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FINANCIAL STATEMENT (In Committee of Supply, 16th July, 1907.) BY THE COLONIAL TREASURER, THE HON, SIR J. G. WARD, P.C., K.C.M.G.
Mit. McKenzie,- — In submitting the Financial Statement for the year ended 31st March last it is not necessary for me to give full detailed figures, as the Public Accounts have already been published, and honourable members are no doubt familiar with them. The revenue has surpassed that of any previous year, and, notwithstanding the heavy expenditure, we closed our hooks on the 81s1 March last with a substantial credit balance of £717,826—-a result which must be gratifying to both the House and the country. REVENUE. The revenue for the year exceeded eight millions, the highest on record. The actual amount was £8,399,075, and, compared with the revenue of the previous year, £7,581.359, shows an increase of £814,716, or a little over 10 percent. The principal increases were in Railways, £282,978; Customs, £243,629; Stamps, £164,464; Land and Income Tax, £77,637; Miscellaneous, £31,075; and other receipts, £24,822. The territorial revenue was less by £9,839. Reference to the table attached will show how these figures are arrived at.
1906-7. 1905-6. lucrease. Deorease. £ £ £ fi Customs ... ... ... 2,941,040 2,697,41] 243,629 Railways ... ... ... 2,621,396 2,338,418 282,978 Stamps ... ... ... 1.365,727 1,201,263 164,464 Land-tax ... ... 447,342 385,756 61,586 Income-tax ... ... ... 277,867 261,816 16,051 Beer Duty ... ... ... 107,582 98,135 9,447 Registration and other Fee* ... 119,445 108,222 11,223 Marine ... ... ... 40,891 36,739 4J52 ... Miscellaneous... ... ... 226,885 195,810 31,075 Territorial Revenue ... ... 250,900 260,789 ... 9,889 824,605 9,889 9,889 Total* ... .. £8,899,076 £7,584,359 £814,716
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Comparing the actual with the estimated revenue, there was an excess under every head. The Customs estimate was exceeded by £241,040; Railways, by £121,396; Stamps, by £122,227; Land and Income Tax, by £58,209; Miscellaneous, by £26,885; other heads, by £28,318: making a total of £598,075 in excess of the estimate. The following table will give details : — Estimated. Actual. More. £ £ £ Customs 2,700,000 2,941,040 241,040 Railways 2,500,000 2,621,396 121,396 Stamps 1,243,500 1,365,727 122,227 Land-tax 405,000 447,342 42,342 Income-tax 262,000 277,867 15,867 Beer Duty 98,500 107,582 9,082 Registration and other Fees ... ... 110,000 119,445 9,445 Marine 37,000 40,891 3,891 Miscellaneous 200,000 226,885 26,885 Territorial Revenue ~ 245,000 250,900 5,900 Totals £7,801,000 £8,399,075 £598,075 A certain amount of this increase must be attributed to the Internationa Exhibition at Christchurch, particularly that relating to revenue derived from Railways, Customs, and Stamps; but at the same time we must not overlook the fact that the general prosperity of the country is mainly responsible for the results. EXPENDITURE. The expenditure last year also was necessarily higher, the actual sum spent being £7,774,926, or £652,586 more than the previous year. Of this large increase the permanent charges are responsible for £128,063, principally caused by the payment of interest on new loans and the cost of increased payments to old-age pensioners. With the increased revenue increased expenditure may be looked for, and it is therefore not surprising to find that the departmental expenditure was in excess of that of the previous year by no less a sum than £484,573. Of this amount the Kailways were answerable for £254,537, Education required 688,032, Post and Telegraph service cost an extra £40,459, grant to Exhibition £ 19,600, and the maintenance of roads now charged to Consolidated Fund £25,860. The' new sinking fund established for war and defence loans absorbed nearly 640,000. Comparing the actual expenditure for the year with the amount appropriated, we are able to show a saving of £161,383. The charges authorised by the permanent appropriations show, as compared with the estimates, a saving of £-12,828, while the votes for departmental expenditure show £188,505; but, as credit has been given to Bailways for the excess of revenue allowed by law, of £121,396, the underspent amount on departmental votes may be stated as £67,109. After charging £39,950 for the Defence and War Loans Sinking Fund Account we have a direct saving of £39,987 on the estimated expenditure for the year. The surplus of £7h8,795 from the previous year enabled me to transfer from revenue in aid of public works the sum of £775,000, which, if reckoned at 3i per cent., represents a saving to the State of £27,000 per annum for interest. The largest amount previously transferred on this account was £600,000. RESULTS. The receipts for the year from all sources amounted to £8,478,956, the expenditure being £7,774;920, leaving a surplus on the year's transactions of 6704 030, which added to the amount of £13,795 left from previous year's balance after transfer to Public Works Fund of £775,000 gives us a balance on the 31st March last, of £717,825,
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The results of the transactions may he summarised thus : — Receipts— Revenue ... ... ... ... £8,399,075 Sinking fund accretions ... ... 66,000 » Other receipts ... ... ... 13,881 £8,478,956 Expenditure— Permanent charges ... ... ... £2,998,170 Annual appropriations ... ... ... 4,736,806 Sinking fund, war and defence loans ... 39,950 7,774,926 Excess of receipts over expenditure ... 704,030 Balanoe, 31st March, 1906 ... ... ... £788,795 Transferred to Public Works Fund ... ... 775,000 13,795 Balance, 31st March, 1907 ... v . ... ... £717,825 TREASURY BILLS. Honourable members will be pleased to know that in accordance with a promise made in last year's Budget £150,000 of the outstanding Treasury bills have been paid off, thus reducing our floating loan from £700,000 to 6550,000. These bills had been renewed from year to year, and had practically become n permanent debt, and this is the first step taken towards clearing them off. 1 hope to make further redemptions from time to time until they are all paid off. SINKING FUNDS. The proposal made in last year's Budget of establishing new sinking funds in respect of certain loans has been given effect to : £39,950, representing 1 per cent, on £3,995,000, the amount of loans raised for war and defence purposes, and £50,165 at like rate on the amount borrowed for the purpose of acquiring lands for close settlement, have been paid over to the Public Trustee, and by him invested in securities returning 4 per cent, interest. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. The balance brought forward to commence the year with was £492,298. Eliminating the transactions connected with renewal of loans which appear on both sides of the account, the fund was augmented by receipts consisting of loan-moneys £1,125,686; premiums received on sales and renewals of debentures, £15,834 ; transfer from Consolidated Fund revenue, £775,000 ; other receipts, £1,560: making a total of £2,410,378. On the other hand, the ordinary expenditure was 62,040,819 ; charges and expenses in respect of loans amounted to £10,659 : total expenditure, £2,050,978 : thus leaving a balance in the fund at the close of the year of £359,400, which, with the balance of the 1906 10an—656,400 —t0 receive, gave us available ways and means of £415,800 to start the current year with. THE CONVERSION ACCOUNT. During the year £841,966 of 3j-per-cent. stock has been inscribed, of which £241,700 was sold and the proceeds used to redeem £100,000 issued under "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," and £148,800 under the Aid to Public Works Acts, the balance --£600,206— being issued in exchange for debentures which either fell due or came in for conversion. £255,300 was converted at par. 64,200 at 6101, and £305,000 at £103, the premium paid requiring additional stock to the amount of £9,966. Of the 3-per-cent. stock, £86,135 was inscribed — £75,555 for redemption of debentures and £10,580 for expenses of conversion. The public debt is, of course, increased by these conversions ; but, on the other hand, a considerable saving in the annual interest-payment is effected, as the Treasury was paying as high as 5 per cent, on £68,000 and 4 per cent, on £730,100 of the debenture!; dealt with.
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LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT. During the past year debentures amounting to £530,040 were issued for the purchase of estates, premiums received on sale of debentures realised £5,445. £16,000 was received for interest on moneys invested, while rents and other money from the estates came into the account to the extent of £206,103. On the oiher side, the acquisition of the estates cost £188,278, interest on debentures L' 188,012, first, payment for sinking fund established for repayment of debentures 660,166, and other expenses £3,160. The balance of the account at the close of the year was £729,320. THE PUBLIC DEBT, The gross public debt on the 31st March last was £64.179,040, as against £62,191,040 at the close of the previous year, or an increase of £1,988,000 for the year. Of the million loan authorised last session for public works. £943,600 wits received during the year; the balance, £56.400, already placed, will come to credit during this year. For the purchase of lands for close settlement, debentures to the amount of £530,040 were issued under "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.': and £65,975 under "The Maori Lands Settlement Act, 1905," for acquisition of lands from Maori owners. To enable grants to be made to local authorities 6180,000 had to be borrowed, and £'150,000 was obtained to meet the requirements of the Advances to Settlers Office, and £20,000 to carry out the provisions of the Advances bo Workers Act. A further sum of £10,000 for scenery-preservation was provided, and £60,000, representing debentures for accretion to sinking funds, were disposed of. The conversion operations are responsible for an increase of £21,001. Notwithstanding the disturbed state of the money-market, no difficulty has been found in obtaining all the money required, whether for renewal or new loans, on the most satisfactory terms, a premium of 2 per cent,, being obtained for many sales, and as high as 1 per cent, was received for renewals in several cases. £2,168,766 fell due during the year. Of this large sum £1,648,466 were renewed. 6255,300 converted at par, £261,800 paid off, and £3,200 remained outstanding, the debentures not having been presented. Of the increase of the debt the following items may be stated to be of a direotly interest-producing character :— £ For purchase of land for settlements .... .... 596,015 For railway construction and additions to open lines 525,000 For loans to local bodies .... .... .... 180,000 For advances to settlers ... .... .... 150,000 For advances to workers .... .... .... 20,000 For New Zealand Consols deposit .... .... 1,384 Total .... .... ...£1,472,399 LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT. Dp to the 31st March last the total amount of debentures created and issued and carried into this account was £2,743,100, and the total disbursements have l )een —to local bodies, £2,194,138; to Lands and Survey Department, towards opening up blocks of hind for settlement, £473,733; and to Public Works Fund, £89,800, in exchange for debentures under " The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882." The balance at credit of the Loans to Local Bodies Account on the 31st March, 1906, was £784. Debentures for £180,000 were created and issued during the past year, and refunds of unexpended balances of grants amounting to £613 were received. Payments on account of loans were made during the year to local bodies £133,629, and towards opening np blocks of land for settlement 647,871, leaving at the end of last year a balance of £397 to the credit of the account.
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Of the total amount of local bodies' debts inscribed to the Ist Februarylast, the following figures will show the amounts and rates at which the loans were granted:— £ Loans at 5-per-cent. rate .... .... .... 48,891) •U „ .... .... .... 1,061,157 1 „ .... .... .... 200,760 ■H „ 976,297 £2,287,104 This system of providing cheap money for local bodies in carrying out their works is undoubtedly of great benefit to the community, and that the advantages are understood and appreciated is shown by the steady increase in the loans applied for and granted. I am glad to say that the payments of the half-yearly instalments of interest on the inscribed debts continue to be punctually paid. LOANS MATURING. On the Ist June last the million loan authorised by the Immigration and Public Works Loan Act of 1870 fell due. This loan was guaranteed by the Imperial Government, and its debentures are commonly known as the Imperial guaranteed debentures. As honourable members are aware, only £200,000 of these debentures were issued to the public, the balance, £800,000, being in the bands of the Government. Provision was made for the redemption of this loan by a sinking fund, the annual contribution to which was originally fixed at £20,000 per annum, but on the representation of the Imperial authorities was raised in 1887 to £24,000. The sinking funds, which have been managed by special trustees, were invested by them, and have reached the sum of £965,000, consisting principally of securities. These funds were released on the Ist June last, and handed over to the Government in exchange for the debentures. The sum of £200,000 which was in the hands of the public has been arranged for by conversion, and the sinking fund will be devoted to the extinction of the 6800,000 debentures, and the redemption of the debentures issued against the accretions as provided by " The Consolidated Stock Act, 1881." In addition to the above there are other loans falling due during the current year amounting to £1,532,900. lam keeping these obligations well in mind, and will at the proper time make satisfactory arrangements to meet them, either by way of redemption or otherwise, so that the high position which the credit of New Zealand holds may be maintained. LAND AND INCOME TAX. The receipts from land-tax exceeded the estimates by £42,342, and were £61,586 in excess of the actual amount collected in the previous year. The income-tax receipts show an increase on the estimates of £15,866, and an increase on the revenue of the previous year of 116,051. The total revenue from both taxes therefore produced £58,208 more than was estimated, and £77,638 more than the revenue of the previous year. The substantial increase in the land-tax revenue, notwithstanding purchases of estates by the Government, and the steady increase inthe income-tax revenue afford very gratifying testimony to the continued prosperity of the country. EXHIBITION. The International Kxhibition, which closed in April last, proved to be the most successful ever held in New Zealand or Australia. It stands first in point of attendance, and in excellence and variety of exhibits has never yet been surpassed by any Exhibition held south of the Equator. The advantages to the eolon\ of this great Exhibition were threefold—first, educational and social; secondly, financial; and thirdly, advertising advantages.
