COMMERCIAL.
According to a return furnished by the Collector of Customs, the amount of Customs revenue, gold duty, dues, fees, and licenses, collected at the port of Westport during the quarter ended June 30th, was as follows: —
ADDITIONS TO TARIFF.
On and after the 29th June, 1870, the following Kates of Duty, in lieu of those before in nse, under the Tariff Act, will be collected, and new Duties on the articles mentioned below will be levied throughout New Zaaland: — ALTEBATION IN TABIFF ACT. Bacon and hams per lb ... ... O 1$ Beef and pork, salted, per cwt ... 4 0 Butter per lb 0 3 Cheese per 1b... 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 fish paste per cubic foot 5 0 Pish, dried, pickled, or salted, the cwt. ... 4 0 Oysters, preserved, the cubic foot 5 0 Bice per cwt ... ... ... ... 2 6 Maizena and corn flour per cubic foot 2 0 Groats, prepared, per cubic foot ... 2 0 Cordage, 3in. and under, per cwt 6 0 Soap, common, per cwt ... ... 3 6 Blankets and rugs per cubic foot ... 5 0 Leather, other than sole, per lb. ... 0 2 Saddlery and harness per cubic foot 4 0 Furniture and cabinet ware of wood per cubic foot ... ... ... 0 9 Doors, of wood, each... ... ... 2 O Sashes windows, per pair ... ... 2 0 Timber, sawn, per lOOfeet superficial 2 0 Shingles and laths per 1000 2 0 Palings per 100 2 0 Bails per 100 4 0 Posts, per 100 8 0 Wine, in bottle, the gallon 5 0 NEW DUTIES. Grain not otherwise described per 100 lbs 0 9 Flour and meal per 100 lbs 1 0 Hay and Straw per ton 10 0 Chaffperton 20 0 Eggs per cubic foot 1 0 Signed, W. SEED, Secretary Customs.
11 £ s. d. Customs' duties ... Lighthouse dues ... Merchant shipping fees ... Arms fees ... . 4846 19 6 22 12 8 6 0 0 22 14 0 Wine licenses Gold duty 2 0 0 , 1894 15 11 £6795 2 1 The above returns show an i increase of up■wards of £fiOO over the previous quarter. The following is the return for the month ended Juno 30 :— £ s. d. Customs' duties . 1644 17 3 Lighthouse dues Merchant shipping fees .. Arms fees ... 3 16 11 0 6 6 12 11 0 Wine Licenses 1 0 0 Gold duty 689 16 1 £2352 7 9
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 679, 2 July 1870, Page 2
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416COMMERCIAL. Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 679, 2 July 1870, Page 2
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