THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 329, 3 June 1869, Page 4

THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

The following ia the Customs Tariff, including the latest decisions bj the Commissioner of Customs: — Ale, porter, beer of all sorts, cider, andpesry, in bottle, Is 3d per gallon; do. do. do., in bulk. Is per ga'lon; almonds, in shell, Id per lb; do. shelled, 3d perlb: alum, 3s per cubic foot; ammunition — sporting powder, 6d per lb ; apparel, not otherwise described, os per cubic foot ; apples, dried, Id per lb; apothecaries' wares, not otherwise described, 3s per cubic foot; arms — firearms, 5s encb ; axles, axle arms, and boxes, 2s per cwt; arrowroot, in bulk, $d per lb ; do, in bottles, jiir% or tins, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; arsenic, 4s the cwi. Bacon, and hams, Id per lb ; bagging, bags; sacks, and woolpacks, empty, Is 6d per cubic foot , baskets and wickerware, 6d per cubic foot baking powder, Is per cubic Coot; beef, salted, 2s per cwt; beer engines and fittings, 4s per cwt: bellows. Is per cubic Coot; bicarbonate and carbonate of soda, 2s per cwt; bUcuils, 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; blackleml, Is do ; blanVets and rugs, 3s do ; bonnets and hats, trimmed, 5s do; do, untrimmed, 3s do: boots, sh"es, slippers, and goloshes. 5s do ; boots, men's common watertight and lieeup, aud diggers' long, 3s do; do, youths' watertight and laceup, 6s do: do, shooting, 6s do; boot and shoe vamp and uppers, 5s do; brass, and brass manufactures, 4s per ewt; brushwaro 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, other than tallow, Id do; capers, 2s 8d per cubic foot; caps, apparel, 3s do; c»ps, percussion, Is per thousand; cards, playing, 6d per pack; carpetbags, 3s per cubic foot; carpets, woolen, 2s do ; do, of hemp, coir, or jute, Is do ; carraway seeds, 2s 6d do ; carriages, ctrts, drays, and waggons, 6 per cent, ad valorem; carriage and cart wheels, 5s per pair; catsup, 2s 61 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; chirm, porcelain, and parian wore. Is per cubic foot; Cb.in« preserves (not being fruit), 5s do; chocolate, 3d per lb; chut»oy, 2u 6d p r cubic foot ; c ; gars, 5s per lb ; coco*, 3d do ; coffee, raw, 3d do; do, rousted, 6d do; do. essence of, 2s 6d per cubic foot; collars «nd cuffs, of paper, 5s 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; cordngo, three inches in circumference and under, 3s do ; cordials, 12s per gallon ; docks and watches, £1U per £10U value; cotton manufactures, not otherwise described, and all articles made of col ton mixed with any other material, 5s per cubic foot; cotton counterpanes, 3s Ho ; cream of tartar, Id per lb ; cruet hottles, Is per cubic foot; curry powder and paste, 2s 6d do; cutlery, 4s per cwt. Doors, of wood, 1 s each ; drapery, not otherwise described, 6s per cubic foot ; drugs', and druggists' sundries, not otherwise described, 3s do ; duck, os do ; dyes, 3s do. Earthenware, 3d per cubic foot; engraving*, prints, drawings, painting*, and pictures, Is do enamelled cloth, 6s 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 und tins, 2s per cwt; floorcloth. Is per cubic foot: Forfar sheeting, unbleached, 3s do; fruits, bot.iiuil or preserved in syrup, 2s Od do; do, dried, Id pci lb ; furniture and cabinet ware, of wood, 6d per cubic foot ; furs, 6s do. Gelati-ie, 2s 6d 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 chimneys, for ai.d with lamps, 1s do; ghwware, Is do; glue, 2s per cwt; groats, prepared, Is per cubic foot ; grindery, Is do ; gul ta perchft manufactures, not buinir apparel, Is do. Hardware, 4s per cwt ; haberdashery, os per cubic foot; hair st-ating, Is do; hair cushions, 6d do; hams, Id perlb: hxraess, 2s per cubic foot; hats, 3s do ; do. men's, with plain ribbon binding, 3s do; holloware, 4s per cwt: hops, Id per lb; horseshoes. Is per cwt; hosiery, 6s per cub'C 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 Bheetß, tiles, ridging, guttering, spo ting, rivets, washers, screw nail*, and wire netting, Is do; ironmongery, 4s do ; isinglass, 2s 6d per cubic foot. .Turns, 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 shae makers' wooden pegs, Is per cubic foot ; lend — sheet, pig, and pipir.g, lsperowt; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, 4s do ; leather, sole, £d per lb ; do, other kinds, 1 d do ; do, bags, 5s per cubic foot. ; do, leggings, os do ; do, manufactures, not otherwise described, Is do ; linen man ufnetures, not otherwise described, and all articles made of linen mixed with any other materials, os do; linseed mcnl, 3s do; lithographs, Is do; liqueurs, 1 2s per gallon ; liquorice, 2s Gd per cubic foot,; looking glasses. Is do. Maccaroni, 2s 6d per cubic foot; ma ; zena and corn flour, Is do ; malt, 6d per bushel; mangles, (patent), 4s per cubic foot; munte!pieces, Is do; marbles, (toys), Is do; marble or alabaster ornaments, Is do; matches and w*x vestas, Is do; mats (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. 6s do; musical instruments, Is do; mustard. 2s 6d do. Nails, of ir..n, Id per cwt; nuts, of all kinds, except cocon nuts, Is per lb. Oil vegetable, in bulk. Od per gnUon ; do, do, in bottle, 2s Gd per cubic foot; do, mineral, 6d per gallon ; oil, in bottle, 2s 6d per cubic foot ; do, perfumed, 2s I'd do ; do, cod liver, in bottles, 2s 6d do; do, not otherwise described, Gd per gnlliqi; olives, 2s Cd per cubit 1 foot; opium, £lper lb; do. tincture of, 3s per cubic foot ; oysters, preserved. 2s6ddo. Pai'.-Itiller, per cubic foot, 3s; paint* and colours, per cwt, 2». ; paper, writing, per cubicfoot, Is; do, irrnpping, and bags, do, Is; do. hanging.*, do, Is; papier m ache ware, dp. Is: pearl barley, per eirt, Is; petrl ash, per cubic fo>>t, 3s; peas, split, per cwt, Is; pepper and pimento, ungrouml, per lb, Id; ditto, cayenne, per cubic foot, 2s Od ; do, ground, perlb, 3d ; perambulntorF. per enbie foot, 6-1 ; percussion cap.«, per thousand. . Is perfumerj, not otherwise dccritied, and loi'et Tißegar. per cubic foot, 2s Od; photographic chemical*, do, 3s; photographic goods, other than chemicals, do, Is; picklea, 2s 6d; picture frames, do, It ; pipes, tobacco. do, 2s ; pitch, per barrrl. Is; plat«, gold and eilver, for every £100 ™'uc. £10; plated ware, per lb, 3d; pork, salted, per cwt, *j; portmanteau*, per eobic foot, It; preserved ioup*, do, 2s to; pranea, in gkogb jara, pi» ib. Id.