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Tin- total expenditure in connection with the Exhibition amounted to about £200,000, of which t'75,500 was paid from the Consolidated Fund, the amount being made up of receipts from admissions, royalties on selling-rights and sideshows, payments for space, and the realisation of the Exhibition estate. Of the amount paid from the Consolidated Fund, £15,000 has already been repaid, so that the cost at present stands, in round figures, at £60,500; but there will be a further reduction upon this amount from sales now in course of prosecution, and 1 hope before the session closes to lay a balance-sheet with full details before honourable members. For the sake of comparison, I might mention that the Melbourne Exhibition of 1888, which was an undertaking of similar magnitude, conducted in a city of between 400,000 and 500,000 inhabitants, resulted in a net loss of £237,000. and the total attendance was something less than the attendance at our Exhibition. Even were the Exhibition to cost the country £60,500 it must be pronounced, from a financial standpoint, a remarkable success. A careful estimate of the gain to the country has been made, and- is as follows :— £ £ Gain to Railways ..-. ... ... ... 75,000 Customs ... ' ... ... ... ... 75,000 • Other Departments ... ... ... ... 10,000 160,000 Tourists (10.000 at £20) ... ... ... 200,000 360,000 Less loss ... ... ... 60,600 Gain ... ... ... ... £299,600 DEFENCE. As indicated in my last Budget, a Council of Defence has been established, and now controls defence affairs, subject to the authority of the Minister of Defence. Lvery effort is being made to encourage the Volunteer system, including defence rifle clubs, and regulations have been issued providing for the formation of reserve corps The capitation of defence cadets has been increased. You will he asked to make provision for additional necessary equipment for adult Volunteers, so as to have a properly equipped force for the defence of New Zealand. The Regulations have been altered to allow each individual Volunteer to earn his capitation irrespective of the attendance of his comrades: this should give general satisfaction to Volunteers. The instruction of officers and N.C.O.s is being dealt with, and good results are already noticeable. • The training-ship " Amokura" has been put in commission, and is now controlled by the Marine Department. The Council has under consideration a scheme for reorganizing the Permanent Force, and regulating its pay and allowances on more satisfactory lines than at present. The matter will be dealt with in the annual report. THE BRITISH NAVY. The agreement between New Zealand and the British Government has over six years to run. No proposal has been made by the Government to in any way change the present agreement, nor is there any disposition to do so. Honourable members are aware, however, that the question was discussed at the recent Imperial Conference in London in consequence of a desire on the part of the Commonwealth to in some form create a subsidiary coastal defence system, and for .that purpose modify the existing agreement so far as it affects the Commonwealth. We must, of course-, wait until the decision of the Commonwealth" in this respect has taken the form of legislative action. When that has been done, and we know the extent to which the Commonwealth desires to modify the agreement, it may become necessary for us to enter into a fresh agreement with the
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British Government, in which case we shall, I hope, be willing to increase our contribution to £100,000 a year. The importance of securing the fullest protection of the British Navy cannot be over-estimated. Irrespective of the direct advantages thereby accruing to New Zealand, it must not be forgotten that the Pacific islands require regular visits of British ships of war. Our interests there are considerable, and are daily growing, and as New Zealand is very closely concerned in the preservation and development of these islands, it is essential that periodical visits of ships of the British Navy should continue. The influence of the regular presence of a British man-of-war in the Pacific can scarcely be too forcibly emphasized, and T am satisfied that Parliament, in the event of a change of the present arrangement, will do what is required to provide suitable headquarters for ships of the British Navy at Auckland, where the presence of a dock and other facilities for carrying out the work of repair marks its suitability as a centre. MINING. The mining outlook is of a very hopeful character. The export of gold for the year 1906 was the highest for a period of thirty-five years, while the output of coal shows a considerable increase over that of the preceding year, and is about double what it was ten years ago—a sure indication of the progress of the industrial life of the community. The increase in the value of our mineral products for the past year amounts to nearly a quarter of a million sterling. Considerable activity has been shown in the development of the deposits of copper, scheelite, antimony, and other minerals that are known to exist in various parts of New Zealand, and for which a great demand at present exists in Europe and the United States for manufacturing purposes. It is believed that the best way to encourage the development of our mineral resources is by providiug additional assistance towards the cutting of tracks and opening up of roads in the hack country and mountain regions. Some promising discoveries have been made during the past few years, but there are many difficulties in the way of getting in supplies and machinery, and marketing the products of the mines, for which better roads and tracks are indispensable. The two State coal-mines show a total increase in output, whilst the increase in profits is not so large as compared with the preceding year, on account of material concessions made in the prices charged to the Railway Department. The briquette plant erected at Westport for the utilisation of waste slack from the Seddonville State Coal-mine is now in working-order, and experiments in the manufacture of briquettes are progressing satisfactorily, the coal being well adapted for briquettes of excellent quality. Depots for the sale of coal are now open at Wellington, Christchurch, and W-anganui, and a ready sale is found. It is comtemplated to open depots tit other large centres as soon as more extensive developments at the mines have been carried out. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. A comprehensive measure for the consolidation and general amendment of local government law will he introduced, but, having regard to the magnitude and importance of the subject and the many other matters which must be dealt with, Ido not anticipate that the Bill will pass this session. It will, however, be circulated, so that its provisions may he fully considered by all parties affected and I hope Parliament will next session put this important legislation on the statute-book. In cases where amendments of the existing law are urgently needed you will be asked to make them. LABOUR. The administration of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act has disclosed certain defects which should be remedied. These he chiefly in the delays which have often practically defeated the main object of this legislation,
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These delays have been due partly to the long intervals between the hearing by the Arbitration Court of disputes, but mainly to the unnecessary and often vexatious appeals made from the Conciliation Board to the Court itself. The troubles that have arisen regarding the half-holiday in shops and factories will be removed. Bills to meet these points will be introduced. INFANT LIFE. Recent information which has reached me shows the need of further protecting infant life from the neglect so often found in connection with the treatment of children. Legislation will be brought down providing safeguards which experience has shown to be necessary, CHINESE. Neither here nor elsewhere has the poll-tax succeeded in preventing the immigration of Chinese. For reasons that need not be discussed, the money is always he found to pay the amount of the tax and so enable a certain number of the Chinese to come in. It is very necessary, in the best interests of the European inhabitants of this country, that further restrictions should be imposed. Experience has shown that the more effective and justifiable check is by means of a high educational test. This, it is hoped, with the present poll-tax continued, will have the effect of both reducing the number and raising the standard of this class of immigrants. Legislation on these lines will be introduced. CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION AND SUPERANNUATION. As honourable members know, two great Departments -the Railway and the Post and Telegraph—are already classified; anil Superannuation Funds exist in connection with the Departments of Railways and Police. The results have been advantageous both to the State and the officers concerned. The officers work with better spirit, and consequently more efficiently. The Government arc satisfied that the same advantages will follow from an extension of the system to the Public Service generally, and lulls will be introduced for that purpose. The classification scheme will in some cases involve a slight increase of salaries, and, moreover, it is intended to supplement the officers' contribution to the Superannuation Fund by a grant of public money. This year £30,000 will be asked for this purpose, and I am satisfied that Parliament will readily approve it. The country is prosperous, its finances are buoyant, and the Government proposals are a matter as much of justice as generosity to the public servants who labour so loyally and so well in the service of the State. Classification by statute is necessarily inelastic, and this is accentuated by the. steady expansion of the Departments concerned. In the case of the Post and Telegraph, various modifications have been made from time to time by Act, but further alterations are required. Moreover, to meet future cases, it is proposed that statutory authority be given to the Governor to modify by Order in Council the statutory classification list of any Department, the Order being subject to the approval of both Houses by resolution. In this way. cases for alteration can he dealt with as they arise, and the authority of Parliament preserved. In addition to the classification of the Civil Service, amended classification for both the Railways and the Post and Telegraph Service will be submitted. As promised last session, I am having prepared a return showing the names and salaries of the Civil servants of the colony, which I propose laying on the table of the House for the information of honourable members before the estimates are considered. NATIONAL ANNUITIES. Honourable members will recollect that last year the Government circulated a Bill to establish a system of annuities. The encouragement of thrift should be one of the main objects of every Government. It not only makes sure
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provision for declining years and gives security against want, but in the present it serves as a healthy check upon the disposition to spend money in various forms of indulgence which are far from beneficial to our people. The Bill will be introduced again and will contain provision for voluntary contributions to a fund for the establishment of annuities. REPLACING GUARANTEED DEBENTURES. As already stated, the £800,000 Imperial-guaranteed debentures matured on the Ist June last, and in due course will be cancelled. It has been the practice to obtain advances on the security of these Imperialguaranteed debentures for the purpose of replenishing the Public Account whenever required. The fact that this power existed was one of great value in dealing with our finance. These debentures were practically available for the purpose of meeting any possible unexpected financial contingency that might arise. The question then presents itself as to what is the best course to follow to insure the financial stability of this country in London now that the Imperialguaranteed debentures are no longer available. It is absolutely essential that we should be in the position of having available securities to lodge from time to time, as may be required to maintain a strong financial position in England, and I therefore propose to submit authority to issue debentures for £800,000 to take the place of Imperial-guaranteed debentures. This sum is to he used exclusively for security purposes as occasion requires, under the control of the High Commissioner, so that in the event of a financial crisis at any time arising we may have available the necessary security to lodge to provide for any financial necessities. I desire to point out that under this proposal the public indebtedness will not be increased. As it is not possible to invest this amount in Imperial-guaranteed debentures, it will necessarily require to be invested in gilt-edged securities in London, which, in times of emergency, may be available as an undoubtedly sufficient security for advances from the Bank of England or other financial houses, even though extreme financial pressure was existing at the time on the London market. LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES. The work carried on by local bodies is recognised as of the greatest value to the people whose interest they serve, and I am satisfied that in the carrying-out of that work the system of Government loans has proved of great service. That it has been largely availed of is shown by the fact that in all £2,194,138 have been advanced. It is only right that the people in the several districts who have shown a disposition by local taxation to help themselves should have an advantage over those who have relied entirely upon Government assistance for carrying on local works. To meet this position, preference will be given in proportion to the amount of rate levied by local bodies, and legislation providing a scale to meet this will be submitted to Parliament. ROADING BACKBLOCKS. Good progress has been made with roading, and opening up by means of bridle-tracks, lands recently taken up for settlement; but, notwithstanding that the work done during the year just passed has exceeded in quantity that done during any previous year, the settlement of new land has been so extensive as to render it impossible to provide access to the whole of it as quickly as is desirable. However, with sustained perseverance and energy, and the provision of sufficient funds for the purpose, it is hoped that the roading will before long overtake the needs of settlement. In addition to roadworks in new localities, a considerable amount of assistance has been given in the way of grants to local bodies for works in the oldersettled parts of the country.
