THE NEW TARIFF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 705, 26 August 1870, Page 4

THE NEW TARIFF.

.The following import duties came , into operation at the Custom-house on June 29, pending the decision of the House of RepreBpntativfia on the: Ministerial nroDOsals.—

. a. d, Bacon and hams, per lb 0 1| Beef and pork, per cwt 4 0 Butter, per lb ... O 3 Cheese, per lb 0 2 Biscuits (plain), per ;,cwt ... ... 6 0 Meats (potted), per cubic foot ... 5 0 Jams, jellies, and marmalade, per cubic foot ... ... ... — 5 0 Fish (potted -and preserved and fob. paste), per cubic foot ... ... .5 0 Eiflh (dried, pickled, or salted) per cwt 4 0 Oysters (preserred), per cubic foot 5 0 ... Rice, per cwt 2 6. Maizena and cornflour, per cubic foot ... 2 0 Groats (prepared), per cubic foot ... 2 0 Cordage (3 inch and under), per, cwt 6 0 Soap (.common), per cwt ... ... 3 6, Blankets and rugs, per cubic foot ... 5 0 Leather (ojfcer tthan sole), per lb ... 0 2 Saddlery and harness, per cnbic foot 4 0 Furniture and cabinet ware (of wood), " per cubfc foot ... ... "...0 9 Doors (of wood)j .each 2 0 Sashes (window)V per pair ... ... 2 0. Timber (sawn), per 100 leet. superfl- i cial ... 2 0 Shingles and laths, per 1000 2 0 Palings, per 100 SO Rails, per 100 ... ... 4 0 Posts, per loo ... ...8 0 Wine (in bottle), per gal ..... ... 5 O Grain (not otherwise described)* per : 100 lbs ... 0 9 Flour and meal, per 100 Iba ... 1 0 Hay and straw, per ton ... ..,.,10 0 Chaff, per ton 20 0 Eggs, per cnbic foot ... ... ... 1 0