"PREFERENTIAL AND RECIPROCAL TRADE ACT, 1903" (ADDITIONAL DUTIES PAID UNDER) TO 30th JUNE, 1904.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1904 Session I, B-25

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1904. NEW ZEALAND.

"PREFERENTIAL AND RECIPROCAL TRADE ACT, 1903" (ADDITIONAL DUTIES PAID UNDER) TO 30th JUNE, 1904.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 30th June, 1904. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the additional amount of Customs duty paia up to the 30th June on each article of foreign goods specified in the First, Second, ana Thira Schedules of ' The Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903.' "—(Mr. Buchanan.)

PKEFERENTIAL DUTY. Eetuen showing the Amount of Additional Customs Duty paid up to ihe 30th June, 1904, on each Article of Foreign Goods specified in the First, Second, and Third Schedules of " The Preferential and Eeciprocal Trade Act, 1903," distinguishing the Amounts paid before and after the 31st March, 1904.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

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Before After Total to 31st March, 1904. 31stMarch, 1904. 30th June, 1904. lement £ 1 s. a. o o £ s. a. 28 16 0 £ s. a. 29 16 0

Before After Total to 31st March, 1904. 31st March, 1904. 30th June, 1904. Basket and wickerware, n.o.e., not being furniture ... Bicycles, tricycles, and the like vehicles ; also finished, or partly finished or machined parts of same, n.o.e., including weldless steel tubing cut to short lengths Boots, shoes, and slippers, n.o.e.; goloshes, clogs, pattens, vamps, uppers, and laces Candles Carriages, carts, drays and wagons, and perambulators, and wheels for the same China, porcelain, and parianware ... Clocks Cordage and rope, n.o.e. ... Cream of tartar... Earthenware, stoneware, and brown ware ... Fancy goods and toys Firearms, all kinds Fish, potted and preserved Furniture and cabinetware, n.o.e., and other than iron Glass, Crown, sheet, and common window Glassware; also plate-glass, and glass polished, coloured, and other kinds, n.o.e. ; globes and chimneys for lamps Hardware, ironmongery, and hollow-ware ... Hops ... Iron nails Iron pipes, and fittings for same, including main-cocks Lamps, lanterns, and lamp-wick ... Musical instruments—viz., pianos... Paperhangings ... Paper, wrapping—viz., blue-candle, glazed cap, glazed casings, small-hand, lumber-hand, and tissue Paper, wrapping, other kinds, including brown, cartridge, and sugar papers Plate and plated ware Pumps and other apparatus for raising water £ s. d. 3 2 0 92 4 0 £ s. d. 43 16 0 153 17 4 £ s. a. 46 18 0 246 1 4 170 17 .0 744 3 2 915 0 2 83 6 8 125 4 0 126 14 1 362 10 0 210 0 9 487 14 0 44 12 0 47 7 0 193 5 4 12 5 0 352 6 8 7 16 0 47 12 9 29 2 6 48 17 0 194 2 0 219 0 9 21 5 4 284 18 9 72 18 0 1,045 10 5 100 12 0 51 0 1 581 0 6 344 11 6 447 13 8 238 14 0 266 7 9 21 5 4 478 4 1 85 3 0 1,397 17 1 108 8 0 98 12 10 610 3 0 344 11 6 496 10 8 67 11 8 39 14 3 20 1 6 1 16 6 41 6 4 97 14 0 15 6 1,200 9 11 5 14 3 487 14 1 38 5 6 519 8 9 1,096 6 0 94 4 3 1,268 1 7 45 8 6 507 15 7 40 2 0 560 15 1 1,194 0 0 95 9 9 I 3 15 3 5 16 0 11 2 0| 45 18 11 96 12 0 82 2 0 49 14 2 102 8 0 93 4 0 Totals 1,548 0 11 8,460 9 8 j 10,008 10 2

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

W. T. Glasgow, Department of Trade and Customs, Secretary and Inspector. Wellington, 15th September, 1904. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,425 copies). £1 6s. 6d.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o4. Price 3d.]

Before After 31st March, 1904. 31st March, 1904J Total to |30th June, 1904, 3icycles and tricycles, fittings for—viz., rubber tires, pneumatic tires, outside covers, and inner tubes, rubber and cork handles, and pedal-rubbers; also drop forgings and stampings, ball-bearings, weldless steel tubing in full lengths, rims, forks, and spokes in the rough jxas-engines and hammers and oil-engines ... jumboots ron and steel cordage !ron, Plain black sheet, rod, bolt, bar, and plate Printing paper ... ilails for railways and tramways ... sailcloth, canvas and unbleached double-warped duck surgical and dental instruments and appliances £ s. d. 23 0 0 £ s. d. 40 0 0 £ s. d. 63 0 0 408 0 0 106 12 0 1,950 4 10 77 8 0 3 12 0 182 6 0 258 4 0 53 16 0 37 8 0 519 5 0 2,358 4 10 184 0 0 3 12 0 250 6 0 281 12 0 53 16 0 87 8 0 575 9 0 68 0 0 23 8 0 56 4 0 Totals 685 4 0 3,122 3 10 3,807 7 10 Grand totals 11,611 9 1 13,845 14 0 2,234 4 11