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TELEPHONES TO OUTLYING LOCALITIES. By the vigorous prosecution of the work of constructing telephone-lines to isolated parts of the country the Department was enabled to open for public business no less than 146 telephone-offices during the year. It is anticipated that the number for 1907 will at least equal this. The amount expended on telegraph extension during the financial year 1906-7 was £114,068, but there are liabilities amounting to £75,110 on account of works for which parliamentary authority was granted too late for the necessary expenditure to be brought within the financial year. DAIRYING. The first essentials to excellence and purity of dairy products is strict cleanliness in byres and the highest degree of freedom from disease in stock. These objects can be effected only by increased inspection, and for this purpose it is proposed to pay £8,000 per annum out of the Consolidated Fund. By this means animals found with signs of disease will be eliminated, thus securing not only purer meat for local consumption and Home markets but purer milk for dairy productions, the aim being to ensure the best milk being brought to the factories under conditions most favourable to manufacture. Whatever promotes the excellence of our products ensures for them higher prices in old world markets. RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTION. Full details of the Government's railway-works and proposals will be given in the Public Works Statement which will be submitted by my colleague later on, hut I may, however, refer briefly to one or two points. Our railway-construction works have continued to make steady progress. On the North Island Main Trunk Railway especially a large amount of very good work has been done. The rail-heads at the northern and southern ends of the line are now within twenty-eight miles of each other, and the intervening gap is bridged by a good coach service, so that the through journey between Auckland and Wellington by this route is already quite practicable, and the travelling public and many honourable members and others have recently undertaken it. During the coming summer the rails will be laid over much the greater part of the eighty miles gap, so that by the end of the financial year the break between the rail-heads should not exceed five or six miles. There is now, therefore, every prospect of the promise of completion of this great national undertaking by the end of 1908 becoming an accomplished fact. The section of the Midland Railway between Staircase Gully and Broken River was duly completed and opened for passenger traffic in time for the commencement of the Christchurch Exhibition season on Ist November last, as promised by my colleague, the Minister for Public Works. The completion of this section of the line made it possible to establish a daily service, by coach and rail, between Christchurch and Greymouth. This has been much appreciated by the travelling public, and has been very largely availed of. The further section of the line between Broken River and the Cass is now in hand, and tenders for the steel viaduct over Sloven's Creek have recently been accepted. Tenders for the Arthur's Pass Tunnel contract have been received, and the Government, after full consideration, has accepted the lowest tender—namely, that of J. McLean and Son, for the sum of £599,794. So that the important Work of connecting the East and West Coast Railway should be completed in five years. The expenditure on railway-construction last year amounted to no less than £919,684, and in addition to this £308,150 was expended on additions to open lines, and £117,915 on railway-duplication works. The expansion of traffic on our railways in all directions calls for a much larger expenditure on rolling-stock, for it will be recognised that where an increase of traffic has taken place it is the business of the Government to make the necessary provision to enable the traffic to be properly
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conducted. The abseuce of such facilities must result not only in inconvenience to the users of the railways, but, if allowed to continue, would be detrimental to the successful establishment of fresh industries and to the carrying-on of the work of opening up and settling our country. To meet this position I propose to devote £350,000 out of the £1,000,000 loan, for additions to opened lines, so that a vigorous programme of providing rolling-stock and other necessary facilities may be carried out without unnecessary delay. I may mention, for the information of honourable members, that the workshops are now engaged night and day on special classes of work to insure the speedy turning-out of further engine-power and rolling-stock. POSTAL BUILDINGS. The expansion of postal business at Auckland and Wellington necessitates further provision for carrying on the work of the Department in these two cities. Competitive designs for the erection of a building upon the land required for that purpose in Wellington will at an early date he invited, and I hope to be able shortly to arrange for a site in the City of Auckland to provide for the requirements there. LAND. It has always been one of the cardinal doctrines of the Liberal party in New Zealand that the prosperity of the community as a whole is directly and closely connected with the prosperity of our farmers. So far from there being any antagonism between town and country, they are inter-dependent. Neither can flourish alone, and the well-being of the one must react for good on the other. Guided by this principle the Liberal Administrations of the past have striven to benefit both. The towns have been fostered by tariff reform and industrial and humanistic legislation of various kinds ; the country by liberal measures for the settlement of the land and the financial help of the settlers, and by innumerable services rendered to all kinds of farmers by the Agricultural Department; in addition to this both town and country have shared the boon of liberal railway facilities, cheap postal and telegraph rates, the development of trade routes and foreign markets, and the many other advantages with which honourable members are familiar. When the present Government took office they felt that the existing system of land-tenure had in many respects served its day, and no longer met the requirements of our people. We therefore submitted proposals for a change. These have been exhaustively discussed during the recess, and detailed proposals, in the light of information since obtained, will he submitted in due course. For the information of honourable members I may mention that, in order to prevent the excessive holdings and aggregations of estates in land and at the same time leave reasonable scope for the enterprise and energy of our settlers, the graduated land-tax will he increased on estates of £40,000 or upwards in unimproved value ; but, in computing the value, business premises in town and country, and, in the case of a country estate, the principal home-stead-site, will not be included. The present holders of leases in perpetuity will be offered the option of the freehold, and instead of having to incur the risk of auction as previously proposed, this option will be given at a price to be fixed by arbitration as on the date en which they give notice of intention to purchase. The proceeds of sales will be paid into the Land for Settlements Account, and be applied in acquiring new estates for settlement. Of the existing unsold Crown lands a substantial part —say, 9,000,000 acres— will be set aside as a national endowment and the residue will be open on the optional system as at present, save that instead of the present lease in perpetuity there will he a " renewable lease " —that is, a lease for a term of sixty-six years with perpetual renewal for similar terms, the rent for each term being fixed by valuation of the land (without improvements) as at the commencement of each successive term.
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The national-endowment lands will be disposed of only on the renewablelease •system. The proceeds from endowment lands will be devoted to education and oldage pensions, seventy per cent, to the former and thirty per cent, to the latter. NATIVE LANDS. The Native-land question has given every Ministry for the past quarter of a century anxious consideration. It involves two matters of immense importance to the country : first, the proper settlement of the Maori people so that they may become industrious citizens ; and, second, the utilisation of the vast areas that are under Maori tenure, unused, and not likely to be used by the Maori people. The Government was of opinion that before bringing in further amendments of the •Native-land laws—laws that have been amended almost every year for half a century—there should be a complete and impartial inquiry into the state of Maori lands, and also an inquiry as to the Maoris' views and opinions regarding utilisation of their lands. It was felt that this could best be ascertained by a Commission that would be above criticism, and satisfactory both to the Europeans and Maoris. I asked His Honour the Chief Justice and Mr. A. T. N-gata, M.H.R., to undertake the work. They consented to do so, and they have already dealt with half a million of acres of land, and have forwarded to His Excellency five reports, which will be laid before Parliament. The recommendations of the Commission, if given effect to, offer, I am glad to say, a hopeful prospect of utilising these lands for the common benefit of both races, by providing sufficient farms for the Afaoris themselves and opening large unoccupied areas for European settlement. Of the land they have already dealt with—viz., 526,977 acres —they recommend that 219,115 acres be reserved for Maori occupation and farming; that 307,861 acres be made available for European settlers; and they anticipate that other large areas will be similarly available in the near future. The Maoris in various districts have asked the Commission to visit them and confer with them as to the settlement of their lands; and I anticipate that the labours of the Commission will go far to effect a solution of the Nativeland question, which has been almost a nightmare to successive Parliaments and Governments. The Commission, in order that no delay may take place in carrying out the settlement of people on the unused lands, have in their last report asked that their recommendations be submitted to Parliament for action. I feel sure that the Parliament will be only too anxious to pass such legislation as may speedily and satisfactorily settle the many difficulties that have arisen in Maori-land administration. One of the primary causes of the unsatisfactory condition that has for so long continued in reference to the disposition and settlement of Maori land, particularly in the North Island, has been due to the undesirable methods of private treaty. With the object of insuring that all sections of the community may have an opportunity of competing for all Maori lands offered from time to time, Parliament will be asked to pass legislation and put into effect this purpose, and to provide that all Native lands proposed to be alienated, either under leasehold or freehold tenure, shall be disposed" of, after full advertisement, by public competition. LAND-ENDOWMENTS. A considerable amount of doubt seemed to exist in the minds of honourable members last session in reference to the areas of lands in the several districts to be set aside for endowment purposes, and in order that the proposals may be fully understood I desire to state that of the nine million acres proposed to be reserved for endowment purposes are distributed proportionately in each district as follows: Auckland, 000,000 acres; Hawke's Bay, 135,000; Taranaki, 90,000; Wellington, 90,000;. Nelson, 1,350,000; Marlborough, 450,000; Westland, 1,035,000; Canterbury, 1,800,000; Otago, 2,250,000; Southland, 900,000 : total, 9,000,000.
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LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS. Under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Acts, .frequent references to the Compensation Court in order to arrive at the price to he paid for estates acquired for settlement are necessary, and have proved unsatisfactory. An alteration in the present system is desirable. The House will be asked to legislate so as to provide that the valuation under the Valuation of Land Act shall he the basis upon which the price is to be ascertained, with 10 per cent, added when the estate is valued at less than £25,000, and 5 per cent, when the estate is valued between £25,000 and £50,000, and per cent, from £50,000 upwards. REDUCTIONS IN POSTAGE AND TELEGRAMS. The marked success of the reductions in postage and telegram rates during the last few years warrants further concessions. I therefore propose to make the following reductions in rates : — To reduce the postage on inland post-cards from Id. to id., thus bringing the post within the reach of the humblest member of the community. . To reduce the fee for registered letters from 3d. to 2d. At present far too many letters with valuable enclosures are posted unregistered. To further reduce the inland letter postage, making the rate Id. for the first four ounces and Jd. for each two ounces thereafter, instead of Id. for each four ounces as at present. To reduce the postage on magazines to Id. per pound, instead of Id. for eight ounces. This concession, it is hoped, will be a great convenience to country residents. I intend at the same time to materially increase the frequency of the lettercarriers' deliveries in the business portions of the four large centres. On the telegraph side, it is intended to abolish at country places the fee of five guineas per annum at present charged for telephoning telegrams to the nearest telegraph-office, and in the principal towns to reduce the same fee to £1. Later on I hope to abolish the charge altogether, thus, in effect, make ever)' house fitted with a telephone and a telegraph office. The free delivery of telegrams in the larger cities will be materially extended. The rates of commission on money-orders and postal notes will be substantially reduced. It is estimated that these reductions in the whole will mean a concession to the public of about £20,000; but after making due allowance for the increased business likely to result from them, I estimate that the loss to the Department for the three months from the Ist January to the 31st March next will not exceed £3,800. This loss, it must be remembered, will, to judge by the results of former similar essays, rapidly diminish from quarter to quarter. The reduction of the post-card rate will be made a few days before Christmas, and the other concessions will come into force on the Ist January next. REDUCTION OF INTEREST TO LOCAL BODIES. During the crisis which took place a few years ago it became necessary to raise the rate of interest at which the Government borrowed, and this necessitated an increase in the rates on loans granted to local bodies. I think the time has arrived when the latter rates should be readjusted. These local bodies do a great deal to promote settlement, and thereby perform a very useful function in the general work of government. In order to further assist them I propose from the Ist of February next to reduce the rate of interest on existing and future loans by a half per cent., but not making it lower than 3$ per cent., the lowest rate at which we obtain money for lending to local bodies.
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GRADUATED LAND-TAX. In pursuance of the Government's steady and persistent endeavour to secure the closer settlement of the country, proposals will be laid before Parliament providing for increased rates of graduated land-tax in the cases of very large estates, in order to induce their subdivision and prevent aggregation. To this end I propose, while making no alteration whatever in the present scale of graduated land-tax payable by owners of less than £40,000 unimproved value, to substitute a new scale of graduated land-tax for the present one in respect of owners of £40,000 unimproved value and over. This new scale (to be called the initial scale) will commence at £40,000 (unimproved value), with a graduated tax of Bs. per cent., and rise, thousand by thousand, in successive uniform increments of one-fifth of one shilling per cent, until the maximum rate is reached at £200,000 (unimproved value), when it will be £2 per cent. To this initial scale will be added an additional rate of 25 per cent, of the scale-rate. Business premises in town and country will be exempted from the operation of the above-mentioned additional rate, and, in the case of country estates, the principal homestead-site will be similarly excluded, the reason for this being that it is not intended—nor, indeed, would it be justifiable—to attempt to have business premises and homesteads cut up or reduced or interfered with. They do not stand in the way of the settlement of our people on the land, and the object of the graduated land-tax is to prevent large areas becoming centred in individuals or companies. The rates of graduated land-tax under the initial scale are higher than the present rates, the new initial rate at £40,000 being (as already mentioned) Bs. per cent., against the present tax of in the pound, which equals 7s 3£d. per cent. ; while the new initial rate at £210,000 is £2 per cent., instead of the present of 3d in the pound, which is £1 ss. per cent., while to this initial rate in all cases, except those above stated, must be added the additional rate of 25 per cent. The total graduated land-tax on a property of £40,000 (other than business premises, (town or country) not owned by an absentee, who is liable at present to an addition of 50 per cent, on the total graduated land-tax payable by him) will therefore be 10s. per cent, of the unimproved value, and on one of £200,000 unimproved value £2 10s. per cent. These percentages represent taxes of and 6d. in the pound unimproved value respectively. I propose to exclude minerals, standing timber, and growing flax from assessment for land-tax, both ordinary and graduated, except in cases where such are held for speculative purposes or as a monopoly, and to assess instead for income-tax the profits derived. I submit that this will be fairer than the present one of dealing with the mineral, timber, and flax industries for taxation. The present method has proved inequable and unsatisfactory in the past. The assessment of minerals for land-tax, owing to the great difficulty of estimating the value of mining property, has so far practically resulted in the escape of the owner of mines from land-tax while (unlike the lessee of a mine, who is liable for income-tax on his profits) the owner has hitherto been exempt from income-tax. The assessment of standing timber and growing flax for land-tax, although practicable, causes hardship in connection with the graduated land-tax in the cases of the bona fide timber and flax industries ; and, as regards timber, is calculated to unnecessarily hasten the destruction of valuable forests. If all these proposals are given effect to this year, 1 estimate that the total land-tax revenue will exceed the receipts of last year by about £70,000. I attach a table to the Budget showing the gradations from £40,000 upwards with the old rate, the new rate, and the additional 25 per cent. SHEEP-TAX. This tax was imposed in the year 1877, and, as will be seen from the statute, for a specific purpose —viz., for inspecting sheep with the view to the eradication of the then widely spread disease, " scab." Happily, the
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flocks of this country are now entirely free from it. This trouble and the cause for the tax having now disappeared, the reason for its continuance no longer exists; moreover, cattle, horses, and pigs entail more expenditure for the eradication of diseases peculiar to them than sheep ever did, and yet there is no tax imposed in respect to this class of stock. The amount collected under the sheep-tax is barely £20,000 a year, and I propose to ask Parliament to repeal it altogether. This concession lam satisfied will meet with general approval, as the sheep-farming industry has reached such dimensions that it behoves us to assist it in every legitimate way. CUSTOMS. The complexity of the existing Customs tariff has long been a cause of complaint from merchants and trouble to the Department. A Bill to simplify it will be introduced, and the Government intend to propose readjustments and remissions which" will facilitate trading operations, assist industries, and, last but not least, sensibly lighten the cost of many food articles of general consumption. Details will he submitted by resolution in the usual way I may add that encouragement will be given to some of our important industries in cases where foreign competition appears to press unfairly on the capita] invested and depress the wages of the workers. The question of the importation of articles of shoddy clothing has received very careful consideration. The matter is one of an extremely difficult nature to deal with. The mere imposition of a duty will not suffice, and, in my opinion, separate legislation will be necessary. The whole subject has been examined with a view to submitting proposals to check a system under which our people are imposed upon by not knowing the class of articles they are purchasing. I estimate that the total remissions of duty will amount to about £375.000 ; but with the expansion of trade and the development of the country it may reasonably be anticipated that, as inrthe case of the postal remissions, the revenue will steadily recover. By an alteration in the weight of the contents of packet tea the intention of Parliament has been evaded, and quantities of packet teas, made slightly over the weight, have consequently been admitted free of duty. As packing can be done most satisfactorily in New Zealand the duty will be fixed at 2d. per pound upon packets containing up to 51b. in weight; and this should effectually prevent the evasion that has been practised. As a matter of fairness to the holders of duty-paid stock, provision will be made for the proposed exemptions or remission of duties to come into operation on the Ist November next. This, lam satisfied, will be recognised as fair treatment to those concerned. Last year the actual Customs revenue received was £2,941,040. In the proposals 1 am now submitting I estimate that the reductions in Customs tariff amount to £375,000. This must be admitted to be a very heavy reduction, and it will be found on examination to be chiefly in the direction of reducing the cost of the necessaries of life and upon that class of wearing-apparel that is largely used by the mass of the people. Among the principal items are sugar, currants and raisins, figs, dates, unground spices, and all articles of infant diet, which are made entirely free. Cotton piece-goods, dress prints, and cotton tapestry, linseed and olive oil, and various other items are put on the free list. The duty on potatoes is altered from an ad valorem one to £1 a ton, fixed so that the anomaly of the higher the price the greater the duty will be removed, to prevent unfair exploitation of New Zealand markets. The increases, including general and preferential, amount to £121,000. The difference between the decreases and increases is therefore £254,000.
