TARIFF COMMISSION.
(Per United Press Association.) Wellington, April 8,
At the- Tariff Commission, Mr Ferguson, Secretary to the Harbour' Board, gave evidence in connection with the resolution of the Board supporting the Lyttelton Harbour Board's application that complete dredging plant, whioh cannot be manufactured in the colony, be admitted free of duty, and that , ropes need for harbour purposes also be exempt, Mr E. W. Mills gave evidence *s to agricultural machinery and implements and ships' chandley, and pointing out the articles which he thought should be admitted duty free, and also indicating anomalies in the tariff, which he considered vexatious and a source of great inconvenience ; for instance, ploughs and harrows ate admitted free, but some parts when imported separately are charged 20, per, cent. He enumerated several articles which Bhould be admitted free.
a Mr J. Evans, saddler, urged the anomalies respecting the classification of goods used in saddlery be removed ; also that several articles whioh could not be manufactured in the colony be admitted free He mentioned that saddlers' hemp was charged 20 per cent., while shoe hemp, although tho same thing, was admitted fres.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8518, 9 April 1895, Page 2
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188TARIFF COMMISSION. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8518, 9 April 1895, Page 2
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