do; glue, 2a per cwt; groats, prepared, Is per cubic foot ; grindery, Is do ; gutta perclia manufactures, not being apparel, Is do. Hardware, 4s per cwt ; huberdashery, 5s per cubic foot; hair seating, Is do; hair cushions, 6d do; hums, Id perlb; harness, 2s per cubic foot; hats, 3s do; do, men's, with plain ribbon binding, 3s do; holloware, 4s per cwt; hops, Id per lb; horsesbocs. Is per cwt; hosiery, 5s per cubic foot. Ink, writing, Is per cubic foot ; iron fencing wire, staples an-1 standards, straining posts and apparatus, Is per cwt ; iron gates and gate posts, 4s do ; iron hurdles, 4s do ; ir o n, galvanised sheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, spo ting, rivets, washers, screw nails, aud wire netting, Is do; ironmongery, 4s do ; isinglass, 2s Cd per cubic foot. Jums, jellies, and marmalade, 2s 6d 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 shoo makers' wooden pegs, Is per cubic foot ; lead — sheet, pig, and piping, Is per cwt; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, 4s do ; leather, sole, £d perlb; do, other kinds, Id do; do, bags, 5s per cubic foot ; do, loggings, 5s do ; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, Is do ; linen man ufactures, not otherwise described, and all articles made of linen mixed with any other materials, 6s 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 Hour, Is do ; malt, 6d per bushel; mangles, (patent), 4s per cubic foot;. mantelpieces, Is do; marbles, (toys), Is do ; marble or alabaster ernaraents, la do ; matches and wax vestas, Is dp; mots (door mats), Is do; matting, of cocoa fibre and other kinds, 6d'do ; mattrasses, spring, Cd do ; meats, potted and preserved, 2s 6d.do ; millinery, not otherwise described, 6s 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, 6d per gallon; oil, in bottle, 2s 6d per cubic foot; do, perfumed, 2s Od do ; do, cod liver, in bottles, 2s fld do ; do, not otherwise described, 8d per gallon ; olives, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; opium, £1 per lb ; do, tincture of, 3s per cubic foot ; oysters, preserved, 2s 6d do. Pain-killer, per cubic foot, 3s; paints and colours, per cwt, 25. ; paper, writing, per cubic foot,' , 1 8 ; do, wrapping, and bags, do, Is ; <10, hangings, do, Is j papier macho ware, dp, Is ; pearl b >rley, per cwt, Is; peirl ash, per cubic foot, 3s ; peas, split, per cwt, Is ; popper and pimento, unground, per lb, Id; ditto, cayenne, per cubic foot 2s Cd ; do, ground, per }b, 3d ; perambulators, per cubic loot, 6;i ; percussion caps, per thousand,' , Is perfumery, not otherwise described, and toilet vinegar, per cubic foot, 2s Gd; photographic chemicals, do, 3s ; photographic goods, other than, chemicals, do, Is ; piokles, 2s Cd; picture frames, do, Is; pipes, tobacco, do, 2b; pitch,. per .barrel,! Is; plate, gold and silver,, for every £JOO Talue.i j £10; plated ware, per 1b,,3d; pork, salted, per ' cwt, 2s; portmanteaus, per cubic foot, Is; pre-j . 'served Botops, do, 2a 6d; 'prunes, in glass jars, per) '; lb. Id. ■ ■'•■! '■•'■'•''■■•' ■ v';-tt _ j

■RupbaTy vinegar, pop cubic fo)t, 23 61; ri I per c.vt, 2»; ditto, ground, per cubic foot, 2s 6 rugs, woollen, cetton, 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 cul>ic foot, 3s; sago and tapioca, in jars, do, 49; sash weights, per cwt, 2s 6d ; saltp tre, do, 2s ; sarsaparilla, per cubic foot, 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, 6s ; shot, per cwt, 10s ; silk manufactures, per cubic f'.'Ot, ss; silver cups for presentation, £10 per cent, ad valorem; snuff, per lb, 6s; soap, commonc per cwt, 2a 6d ; ditto, scented and fancy, per cubit foot, 2s 6d; do powder and washing powder, do, Gd ; 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 notexc eding the strength of proof by Sykea' 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, Is; steel, per cwt, Is; sugar, treacle, and molasses, the lb, Id ; sulphur, per cwt. Is; swords, each, ss; syrups, per cubic toot, 2s 6d. Tacks, per cwt, 4s ; tapioca, in bulk, do, 2s ; do, in bottles iars, or tins, per cubic foot, 2s 6d ; tar, the barrel, Is; tartanc acid, per lb, Id; lea, do, 6d ; tinware, per cwt. 4s; timber, sawn, thu K)0 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 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; tools, carpenters' and others, not otherwise described, per cwt, 4s; toys and fancy goods, not otherwise described, per cubic foot, Is; trousers, moleskin and cord, do, 3s ; do, woollen cord, do, 3b ; 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, per gallon, 6d ; vermicelli, per cubic foot, 2s. 6d ; vinegar per gallon, Cd. Weighing ma.hines, per cwt, 4s; whips and walking sticks, per cubic foot, Is; whiting »md 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 tliermomeier the gallon; or for six reputed quart bottles, or twelve reputed pint bottles, per gallon, 4a ; wine, ginger, do, 4s; woollen manufactures, not otherwise enumerated, and all articles maie 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 described, do, 4d. List op 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 uu inch diameter ; cheese presses; churns; cotton waste; copper and composit'.on rod, bolts, shenthing, and nails : coriander eeels; corn sieves and riddles; chaffcutters; crab winches; crimes; capstans ami windlasses; disinfecting fluids; drainage pipes and tiles ; emery cloth ; earth and patent water closets; felt, for sheathing; filters; fire engines and hose ; fish oil in bulk'; forges ; gaspipe* and machinery, and all material wh ch may bo specially imported for ihe construction of gasworks: hayrakes_ ; helmets for fire brigades ; mdiarubber j sheets ; iron bridges, and all material which mny be specially imported for the construction ol bridges, wharves, jetties, or patent slips ; iron — rod, bolt, bar, hoop, black she.'t, and pig ; iron lamp posts; iron tanks j iron plates, nveta, bolts, buts, screws, and eastings for ships ; iron weighbridges for carts ; lard ; lawn mowera : lime juice for agricultural purposes ; machinery for boring, brick and tile making, planing punching, sawing, shearing, turning, aud quartzcrushing; machinery for mills and looms; machinery for stoam vessels ; machinery for wood and hay pressing; machine saws; maps and charts ; medils, gold and silvor, prize ; mouldings, gilt; nicotine; oil, cocoanut, olive, and palm, in bulk; opera glasses; organs, hnrmoniums, bells, and furniture, specially imported for places of public worship; passengers' baggngi'; prining machinery, presses, tyt e, nnd material, printing ink and paper; printed bookf, 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, slate*, and apparatus ; shafts for carts and carriages; soia ash and caustic soda; sodawater m chines ; spirits, methylated; steam engines and parts of steam engines ; sulphate of copper ; sulphuric acid; tarpaulins; tallow; tel scopes ; theodolites ; watch movements and parts of unfinished watches ; water pipes net otherwise described; and all material which may be specially imported for the purpose of constructing water works; wood hurdles; wire ropes for ships' Ui-e; wooden spokes for wheels ; and .all other articles not otherwise described.