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The increases have been made with the object of assisting local industries and improving trade within the British Empire. In this connection I may say that the duty on agricultural machines and implements, upon which the products of the soil are so largely dependent, is not increased. I propose, how : ever, to renew the provisions of " The Agricultural Implement Manufacture, Importation, and Sale Act, 1906," for three years, in order to prevent unfair exploitation of New Zealand markets. Boots. An alteration has been made with the object of keeping out the cheap inferior qualities of boots that have been imported, and with this object a specific duty per pair, in addition to an ad valorem rate, is proposed, but the cost of those boots chiefly used by the majority of people will not be greater than at present, as this has been met in the tariff. Children's boots and shoes remain on the free list. Flour. I am keenly alive as. to the desirability of enabling our people to get the necessaries of life (and first among these, bread) at the lowest possible price. The question of removing the flour duty has been given most anxious and lengthy consideration. The removal of the duty would practically stop wheatgrowing in New Zealand, and leave us entirely dependent upon South Australian or other supplies. We now consume in New Zealand not less than 5,580,000 bushels of wheat per annum ; and last year it is estimated 222,183 acres of wheat were threshed. Our wheat-farmers' interests therefore demand the strongest justification before we prevent their growing this cereal. The removal or substantial reduction of the flour duty would, it is believed, cripple every flour-mill in New Zealand. We would then be exposed to flour-importers, who could without difficulty effect corners, as has frequently been done in America. The flourmilling industry employs some hundreds of hands. Under the existing tariff,° which has been continually in force for twenty-eight years, vast sums' have been expended in establishing and equipping flour-mills in different parts of the country. We cannot lightly make a change which will crush an important local industry like this without direct injury to many individuals. The duty on flour is one shilling per hundred pounds, and its removal would, if the whole benefit of the remission were given to the consumer, enable him to buy the four-pound loaf one halfpenny cheaper than at present. If this could be secured it would be a great achievement, but experience too often proves that the full benefits of such remissions are not transferred to the customers, and as the bakers do not deal in farthings no reduction in the price of bread would result unless the bakers gave up the halfpenny per loaf, which is the whole benefit of the remission. That they would do so is at least very doubtful, and for this uncertain gain to the community some propose that we should make a change which would virtually extinguish our wheat-growing industry, throw out of employment large numbers of men, and ruin our flour-millers. There are some indications that the reason of the present price lies in an entirely different direction. If upon the very close and thorough inquiry I am now making I am satisfied that the present price of bread is due to any monopolistic ring or combination, the Government will not hesitate to introduce legislation this year to defeat such a combination, and secure to our consumers this necessary article of diet at a fair competitive price. And, with the responsibility that my position entails, I would impress upon the flour-millers of the country that in their best interests they should remove any cause that exists for the present position continuing. Further details will be found in copy of resolution attached hereto. RECIPROCITY. When in London recently, the Prime Minister of Canada expressed himself favourable to the establishment of reciprocal trade between Canada and New Zealand, and negotiations with this object in view are proceeding. Anything that
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can be done to provide fresh avenues for our trade is of great importance to our country, aird 1 am hopeful that before long fair proposals as between New Zealand and Canada to bring into operation reciprocal trade will be made, and a scheme duly submitted to Parliament for ratification. I propose to ask the House to give power to vary the duties either on the dutiable or free goods list between New Zealand and British countries with whom reciprocal treaties may be entered into, such reciprocal treaties being afterwards subject to ratification by Parliament. FINANCE OF CURRENT YEAR. Revenue. Turning now to our ways and means for the current year, I have, after careful consideration, estimated that our ordinary revenue receipts proper will amount to £8,200,000, or £199,075 less than last year. I have deemed it prudent to somewhat discount our ordinary receipts from Railways, Customs, and Stamps, which were benefited last year by the Exhibition. Moreover, account must be taken of the large concessions 1 have already referred to, and which we propose to make under various heads. Against these abatements, however, must be set the normal increases which are warrarrted by the prosperity of the country and the buoyancy of trade. After fully weighing all these factors I have set down our revenue to be derived from Customs as £2,800,000, or £141,040 less than last year; Railways should reach £2,550,000, or less ; while Stamps should yield £1,340,000, or £25,727 less ; Beer Duty should return £105,000, or £2,582 less; Registration and other fees £27,445 less; and Miscellaneous will be short of last year's receipts by £5,885. On the other hand, I anticipate that, with the proposed increases under the new scale, Land Tax will produce £515,000, and Income Tax £280,000, a total of £795,000, or £69,791 more than last year. Territorial revenue is set down as £256,000, or £5,100 better than the previous year, while Marine is expected to yield £109 more. Honourable members will notice, on referring to the estimated-revenue table, that I have not on this occasion set down any amount to be derived from the issue of debentures against accretions of sinking funds, having decided to forego any aid from this source in future, so that members on the opposite side will not be able to say that our surpluses are aided by receipts from loan moneys. Expenditure. The estimated expenditure out of the ordinary revenue for the present year upon all services is set down at £7,987,347, or £212,422 more than the actual expenditure of last year. Of this increase permanent charges are responsible for £40,959, of which interest and sinking fund absorbs £17,717, and old-age pensions £22,000. The amount required for departmental appropriations is £171,463 in excess of last year's expenditure. Nearly all classes show an increase as compared with last year ; but when you take into consideration the steady growth of our population and the requirements of the people, it must be expected that our expenditure will increase. The demand for increased postal and telegraph facilities necessitates an additional £70,000 being asked for. Education services require an additional £50,000, Defence £31,000, and Lands and Survey Department £20,000. On the other hand, there is a reduction in the amount asked for by the Colonial Secretary's Department of £89,000, the votes for census and International Exhibition not being required for this year, while the Railway Department is satisfied with £19,000 less than was expended last year.
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Estimated Results for Current Year. Having now placed before honourable members the estimates of revenue and expenditure, I proceed to set forth the estimated results on the 31st March next: — Estimated revenue .... .... .... .... £8,200,000 Estimated expenditure ... .... .... 7,987,347 Excess of revenue over expenditure .... 212,653 Add balance from last year .... .... .... 717,825 Total .... .... .... -£930,478 From this amount I propose to transfer £700,000 to the Public Works Fund, set aside £30,000 for Civil Service Superannuation Fund, then leave a balance of £200,478, from which, of course, provision will have to be made for the usual supplementary estimates. PUBLIC WORKS. Due provision must of course be made for carrying on our public works. The balance on the 31st March last, as already stated, was £359,400. To this may be added £56,400, balance of the million loan authorised last session. As already stated, I propose to aid the fund by transferring from the Consolidated Fund £700,000 of the surplus of last year, thus making the total available ways and means £1,115,800. This amount, however, is insufficient to meet our requirements, and I therefore propose asking Parliament for a further loan, and, as it will be necessary to provide for the expenditure after the close of the year till Parliament meets, 1 shall ask for one million. It is not my intention to place this loan on the London market, as I have every reason to believe that the greater part of the money we require can be obtained in our own country, so keeping the interest amongst our own people. CONCLUSION. It may be convenient if I focus the chief fiscal and other financial concessions that I have placed before honourable members. The remissions of taxation are—Customs, £375,000; sheep-tax, £20,000; rates of interest to local bodies, £6,000; Post and Telegraph rates, £20,000; fees, inspection of dairies, £8,000 —totalling £429,000: and the increases—Customs, £121,000; land and income tax, £70,000 —total, £191,000. I can assure honourable members that I am not losing sight of the necessity of maintaining a strong finance. The concessions are justified by the steady prosperity of New Zealand, a prosperity which has a broad and solid base in the great natural advantages of the country, and the energy and skill with which these advantages are being developed by our people. I have now concluded what I feel to be necessary in order to place before honourable members a fair and accurate statement of the financial position. My endeavour has been to place everything plainly before them, and to avoid anything in the shape of an overestimate. In making his estimate for the current year the Treasurer is as usual in the difficult position of dealing with the future, which necessarily involves conjecture; but I have taken every care to keep well on the safe side. Honourable members will agree with me that matters of the greatest importance are contained in the proposals I have submitted. I feel persuaded that, if given effect to, they will add to the general comfort of the masses of our people; will assist in the speedy and satisfactory settlement of the land; and will give relief in every home by the substantial concessions that have been made upon the duties on the necessaries of life, as the result of which New Zealand will he in the happy position of having in reality a free breakfast table, It is the aim of the Government to promote in every legitimate way the advancement of the country and the happiness of the people. Hence these proposals, and I submit them in the confident assurance that Parliament will give effect to them.