RuDlwry vinega'*, pir cibic foot, 2s 61; ri per cvrt, 2q ; dfrto, ground, per cubio foot, 2* 6 rugs, woollsn, cotton, or opossum, do, 3s. Saddlery, per cubic foot, 2a ; sad irons, per cwt, 1s ; safes, iron, do, 4s ; sago, in bulk, do 2s ; do, in bottle or canister, per cuhic foot, 3s; sago and tapioca, in jars, do, 4s; sash weights, per cwt. 2s 6J ; saltp tre, do, 2s ; saraapanlla, 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, d-.\. 3s; do, white, regatta, Crimean, do, S.s; shot, per cwt, 10s ; silk manufactures, per cubic f-'ot, ss; silver cups for presentation, £10 per cent: ad valorem ; snuff, per lb, os ; soap, commonc per cwt, 2s 6d ; ditto, scented and fancy, per cubit' toot, 2s 6d ; do powder and washing powder, do, I'd; soda, crystals, per cwt, Is; epices,. cassia, cinnamon, clows, Ringer, mace, nutmeg.-', mixed and ground apices, p»r lb, 3d; spirits, and strong wuters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise., of any 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 ; 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 cwt, 4s ; tapioca, in bulk, do, 2s ; do, in bottles iars, or tins, tier cubic foot, 2s 6d ; tar, the barrel, Is; tartaric acid, per lb, Id; tea, do, fid; tinware, per cwt, 4s; timber, sawn, the 100 feet superficial, 1«; do, shingles and laths, the 1000, Is; do, palings, the 100, Is; do posts, 4s; do, rails, do, 2a ; tobacco, per lb, 2s 6a ; do, for sheepwash. subject to its being rendered unfit I'or 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, 3s; trusses, do, 3a; twine, per cwt. 2s; tubs of wood, the nest, 2s; turpentine, the gallon, 6d. Umbrellas and parasols, per cubic foot, os. Varnish, p> r gallon, 6d; vermicelli, per cubic foot. 2s. 6d ; vinegar per gallon, Gd. Weighing ma hineo, 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, is ; wine, ginger, do, 4s ; woollen manufactures, not otherwise enumerated, and nil articles made of wool mixed with any other materials, the cubic foot, od. Zinc sheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, piping, and roll, the cwt, Is ; do manufactures, not otherwipe 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 c.-iblea and shackles over fths of an inch diameter ; cheese presses; churns; cotton waste; copper and composition rod, bolt^jheathing, and nnils: coriand«r seels; corn sieves and riddles; chaffcutters; crab winches; cranes; capstans and windlasses; disinfecting fluids; drainage pip*s and tiles ; emery cloth ; earih and pwtent water closets ; felt, for sheathing ; filters ; fire engines and hosu ; fish oil in bulk ; forges ; gaspipe.i and machinery, and all material wh eh may be Specially imported for the construction of gasworks; hayrakes; helmets for fire brigades ; iudiarubbor sheets ; iron bridges, and nil material which m;iy be specially imported for the construction ot bridges, wharves, jetties, or patent 6lips_; iron — rod, bolt, bar, hoop, black ehe.-t, and pig : iron lamp po3ts; iron tanks; iron plates, rivets, bolts, buts, screws, and castings for ships ; iron weighbridges for carts ; lard ; lawn mowers : lime juice; machinery for ngneultural purposes ; machinery for boring, brick and tile making, planing punching, sawing, shearing, turning, aud quartz crushing ; 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 glasses; organs, harmoniums, bells, and furniture, specially imported for places or public worship; passengers' baggages pi-ining machinery, presses, type, and materials, printing ink ami 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 ; r.»pe above three i ches in circumference; eailcloth ; sewing machines ; ships' blocks ; ship chandlery not otherwise described ; school books, slates, and apparatus; shafts for carts and carriages ; so la ash und cawtic soda ; sodawater m. chines; spirits, meth^ luted; steam engines and parts of steam engines ; sulphate of copper ; sulphuric acid ; tarpaulins ; tallow ; telescopes : theodolites ; watch movements and parts of un-fiiii.-hed w-ttches; water pipes not otherwise described ; aud all material which may be specially imported for the purpose of construct'ng water works ; wood hurdles ; wiro ropes for ships' u?e ; wooden spokes for wheels ; and all other articles not otherwise described.