TABLES TO ACCOMPANY THE FOKEGOING STATEMENT, l'a«:e Table No. I.—Abstbact of Receipts ami Expenditure ok the Financial Yeak ended 31st Mabch, r907 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. l Table No. 2.—Compabative Statement ok the Estimated and Actual Receipts and Expenditobe op the Consolidated Fund fob the Financial Year ended 31st March. 1907 .. 25 Table No. 3.—The Public Debt on 31st Mabch, 1907 .. .. .. .. .. 26 Table No. 4.—Statement op the Estimated Liabilities op the Consolidated Fund outstanding on 31st Mabch pbom 1897 to 1907 inclusive .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 Table No. s.—Statement op the Estimated Liabilities op the Public Works Fund outstanding on 31st Mabch from 1897 to 1907 inclusive .. .. .. .. .. ..30 Table No. 6.—Statement showing the Total Ways and Means of the Public Works Fund and the Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1907 .. .. .. .. ..31 No. 7.—Estimated Expenditure ok 1907-8 compared with the Actual Expenditure op 1906-7 .. 32 Table No. 8. - Estimated Revenue of 1907-8 compared with the Actual Revenue ok 1906-7 .. 32 Table No. 9.—Statement showing the Amount charged to " Unauthorised " a each Financial Year from Ist Jolt, 187;",, ro 81m March. 1907 .. .. .. .. ..33 Tabu No. 10.—Comparison of Proposed New Scale ok Gbaduated Land-tax FOB Owners having £40,000 Unimproved v A i,ue and over with Present Scale .. .. .. .. 34 Table No. U.—Statistics fob 1886-1896-1906 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..37 Table No. 12. -Value op some of the Principal Expobtb .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 Table No. 13.—Tbade Exchange between Nf.w Zealand and other Countries .. .. .. 3K Table No. 14. —Development of Shipping trading to and prom Places beyond New Zealand .. 3H Table No. 15.— Registered Vessels belonging to New Zealand .. .. .. .. ..39 Table No. 16.—Increases for Two Oecknnim. Periods, rBB6-1896 and 1896-1906 .. .. .. 89 Id solutions from the Committee of Ways and Means .. .. .. ..40
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1905-1906. 1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. : ■ t s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Year,— 1,278,053 12 7 Cash in the Public Aooount .. .. ■• •• •• ■• l,«JO.oai 4 » Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — 24,16112 8 IntheColony 8 7,749 1 1 56,951 0 1 InLondon .. .. .. •• •• 43,828 18 B 956 18 10 On account of Imperial Pensions .. .. .. •• c ' 913 0 1 On account of other Governments .. .. .. 966 16 11 100,000 0 0 Investment Account 1,461,036 4 3 : 'n i. 700,000 0 0 Less Treasury Bills outstanding .. .. .. .. •• iOO.oou o o — ■— I oO| i y4 j.u j. 701,036 4 3 RECEIPTS. 701,036 4 8 2,697,410 13 1 1,201,262 18 3 385,755 16 0 261,815 11 6 98,134 19 4 2,338,418 3 5 108,222 7 5 36,738 18 0 195,810 13 4 i elinary Revenue, — ,._ 2,697,410 13 1 Customs * •■ .. •• •- •• J, 941,088 18 10 1201262 18 3 Stamps, including Postal and Telegraph Cash Receipts .. 1, 9 10 '385,755 16 0 Land-tax *«,842 4 2 261,815 11 6 Income-tax 277,866 12 11 98,134 19 4' Beer Duty ., r ol'w . r 2,338,418 3 5 Railways ....'....... 108,222 7 6 Registration and other Fees .. .. .. •• _>'_,, , J 36,738 18 0 Marine om'SI ir o 195,810 13 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. •• ■• •• l.i - 7,323,570 0 4 ' lia - 174 14 " 7,323,570 0 4 Territorial Revenue,— 32,406 1 4 Cash Land Sales .. .. .. .. •• ■■ 37,308 13 0 5,440 9 8 Deferred-payment Land Sales .. .. .. .. 2,461 18 2 222,942 9 4 Pastoral Runs, Rents, and Miscellaneous .. .. .. 211,129 17 0 " ! "°'° 00 8 - 399 ' 07419 " 7,584,359 0 8 32,406 1 4 5,440 9 8 222,942 9 4 260,789 0 4 8,399,074 19 11 7,584,359 0 8 Receipts in Aid, — Debentures issued under " The Consolidated Stock Act, 1884,"— 65,000 0 0 For Increases of Sinking Fund .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 66,000 0 0 66,000 0 0 G5.000 0 0 ■ 739 6 1 Recoveries in respeot of Expenditure of previous Years,— Recoupment by Land for Settlements Account of interest paid on borrowed money 13,873 3 7 In respect of payments made on account of South Afrioa Contingents .. .. 8 8 2 * 13,881 11 9 739 5 4 13,873 8 7 8 8 2 13,881 11 9 £8,411,134 10 3 £8,411,134 10 3 Totals •• £9,267,751 1 9 £9,267,751 1 9 TDCAOIIOV Oil I O TREASURY BILLS I TREASURY BILLS £ s. a. £ s ° d ° £ B ° d ° 700,000 0 0 Treasury Bills outstanding at beginning of Year .. .. .. .. .. 700,000 0 0 Treasury Bills issued during Year, — 700 000 0 0 In renewal of Bills matured • .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 700,000 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 700,000 0 0 700,000 0 0 £1,400,000 0 0 Totals .. £1,400,000 0 0 tl. 1,400,000 0 0 £1,400,000 0 0
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1907, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906. REVENUE ACCOUNT.
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d Permanent Appropriations,— 38,942 19 0 CivilList.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37,543 0 7 2,087,204 0 8 Interest and Sinking Fund.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,132,142 7 9 310,923 18 1 Under Special Acts of the Legislature .. .. .. .. .. 319,721 10 3 80,662 3 4 Subsidies paid to Local Bodies .. .. .. .. .. 83,777 3 1 Amounts paid over to Local Bodies and to Deposit Accounts — 32,418 4 3 Payments under the Land Acts .. .. .. .. 24,834 0 s 6,494 15 7 Payments under the Timber and Flax Royalties Ac_ .. .. 18,386 0 H Endowments— 3,076 10 1 New Plymouth Harbour Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,618 3 11 13,973 12 11 Greymouth Harbour Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,256 5 0 42,448 1111 Westport Harbour Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 49,065 7 8 253,962 5 6 Old age Pensions .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 313,825 14 1 2,998,169 18 I! 2,870,107 1 4 i Annual Appropriations,— 25,094 4 8 j Class I.—Legislative Departments . .* .. .. .. 80,894 15 5 40,488 17 8 . II.—Colonial Treasurer's Department .. .. .. 43,779 16 4 576,809 12 6 . III.—PoBt and Telegraph Department .. 617,268 19 5 IV.—Industries ancfCommeroe and Tourist and Health R»soit- Dc.ar - 68,131 13 1 ments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44,004 16 4,758 3 7 , V.—Old-age Pensions Department .. .. .. .. 5,250 14 6 1,594,919 9 1 . VI.—Working Railways Department.. .. .. 1,849,456 18 1 26,880 8 7 . VII.—Public Buildings, Domains, and Roads .. .. .. 58,573 8 2 43,846 3 2 , VIII.—Printing and Stationery Department .. .. .. 42,954 19 6 30,731 2 8 . IX.—Stamp and Deeds Department .. .. .. 34,366 7 10 13,754 15 5 „ X.—Native Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 21.210 10 7 133,118 14 11 . XL—Justioe Department .. .. .. .. 141,465 4 2 135,406 17 11 , XII.—Police Department .. .. .. .. .. 146,062 8 6 23,314 3 0 , XIII.—Mines Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 34,814 16 5 112,738 6 8 . XIV.—Colonial Secretary's Department .. .. .. .. 164,747 8 3 2,913 2 n , XV.—Crown Law Department .. .. .. .. 3,026 14 11 159,459 1 11 . XVI.—Defence Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 152,764 15 8 47,127 5 5 XVII.—Customs Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,92110 5 57,837 3 10 . XVIII.—Marine and Harbours and Inspection of Maohinory Deoartiuoin 61,699 6 0 12,219 11 3 . XIX.—Department of Labour .. .. .. .. .. 16,249 0 11 177,626 6 3 „ XX.-Department of Lands and Survey .. .. .. .. 105,559 18 11 115,815 14 11; . XXI.—Department of Agriculture .. .. .. .. .. 125,408 18 5 30,272 0 10 „ XXII.—Valuation Department .. .. .. .. .. 30,171 10 4 697,956 8 7 „ XXIII.-Education Department .. .. .. .. 785,988 15 4 23,215 0 3 „ XXIV.—Public Health Department .. .. .. .. .. 26,276 10 3 89,878 5 5 . XXV.—Mental Hospitals and Charitable Department .. .. 91,398 5 3 7,920 11 2 Services not provided for .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,489 9 1 ■ 4,736,805 18 1 4,252,232 18 10 Amount transferred to the Public Works Fund, in terms of section 13 of " The 500,000 0 0 Appropriation Act, 1906" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 775,000 0 0 Amount paid to Public Trustee, in terms of section 5 of " The New Zealand Loans Act Amendment Act, 1906," for the purpose of providing the War and Defence Loans Sinking Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. 39,950 0 0 Balance at end of Year, — 1,405,531 4 9 Cash in the Public Acoount .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,215,517 1 i Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— 37,749 1 1 In the Colony .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,993 8 3 43,828 18 9 In London .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29,993 13 0 718 8 7' On account of Imperial Pensions .. .. .. .. .. 563 15 7 966 16 11 On account of other Governments .. .. .. .. .. 4,757 10 9 1,488,794 10 1 ' 1,267,825 9 9 700,000 0 0 Less Treasury Bills outstanding .. .. .. .. .. 550,000 0 0 , 717,825 9 9 788,794 10 1 £8,411,134 10 3 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. £9,267,751 1 9 ACCOUNT. . 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. 700,000 0 0 i Treasury Bills renewed during Year .. .. .. .. .. .. 700,000 0 0 Treasury Bills paid off during Year .. .. .. .. .. .. 150,000 0 0' 850,000 0 0 700,000 0 0 Treasury Bills outstanding at end of Year .. .. .. .. .. .. 550,000 0 0 £1,400,000 0 6 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £1,400,000 0 0
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1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. £ s. d. 26,637 9 4 143 4 7 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony £ s. d. 20,488 5 6 489 10 0 £ s. d. 20,977 15 6 26,780 13 11 2,792 4 5 11,593 2 10 Rents from Lands set apart Miscellaneous 1,842 1 1 18,584 0 3 20,426 1 4 14,385 7 3 Totals £41,166 1 2 £41,403 16 10 STA E COAL- £ s. d. 93,519 14 6 4,078 15 6 350 14 10 Balance at beginning of Year, — m Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony In London £ s. d. 101,298 3 3 3,704 1 0 1,876 15 2 £ s. d. 106,878 19 5 97,949 4 10 Prooeods of sale of coal 152,438 3 10 161,214 1 10 Totals £250,387 8 8 £268,093 1 3 SCENERY PRESERVATION B s. d. 7,779 16 5 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony £ s. d. 2,777 18 10 £ s. d. 130 1 6 46 19 11 2,824 18 9 7,909 17 11 •• Debentures created under " The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903 " 10,000 0 0 Totals £7,909 17 11 £12,824 18 9 ACC UNTS OF £ s. d. 9,938 14 1 56 13 11 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony £ 8. d. 10,934 13 1 75 10 3 £ s. d. 11,010 3 4 9,995 8 0 8,016 11 1 17,069 10 2 18,979 18 10 24,778 7 2 Revenue received for Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. .. Endowments of Land, &c. .. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 8,259 4 2 18,853 15 4 18,558 9 5 29,728 11 9 75,400 0 8 68,844 7 3 Counties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 161 9 3 158 14 8 40,725 5 3 53 10 10 Advance Account, — Amount repaid by Local Bodies Ditto on account of Unauthorised Expenditure of previous years 36,241 12 1 72 18 1 36,314 10 2 40,778 16 1 Totals £119,777 6 0 £122,8(36 3 5
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the Year ended 31st March,1907, compared with the Financial Year 31st March,1906 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. . I £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 20,188 5 8 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 116—State Forests Branch 24,951 2 11 20,488 5 6 489 10 0 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Aooount Advanoes in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony 16,379 6 5 73 7 6 16,452 13 11 20,977 15 6 £41,166 1 2 Totals £41,403 16 10 MINES ACC UNT. UNT. £ s. d. 138,608 9 3 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 117 —State Coal-mines £ s. d. £ s. d. 125,951 10 1 Expenditure under section 110 of " The Coal-mines Act, 1905 " .. 41,414 7 0 4,900 0 0 Interest on Debentures 4,900 0 0 101,298 3 3 3,704 1 0 1,876 15 2 Balanoo at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Acoount Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government — In the Colony In London 91,213 16 9 4,613 7 5 95,827 4 2 106,878 19 5 Totals £250,387 8 8 £268,093 1 3 ACCOUNT. £ 8. d. 5,084 19 2 Annual Appropriation, — Vote 118—Scenery Preservation £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 9,146 16 9 2,777 18 10 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Offioere of the Government— In the Colony 3,678 2 0 3,678 2 0 3,678 2 0 46 19 11 2,824 18 9 Totals £12,824 18 9 £7,909 17 11 LOCAL B .DIES. DIES. £ s. d. 7,863 17 1 17,369 12 0 18,784 4 9 23,825 15 10 67,843 9 8 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Foes, Fines, etc. Endowments of Land, (to. .. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty Counties Separate Aooount, — Amount distributed amongst Local Bodies whore "The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation Advanoe Aooounts, — Payments on behalf of Looal Bodies £ s. d. 8,194 17 9 19,758 4 5 18,078 12 11 29,541 15 2 £ 8. d. 75,573 10 3 128 0 8 203 6 6 40,795 12 4 31,206 9 11 10,934 13 1 Balanoe at end of Year,— Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony 15,814 11 0 88 5 9 15,902 16 9 75 10 3 11,010 3 4 £119,777 6 0 Totals £122,886 3 5
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1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 147,053 8 11 £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Year,— 116,392 16 7 Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— 2,463 6 11 In the Colony .. 11,589 10 'J In London 2,272 9 7 58,444 16 9 1 207,770 15 3 130,445 14 3 130,445 14 8 Lodgments,— 993 11 7 Cyanide Process Royalties Account.. 65,745 15 1 Emigrants'Deposits General Assembly Library Fund 4,326 6 2 Greymouth Harbour Board Act, 1884, Special Coal Rate Account 4 15 5 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Acts, 1885-86 9,579 14 9 Imperial Government (South Africa Contingents) 471 19 5 Land Transfer Act, 1885 .. 119 9 6 Maori Land Administration Suspense Acoount .. .. .. .., 1,087 16 8 Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894 .. .. .. ..j 121,769 6 8 Miscellaneous 85,920 16 0 : Money-order Settlement .. .. •• •• •• •• •• I 1,256 10 7J Moiety of Rotorua Bath Foes 8 5 0 Native Township of Hokio 11 15 0 „ Karewa 68 7 8 . Parata 19 0 0 . Parawai 145 2 11 . Pipiriki 160 1 3 . Potaka 14 0 0 . Rotoiti 83 3 9 „ Te Araroa 44 8 0 . Te Puia 12 0 0 „ Te Puru 193 19 2 , Tokaanu 71 6 9 . Tuatine 165 15 8 „ Waipiro 53 10 0 Nelson Rifle Prize Fund 1,886 15 4 New Zealand International Exhibition 195 0 0 New Zealand University Endowment, Canterbury 290 6 2 i New Zealand University Endowment, Taranaki 7 10 0 New Zealand University Endowment, Westland 47 0 0 North Island Experimental Dairy School North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 9,427 12 9 j 1889 .. 27,686 2 3 Public Trust Office Remittance Account 3,089 10 0 \ Railways 59 6 5 Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act. 1896 2,271 7 7 Te Aroha Domain Board .. 18 0 0 Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 800 0 0 Unclaimed New Zealand Bonds 6,152 15 2 Westport Harbour Board Act, 1884, Special Coal Rate Account <Ud 9S« 9. 8 47,298 19 8 50 0 0 H24 5 6 378 8 9 66 12 :i 400 0 0 74 8 4 946 3 4 81,199 2 2 107,940 9 3 1,283 19 3 9 10 6 11 5 0 158 2 0 47 9 3 155 8 8 205 3 6 48 8 9 69 7 0 79 6 9 46 8 3 164 10 0 98 12 3 187 12 6 35 13 0 1,173 2 6 97 10 0 7 10 0 47 0 0 15,279 8 9 29,738 4 11 11,620 0 0 33 8 8 901 3 1 129 5 0 1,568 7 3 302,274 1 1 344,258 2 B £474.703 16 11 Totals 344,258 2 8 £474,703 16 11 £510,044 16 4
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the Year ended 31st March,1907, compared with the Financial Year 31st March,1906 DEPOSIT ACCOUNT.
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1906-1907. £ s. d. Withdrawals, — 65,285 15 0 Emigrants'Deposits General Assembly Library Fund 23 10 4 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Acts, 1885-86 5,380 4 9 Imperial Government (South Africa Contingents) 466 19 5 Land Transfer Acts, 1883-85 Maori Land Administration Suspense Aooount 447 19 9 Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894.. 69,652 12 4 Miscellaneous 87,320 10 0 Money-order Settlement .. .. .. .. .. .. ..I 56 4 10 Native Township, Parala .. 148 3 8 . Pipiriki .. 172 12 3 , Potaka .. 7 r ) 10 4 . Te Puru 233 12 3 . Tokaanu.. 1 16 3 „ Tuatine .. 60 18 0 , , Waipiro .. Nelson Rifle Prize Fund 215 0 0 New Zealand International Exhibition .. .. .. .. 5,109 11 1 New Zealand University Endowment, Taranaki North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 6,153 7 8 1889 .. 0 7 6 Public Health Act, 1900 .. 22,535 4 3 Public Trust Office Remittance Account 1,620 0 0 Railways.. Tauranga Educational Kndowment Reserves Aot, 1896 To Aroha Domain Board 47 1 7 Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881.. 1,865 14 10 Trustee Aot, 1883 £ s. d. 48,362 19 8 50 0 0 4 15 5 1,210 15 3 475 0 0 642 6 4 503 14 5 108,879 15 9 81,340 9 3 41 8 0 163 11 7 169 17 6 195 1 6 20 0 0 2,844 17 10 19,508 1 10 36,747 0 0 4,859 10 0 800 0 0 3,172 10 8 112 1 4 £ s. d. 310,103 16 4 266,933 1 8 266,933 1 8 • • Balance at end of Year, — 147,053 8 11 Cash in the Publio Account Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government— 2,272 9 7 In the Colony .. 58,444 16 9 In London 207,770 15 3 138,680 0 10 131 3 2 61.129 16 0 199,941 0 0 £474,703 16 11 £474,703 16 11 Totals £510,044 16 4
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Table No. 1-continued.
1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 833,041 5 1 4,123 2 8 24,506 0 5 Balanco at beginning of Year, — Cash in Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony In London Investment Account 428,019 6 2 11,647 16 8 44,631 11 3 8 000 0 0 492,298 14 1 861,670 8 2 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1901,— Debentures due 1st Decombor, 1906, renewed under " The New Zealand Loans Aot, 1904 " .. .. .. Provision for Debentures due 1st Docember, 1904 — Debentures sold Provision for Debentures due 1st Docomber, 1905— Debentures sold.. 1,000 0 0 300 0 0 15,000 0 0 15,300 0 0 The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1902,— Provision for Debentures due 1st December, 1906— Debentures renewed under "The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904".. Debentures sold.. Premium received on sale and renewal of debentures 1,000 0 0 657,700 0 0 10,000 0 0 1,704 0 0 669,404 0 0 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1905,— Proceeds of debentures and scrip issued (balance £1,000,000 loan) Premium received.. 191,326 10 6 817,913 12 6 182,086 7 6 9,240 9 0 Tiie Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1906,— Proc< eds of scrip and debentures issuod (on account £1,000,000 loan) Premium received.. 943,600 0 0 4,890 0 0 948,490 0 0 The Native Land Purchases Act, 1892,— Debentures due 31st October, 1906, renewed under " The New Zealand Loans Aot, 1904" 125,000 0 0 Special Receipts in connection with the Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust 1,559 11 10 1,631 19 7 500,000 0 0 Amount transferred from the Consolidated Fund in terms of section 13 of " The Appropriation Act, 1906 " .. m 775,000 0 0 149,000 0 0 101,000 0 0 510 0 0 The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900,— Provision for debentures due 1st April, 1905, £250,000 — Debentures issued in renewal Debentures sold Premium received on sale of debentures 250,510 0 0 32,937 0 0 46 12 11 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1904, — Instalments received in respect of £750,000 Loan, 4 per cent., issued in London.. Interest on overdue instalments 32,983 12 11 22,833 0 0 The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904, — 3J-per-cent. Inscribed Stock created to cover expenses of raising £1,000,000 Loan 1,000 0 0 Recovery on account of expenditure of previous year Totals !2,503,842 13 2 £3,204,079 3 8
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the PUBLIC WORKS FUND for the Year ended 31st March,1907, compared with the Financial Year 31st March,1906
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1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 13,516 17 10 1,012,403 15 1 2 901 17 1 160,214 7 1 4,946 0 3 15,438 0 8 8,753 2 4 352,187 12 7 18,532 12 6 10,763 10 11 77,186 7 2 547 9 11 35,568 12 0 1,051 16 9 Annual Appropriations, — Class XXVI.—Public Works, Departmental . XXVII.—Railways .. , XXVIII.—Utilisation of Water-power .. XXIX.—Public Buildings .. XXX.—Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences .. XXXI.—Tourist and Health Resorts.. XXXII.—Immigration , XXXIII.—Roads , XXXIV.—Development of Goldfields XXXV.—Purchase of Native Lands .. , XXXVI.—Telegraph Extension . XXXVII.—Rates oh Native Lands , XXXVIII.—Contingent Defence XXXIX. —Lands Improvement 16,710 8 7 1,227,834 2 1 4,663 15 1 226,917 18 9 4,503 17 8 42,270 13 0 14,352 9 0 347,469 16 4 11,064 9 5 9,135 6 9 114,068 3 3 695 1 2 14,873 15 10 5,605 4 6 2,040,164 18 5 1,714,012 2 2 8,577 19 0 Unauthorised, — Services not provided for .. 154 6 6 300 0 0 15,000 0 0 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1901,— Debentures due 1st December, 1906, renewed as per contra Debentures due 1st December, 1904, paid off Debentures due 1st December, 1905, paid off 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 15,300 0 0 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1902,— Debentures due 1st December, 1906, renewed as per contra Debentures due 1st December, 1906, redeemed 657,700 0 0 10,000 0 0 667,700 0 0 The Native Land Purchases Act, 1892,— Debentures due 31st Ootober, 1906, renewed as per contra 125,000 0 0 101,000 0 0 149,000 0 0 The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900,— Debentures due 1st April, 1905, redeemed Debentures due 1st April, 1905, renewed 250,000 0 0 296 3 4 461 19 7 Charges and Expenses, authorised by "The New Zealand Loans Aot, 1904," in respect of loans raised under— Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1899 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1902 .. Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1903 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1904 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1905 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1906 The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904 72i 3 7 10,659 18 7 3,956 10 1 18,801 14 2 3 15 0 8,586 16 5 1,351 18 7 183 15 9 23,653 17 11 428,019 6 2 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony In London Investment Aocount 323,071 0 0 15,265 0 9 21,063 18 2 359,399 18 11 11,647 16 8 44,631 11 3 8,000 0 0 492,298 14 1 Totals £3,204,079 2 6 12,503,842 13 2
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Table No. 1-continued.
~ I RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. 1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. r. ___(_;til-1». iauo-iauy. £ s. d. 8,861 13 7 £ a. d. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Yoar, — Cash in the Public Account £8,861 13 7 Total HUTT RAILWAY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT for the £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. i 12,896 11 5 Balance at beginning of Year,— Cash in the Public Aooount .. .. .. .. .. 38,982 7 0 Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In London .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,050 0 0 I 48,032 7 0 12,896 11 5 80,000 0 0 The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts, 1903 and 1905,— Debentures is.ued £92,896 11 5 Totals .. .. .. £48,032 7 0 ■I i _^____!___i_~_~ ;i==i THE RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORISATION ACT ACCOUNT £ s. d. £ 8. d. ; £ 8. d. 88,437 0 0 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 175,483 5 10 4,063 0 0 92,500 0 0 4 15 1 The Railways Improvements Authorisation Act, 1904, — In respect of 4- per-oent. i.sue of £92,500, raised in London Further fssue of Debentures in the Colony Interest on overdue instalments 96,567 15 1 The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904,— 3i-per-oent. Inscribed Stock, oreated to cover oost of raising loan in London 2,327 0 0 £187,331 15 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £175,483 5 10 STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CHEVIOT ESTATE ACCOUNT £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Year, — 33,711 11 6 Cash in Public Aooount Receipts under " The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,"— 13,377 3 7 Rents from Lands £ s. d. £ s. d. 38,122 19 5 13,672 15 5 £47,088 15 1 .17,088 15 1 Totals £51,795 14 10
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the PUBLIC WORKS FUND for the Year ended 31st March,1907, compared with the Financial Year 31st March,1906 PAEROA-WAIHI RAILWAY ACCOUNT.
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. £ s. d. 8,861 13 7 Expenditure Total £ s. d. £ s. d. £8,861 13 7 Year ended 31st .arch, 1907, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906. £ s. d. 44,739 4 5 £ s. d. 44,739 4 6 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 122—Hutt Railway and Road Improvement £ s. d. £ s. d. 35,957 18 10 125 0 0 The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Aot, 1903,— Charges and Expenses 125 0 0 38,982 7 0 9,050 0 0 38,982 7 0 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In London 12,074 8 2 12,074 8 2 9,050 0 0 48,032 7 0 92,896 11 5 Totals £92,896 11 5 £48,032 7 0 :or the Year endei 31st March, 1907, oompared with the Financial Year ended 31st Mabch, 1906. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 8,566 9 0 Vote 123 —Railways Improvements 81,956 15 0 3,282 0 3 Charges and Expenses authorised by " The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904 " 175,483 5 10 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Account 93,526 10 10 £187,331 15 1 Totals £175,483 5 10 31st Mabch, 1907, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st Mabch, 1906. tor the Year endei £ s. d. 8,866 2 6 99 13 2 £ s. d. 8,866 2 6 34 2 1 £ s. d. 1 Interest Surveys, Roading, &c. 8,900 4 7 8,965 16 8 Balance at end of Year,— Cash in the Public Account 38,122 19 5 42.895 10 3 £47,088 15 1 Totals £51,795 14 10
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Table No. 1-continued.
1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony In London Investment Account £ s. d. £ s. d. 379,097 17 7 3,508 7 7 20,000 0 0 317,600 0 0 566 3 7 400,000 0 0 404,074 11 2 716,697 17 7 The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,— Debentures sold for purchase of estates Premium on sale of Debentures 473,725 0 0 530,040 0 0 5,445 10 0 Debentures, due 31st October, 1906, renewed under " The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904" Debentures, due lBt December, 1906, renewed under " The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904" 814,766 0 0 75,000 0 0 Provision for Debentures due 1st November, 1906 — Debentures sold.. 3,000 0 0 37,500 0 0 38,500 0 0 Provision for Debentures issued under " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 Amendment Act, 1897 " — Debentures sold Debentures issued in renewal 549,725 0 0 1,428,251 10 0 Receipts derived from Estates, — Rents, &o. 204,921 5 4 185,762 13 6 Other Raoeipts,— Interest on Investments held by the Land for Settlements Investment Account.. 16,000 0 0 12,493 2 11 3,300 6 1 CreditB in reduotion, — Bickerstaffe Estate Puhuka Estate Tablelands Estate Willows Estate 4 15 0 61 11 11 25 0 0 3,325 6 1 66 6 11 25 0 0 1,335 15 0 8 0 0 269 0 0 310 16 0 24 16 0 31 5 0 Recoveries, — Barnego Estate Edendale Estate Elsthorpe Estate Epuni Estate Lindsay Estate Loughnan Estate Mead Estate Normandale Estate Pareora Estate No. 2 Rosewill Estate Selwyn Estate Toka-ora Estate Tokarahi Estate Waikakahi Estate.. Windsor Park Estate 131 0 5 0 12 6 1,115 16 11 679 8 0 351 4 2 476 10 0 156 9 10 20 0 0 30 0 0 151 7 6 2,885 7 6 Carried forward .. 1,470,889 7 7 2,054,429 10 4
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the LAND FOR SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March,1907, compared with the Financial Year 31st March,1906
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE 190 i-1907. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d 2,444 17 2 Annual Appropriations, — Vote 119—Land for Settlements Expenses Vote 120—Workers' Dwellings Expenses 2,127 9 5 600 10 5 2,727 19 10 2,444 17 2 Acquirement of Estates, — Total. Name of Estate. Purchase-money. Incidental Expenses. 35 2 6 19 13 6 3 6 4 Total. 35 2 6 19 13 6 3 6 4 432 11 1 19 10 9 14 0 1 7 9 1,051 18 1 19 12 0 3,230 10 0 32 9 10 16 13 9 75,106 1 8 0 16 0 4,539 0 0 1,231 1 0 11 9 6 0 16 4 194,879 19 5 58 3 5 285 5 5 22,577 10 4 6,091 10 3 37 8 3 5,942 9 0 9,747 16 11 56 5 0 0 19 6 3,352 2 8 12,400 2 3 2 2 0 105 .0 0 117,323 11 4 9 8 0 27 1 0 Airedale Annan Argyll Barnego Beaumont Bickerstaffe Braco Cadman Carroll (R. H. Watt) Clandon .. .. ... Cradock Duncan Dyer Eccleston Eccleston No. 2 Edendale Elsthorpe .. Epuni Fencourt Flaxbourne Forest Gate Glenham Greenfield Hall-Jones Hatuma Hawtrey Heretaunga (A. Coles) Hetana Highbank Hikawera Holworthy Horsley Downs Huinga (A. Bayly) .. Kaimahi Kapuatohe Karapiro Kinlooh (S. B. Harris) Kitchener Kumeroa Kurow (J. Logan) Langdale Lawry Lindsay (A. and J. W. Harding) Linton Longbush Loughnan (C. A. Loughnan, A. Jul), W. Limbrick) Lyndon No. 1 Lyndon No. 2 Mahupuku Makareao (Waihemo Grange) Manga-a-toro Mangapouri Mangatahi Mangawhata Mangawhero Matamata Maungaraki Maytown Mead Melling (E. Kingdon) Merrivale Methuen Mills Momona Morice Normandale North Bank Opouriao Otahu Otanga .. .. .. .. Pawaho Pitt 3,855* 0 0 43 17 6 21,026'l5 6 1212 6 866 17 8 122 11 2 69 0 4 16 17 0 52 2 6 2,512 14 3 9 18 8 3,070 16 6 1,540 6 8 6 9 8 50 0 0 4 13 6 4,617 4 11 417 7 2 277 12 9 12 19 1 2 9 6 134 5 1 11,419 0 7 97 8 0 3 12 61 11 10 22 13 3 792 9 6 5 5 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 6,999 3 2 100 0-0 866'17 8 122 11 2 3,924 0 4 16 17 0 52 2 6 2,512 14 3 9 18 8 3,070 16 6 1,540 6 8 6 9 8 50 0 0 4 13 6 4,617 4 11 417 7 2 277 12 9 12 19 1 2 9 6 134 5 1 11,462 18 1 97 8 0 3 12 61 11 10 22 13 3 21,819 5 0 5 5 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 7,011 15 8 100 0 0 9 2 0 6,607 8 0 4,991 12 6 2 8 4 144 8 0 6,47817 6 836 17 0 33 13 5 14 0 8,312 1 0 1,343 2 9 37 10 4 37 12 9 9 7 2 6,512 10 11 14 0 8,312 1 0 2,179 19 9 37 10 4 37 12 9 3,371 4 8 9 17 3 35 8 8 33,439 7 11 121 3 1 1 1 0 3,36117 6 7 3 0 986 6 3 66 13 1 7 3 0 986 6 3 66 13 1 316 1 809 5 6 845 7 4 1 19 9 1,852 8 9 313 3 9 809 5 6 845 7 4 1 19 9 1,852 8 9 313 3 9 283 17 1 8 6 0 1 6 6 5 12 9 2,358 15 0 34 8 11 89 18 3 16,571 1 3 295* 0 0 102* 1 4 397* 1 4 152 5 10 191 2 3 15 7 0 919 4 5 • 12 15 6 152 5 10 191 2 3 15 7 0 919 4 5 12 15 6 41,176 13 6 1,475 7 3 44 2 0 83* 0 2 83' 0 2 610 5 4 16 2 0 5 0 41 6 2 i" 6 6 2,500 0 0 4 16 2 0 5 0 41 6 2 Carried forward 35,910 17 6 85,443 16 5 568,514 14 9 49,532 18 11 2,727 19 10
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Table No. 1-continued.
1905-1906. RECEIPTS, 1906--1907. £ s. d. 1,470,889 7 7 Brought forward £ s. d. | £ s. d. 2,054,429 10 4 H Totals i £1,470,889 7 7 £2,054,429 10 4
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March,1907, compared with the Financial Year 31st March,1906-contiued.
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 568,514 14 9 Brought forward .. .. .. 35,910 17 6 49,532 18 11 £ s. d. 49,532 18 11 £ s. d. 85,443 16 5 £ s. d. 2,727 19 10 Acquirement of Estates-confined. Purchase-money Incidental Name of Estate. 3 Ex, enBes. 122 2 2 Plumer .. .. .. .. .. .. 140 15 10 Plunket .. .. .. .. .. .. 341 19 5 2 8 9 Pomahaka Pourere (Nairn Bros.) .. .. .. 18,667 13 2 8 0 2,096 10 0, Prescot .. .. .. .. .. .. 149 14 5 66 8 7 Puhuka .. .. .. .. .. .. 382 Pukekura .. .. .. .. .. .. 500 Rangiatea .. .. .. .. .. - .. 6 13 8 0 12 4 Raureka 116 0 Ringway 0 9 0 Roimata 2,218 2 11 Itcsewill .. .. .. .. . - . .. 1,851 18 7 St. Helen's .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 12 6 68,861 0 11 Selwyn .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,019 16 0 133 12 1 Spotswood .. .. -.. .. .. .. 27 3 7 10 14 2 Starborough 85,926 3 1 Steward (Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin).. 792 11 0 2,086 13 0 190 2 5 Tablelands .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 12 4 70 11 0 Tamai .. .. .. .. .. 81 6 0 145 0 0 Tarawahi .. .. .. .. .. .. 5000 35,221 7 4 Tawaha .. .. .. .. .. 276 8 3 Teasdale (New Zealand Church Mission Trust).. 6,500 0 0 180 0 0 2 4 9 Toka-ora .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 11 10 Tokarahi .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 19 8 0 6 6 Tomoana Totara (New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Limited) .. .. .. .. 50,183 1 1 149 9 2 543 18 9 Waari .. .. .. .. .. .. 190 4 8 21,881 15 7 Waddington .. .. .. .. .. 888 12 7 11 9 9 Waikakahi.. .. .. .. .. .. 16 10 11 Waimana .. .. .. .. .. .. 586 2 4 Waimarama (Hikatoa and Wiremu Whatakorari) 4,924 10 0 39 12 0 Wangapeka .. .. .. .. .. 46 7 9 0 5 6 Wharenui .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 9 0 977 0 11 Wigan .. .. .. .. .. .. 394 2 4 30,365 13 9 Wilford (Mudgway Estate Company, Limited) .. 350 0 0 299 3 8 Willows .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 14 0 3,288 1 3 | Windle .. .. .. .. .. 5,386 10 5 820,652 12 3 ! 117,328 0 10 70,949 19 0 Incidental Ex, enBes. 140 15 10 341 19 5 2 8 0 149 14 5 3 8 2 5 0 0 6 13 8 1,851 18 7 5 12 6 8,019 16 0 27 3 7 2,086 13 0 46 12 4 81 6 0 50 0 0 276 8 3 180 0 0 8 11 10 32 19 8 Total. 140 15 10 341 19 5 18,669 9 3 149 14 5 3 8 2 5 0 0 6 13 8 1,851 18 7 5 12 6 8,019 16 0 27 3 7 2,879 4 0 46 12 4 81 6 0 50 0 0 276 8 3 6,680 0 0 8 11 10 32 19 8 149 9 2 190 4 8 888 12 7 16 10 11 586 2 4 39 12 0 46 7 9 32 9 0 394 2 4 299 3 8 70 14 0 5,386 10 5 50,332 10 3 190 4 8 888 12 7 16 10 11 586 2 4 4,964 2 0 46 7 9 32 9 0 394 2 4 649 3 8 70 14 0 5,386 10 5 70,949 19 0 188,277 19 10 The Land for Settlements Aot, 1892,— Debentures matured 31st October, 1906, renewed 188,277 19 10 45,276 0 0 The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,— Debentures matured 31st October, 1906, renewed 769,490 0 0 The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900, — Debentures redeemed — Due 1st November, 1906 10,000 0 -0 Due 1st November, 1905 .. 10,000 0 0 Due 1st February, 1906 .. Debentures renewed— Due 1st December, 1906, as per contra 10,000 0 -0 10,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 75,000 0 0 Tue Land for Settlements Act 1894 Amendment Aot, 1897 — 17,500 0 0 Debentures redeemed 38,500 0 0 Debentures renewed 17,500 0 0 38,500 0 0 76,000 0 0 76,000 0 0 78,000 0 0 Amount paid to the Publio Trustee in terms of section 5 of "The New Zea'and Loans Act Amendment Act, 1906," for the purpose of providing a sinkiug fund for repayment of securities issued under the Land for Settlements Acts 50,165 0 0 4,957 3 5 Charges and Expenses on issue of Debentures 4,957 3 5 1,378 3 6 162,760 3 7 Interest recouped to Consolidated Fund in respect of Debentures issued 162,760 3 7 188,012 13 0 Unauthorised 1,781 9 10 Balance at end of Year, — 3,508 7 7 Cash in the Public Account ..' Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— 566 3 7 In the Colony In London 400,000 0 0 Investment Aocount .. 3,508 7 7 566 3 7 249,320 4 4 80,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 729,320 4 4 400,OOO' 0 0 404,074 11 2 404,074 11 2 £1,470,889 7 7 Totals ;i,470,889 7 7 £2,054,429 10 4
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Table No. 1-continued.
1905-1906. I RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. • £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Aooount £ s. d, s. d, £ s. d. 135,988 7 4 The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905— 134,025 0 0 Debentures and scrip issued 2,000 0 0 Premium received 65,975 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 66,975 0 0 136,025 0 0 1136,025 0 0 Totals £202,903 7 4 £136,025 0 0 'STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPEN ilTURE of the ONVERSION £ 8. d. 1,137 11 8 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Publio Account In the hands of Stock Agents— Cash .. £ s. d. 8,377 14 5 £ s. d. 1,824 16 7 2,962 8 3 485 4 6 8,862 18 11 750,000 0 0 907,323 0 0 6,590 0 0 3-_-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, — Issued for redemption of Debentures Issued for conversion of Debentures.. Issued for expenses of conversion 241,700 0 0 600,266 0 0 841,966 0 0 1,663,913 0 0 3-per-oent. Inscribed Stock,— Issued for redemption of Debentures Issued for expenses of conversion 75,555 11 1 10,580 0 0 86,135 11 1 Premium received on sale of 3i_.-per-cent. Stock 50 0 0 Totals £1,666,875 8 3 £937,014 10 0
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3—B. 6.
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,604 7 5 36 12 8 Vote 121—Maori Land Settlement Expenses Charges and Expenses on issue of Debenture under authority of " The New Zealand Loans Aot, 1904".. Purohase of Land Unauthorised 767 10 0 94,731 1 7 9,286 3 9 135,988 7 4 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Account Advances in the hands of officers of the Government— In the colony 95,687 7 0 96,574 4 7 886 17 7 £136,025 0 0 Totals £202,963 7 4 .CCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1907, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906. £ s. d. Debentures redeemed, — Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900; due 1st April, 1906 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1902 ; due 1st December, 1906 .. Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900— Duo 30th June, 1906 Due 1st Deoember. 1906 .. Due 1st March, 1907 Consolidated Loan Act, 1867, 5 per cent, (annual drawing) District Railways Purchasing Act, 1885 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1899 Midland Railway Petition Sottlement Act, 1902 £ s. d. 69,700 0 0 79,100 0 0 50,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 68,000 0 0 £ s. d. 53,600 0 0 21,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 150,000 0 0 316,800 0 0 106,090 0 0 79,310 0 0 91,979 0 0 724,600 0 0 Amount w ,. pi Debentures oonverted into 34-per-cent. In- converted. Kate ' iremium. scribed Stock,— £ £ £ Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894 .. 140,000 Par Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.. 10,000 . Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.. 4,500 103 135 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900 .. .. 105,300 Par Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900 .. .. .. .. .. 21,500 103 645 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1903 .. .. .. .. .. 68,200 103 2,046 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, . lm 1904 161,800 j"* [ i 4,770 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, I 1U3 ■ 1905 .. .. .. .. .. 54,000 103 1,620 Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts, 1903 and 1905 .. .. .. .. 25,000 103 750 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1899 Consolidated Stock Act, 1884 District Railways Purchasing Act, 1885 Railways Improvement Authorisation Aot, 1904 590,300 .. 9,966 206,000 0 0 332,600 0 0 76,100 0 0 15,244 0 0 907,323 0 0 590,300 9,966 7,516 17 3 7,532 19 0 10,238 17 3 789 10 4 11 5 6 Expenses Account, — Brokerage and Commission Discount.. Stamp Duty Rent and Office ExpenseB Law CoBts 600,266 0 0 50 0 0 8,692 19 1 5,737 1 3 381 14 7 600,266 0 0 14,861 14 11 26,089 9 4 j Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Account In the hands of Stock Agents— Cash .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £266 8 8 In the hands of High Commissioner— 3J-per-cent. Stock for sale .. .. .. .. 102,000 0 0 1 8,377 14 5 485 4 6 j 102,266 8 8 97,179 13 7 Less cash overdrawn 5,086 15 1 8,862 18 11 Totals £1,666,875 8 3 £937,014 10 0
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Table No. 1-continued.
1905-1906. i—19 306. RECEIPTS. RECEIPTS. 1906 1907. £ 8. d. As from 15th November, 1906. Amounts trans'erred from the Government Advances to Settlers Account lo the Publio Account Receipts, including Instalments, Interest, Sinking Fund, &c. £ s. d. 90,365 10 8 171,952 7 7 £ s. d. 262,317 18 3 The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1906— Proceeds of Debentures created 50,000 0 0 . . Total £312,317 18 3 STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPEND ITURE of tho GOVERNMEN £ s. d. Valuation fees .. .. - .. The Government Advances to Workers Aot, 1906, — Proceeds of DebenturoB issuod Total £ s. d. £ s. d. 61 17 6 20,000 0 0 £20,061 17 6 STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the eOANS TO LOCAL BODIES £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of Year, — 4,970 15 9 Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government— 549 19 5 In the Colony 779 12 2 4 0 0 783 12 2 5,520 15 2 The Looal Bodies' Loans Act, 1901,--151,000 0 0 Debentures created 180,000 0 0 Repayments under sections 61 and 70 of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," — Counties — Kiwitea Stratford 321 7 3 30 3 2 Road Boards— 6 19 4 Te Horo Manganui 117 4 9 Boroughs— 9 15 7 Temuka .. .. .. ' .. 113 13 11 Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. .. 144 7 7 130 8 10 130 8 10 613 2 9 156,651 4 0 Carried forward 156,651 4 0 181,896 14 11
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1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. £ b. d. .... £ s. d. i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. As from 15th November, 1906. 64,864 9 3 284,514 8 10 Voto No. 129—Office management expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 64,864 9 3 Payments made on aooount of advances on mortgage (£282,380) .. .. .. .. 234,514 8 10 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Aooount .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,939 0 2 12,939 0 2 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £312,317 18 3 £312,317 18 3 ADVANCES TO WORKERS ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31et March, 1907. £ s. d. ! * £ .. d. II s. d. i Office Management Expenses.. .. .. .. .. .. 847 12 10 j Payments made on account of advances on mortgage (£5,490) .. .. .. .. 4,170 16 0 Balance at end of Year — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,543 8 8 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £20,061 17 6 £20,061 17 6 ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1907, compared with the Finanoial Year ended 31st March, 1906. £ s. d. Grants under "Tho Local Bodies'Loans Act, 1901,"— £ s. d. £ s. d. Counties — 1,800 0 0 Akitio 2,150 0 0 Bruce .. •• •• •• .. .. 100 0 0 150 0 0 I Clifton .. .. .. .. ■• .. 450 0 0 1,500 0 0 Clutha .. •• •• •• •• .. 2,000 0 0 5,200 0 0 Cook .. .. .. .. .. 5,830 0 0 Egmont .. .. • ■ • • .. .. 500 0 0 810 0 0 i Eketahuna .. .. .. .. .. .. 350 0 0 2,800 0 0 Featherston .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,080 0 0 Grey .. .. .. .. 1,601 0 0 1,500 0 0 Hawera .. .. .. .. .. •• 3,500 0 0 150 0 0 I Hobson .. .. •• .. .. •• 2,000 0 0 2,100 0 ii Horowhenua .. .. .. .. . .. 3,158 0 0 250 0 0, Kairanga .. .. .. .. .. •• 1,750 0 0 4,401 0 0 Kiwitea .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,938 0 0 Levels .. .. .. .. .. •• 600 0 0 i Mackenzie .. .. .. .. .. .. 500 0 0 1,900 0 0 | Manawatu .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,250 0 0 2,300 0 Oi Masterton .. .. .. .. .. 5,200 0 0 150 0 0 ' Mauriceville Ohinemuri .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,700 0 0 1,000 0 0 Opotiki .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Oroua .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,450 0 0 Otamatea .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,620 0 0 920 0 0 Pahiatua .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,700 0 0 1,400 0 0 Pohangina .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,050 0 0 2,200 0 0 Raglan .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,400 0 0 6,000 0 0 Rangitikei .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,980 0 0 1,750 0 0 Selwyn 6,000 0 0 Stratford .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,839 0 0 1,077 0 0 Taieri .. .. .. .. .. .. 5000 4,000 0 0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,950 0 0 Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Waiapu .. .. .. .. .. 500 0 0 175 0 0 Waimarino .. .. .. .. .. 1,481 0 0 Waimea .. .. .. .. .. .. 60000 1,000 0 0 Waipa 5,165 0 0 Waipawa .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,100 0 0 100 0 0 Wairarapa South .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,419 0 0 2,900 0 0 Wairoa .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,950 0 0 129 7 5 Waitaki 250 0 0 Waitotara .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,200 0 0 5,530 0 0 j Weber .. • 230 0 0 ■ Whakatane 60 0 0 Woodville 79,796 0 0 £ s. d. 79,796 0 0 67,047 7 5 Carried forward .. .. .. .. .. 79,796 0 0 67,047 7 5 79,796 0 0
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Table No. 1-continued.
1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. £ s. d. 156,651 4 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 181,396 14 11 Brought forward / Carried forward 156,651 4 0 181,396 14 11
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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March,1907, compared with the Financial Year 31st March,1906-continued
1905-1906. EXPENDITURE. 1906-1907. £ s. d. 67,047 7 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 79,796 0 0 Brought forward 1,200 0 0 7,250 0 0 6,736 0 0 300 0 0 1,900 0 0 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,500 0 0 600 0 0 Grants under "The Local Bodies' Loans Aot, 1901 " — continued. Boroughs— Akaroa Balclutba Carterton Dannevirke Eltham Feilding Foxton Gisborne Greymouth Hamilton Kaitangata .. .. ,. Lower Hutt New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua . T Petone Ross Stratford Waihi Westport 120 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,600 0 0 1,323 0 0 2,005 0 0 2,000 0 0 3,600 0 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 180 0 0 4,000 0 0 1,200 0 0 3,100 0 0 500 0 0 4,000 0 0 ' 2,000 0 0 23,348 0 0 26,566 0 0 Road Boards— Akaroa and Wainui Arai Awatero Barrett Eden Terraoe Egmont Frankley Hangaroa Hesthcote Kaukatea Manganui Mangawhero Mataongaonga Moa Okato Otaki Papakura Parihaka Porangahau Riccarton Tataraimaka Upper Wangaehu Waikohu Waimate Waipipi Waitara West Waiuku Waiwakaiho Whangamarino 500 0 0 2,500 0 0 690 0 0 1,000 0 0 400 0 0 2,000 0 0 500 0 0 550 0 0 1,000 0 0 600 0 0 900 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 1,760 0 0 800 0 0 800 0 0 1,700 0 0 700 0 0 200 0 0 363 0 0 1,724 0 0 727 0 0 400 0 0 1,715 0 0 789 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 600 O 0 400 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,410 0 0 1,500 0 0 2,150 0 0 1,900 0 0 455 0 0 700 0 0 800 0 0 250 0 0 278 0 0 16,803 0 0 19,808 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 Town BoardsBull's Eketahuna Otautau 70 0 0 200 0 0 270 0 0 500 0 0 River Board— Hutt 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 600 0 0 Drainage Boards — Berwick Eltham Fenoourt Maungatua Ohaupo Pyramid Block .. ' Te Rapa Wainono West Taieri 1,200 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 1,050 0 0 657 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 5,407 0 0 1,650 0 0 Carried forward 117,066 7 5 133,629 0 0
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Table No. 1-continued.
1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. £ s. d. 156,651 4 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 181,396 14 11 Brought forward ■» £156,651 4 0 Totals £181,396 14 11 STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS £ s. d. The Government Advances to Settlers Aot, 1894,— £ s. d. £ s d 310,000 0 0 Debentures issued .. .. .. .. .. t< ## jqq qqq q q 4,688 1 3 Investments realised £314,688 1 3 , Totnls .. ~£100,000 0 0 8TATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the BANK OF NEW ZEALAND ACT, £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of Year, — 500,000 0 0 Investment Account £500,000 0 0 Totals .. £ s. d. £ s. d. 500,000 0 0 £500,000 0 0 STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the NEW ZEALAND CONSOL Balance at beginning of Year, — 284 1 1 Cash in Deposit Aooount .. .. .. .. .. .. #i 111 475,450 0 0 Investment Account .. .. .. .. .. ,. " ggg q q £ s. d. — A.1R OKI 1 1 476,851 1 1 475,734 1 1 475,734 1 1 476 ' 851 » 1 1,117 0 0 Deposits inscribed .. .. .. .. .. .. ., _ j 004 n n 1,384 0 0 1,117 0 0 £476,851 1 1 :476 - 851 1 1 To"*-* .. £478,235 1 1 £478,235 1 1 The Treasury, Wellington, 26th April, 1907.
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e-1 06. £ a. d. 5 £ s. d. £ « d. 133,629 0 0 Brought forward -,801 4 5 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 124—Roads to open up Crown lands 47,370 14 3 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Account Advances in hands of Offioers of the Government— In the Colony 397 0 8 779 12 2 4 0 0 397 0 8 783 12 2 £156,651 4 0 Totals £181,396 14 11 OFFICE LOAN ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1907, oompared with the Final icial Year ended 31st March, 1906 £ s. d. 214,688 1 3 I Amount paid over to Government Advanoes to Settlers Office Account 100,000 0 0 Temporary Advances paid off £314,688 1 I Totals .. £ s. d. £ s. a. 100,000 0 0 £100,000 0 0 .903, ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1907, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1900. £ s. d. Balance at end of Year,— Investment Account— 500,000 0 0 75,000 preference shares issued by the Bank of New Zealand £500,000 0 0 Totals £ s. d. | £ s. d. 500,000 0 0 £500,000 0 0 .CCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1907, compared with the Finanoial Year ended 31sl Mabch, 1906. £ S. el. Balance at end of Year, — 111 Cash in Deposit Account 476,850 0 0 Investment Account £ s. d. 10 1 1 478,225 0 0 £ s. d. 478,235 1 1 ~: : ~ £476,851 1 1 ; Totals £478,235 1 1 ROBERT J. COLL! Secretary to :ns, )he Treasury. R. B. VINCENT, Accountant t _ the Treasury
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Table No. 1— continued. SUMMARY of BALANCES on 31st MARCH, 1907.
Balances. Cash. Advances. Investments. Total. Consolidated Fund :— Ordinary Revenue Aooount* State Forests Account State Coal-mines Account Scenery Preservation Account .. Accounts of Local Bodies • Deposit Accounts £ s. d. 1,267,825 9 9 16,452 13 11 95,827 4 2 3,678 2 0 15,902 16 9 199,941 0 0 £ s. d. Consolidated Fund :— Ordinary Revenue Account* State Forests Account State Coal-mines Acoount Scenery Preservation Account .. Accounts of Local Bodies Deposit Accounts £ s. d. 1,215,517 2 2 16,379 6 5 91,213 16 9 3,678 2 0 15,814 11 0 138,680 0 10 £ s. d. 52,308 7 7 73 7 6 4,613 7 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,267,825 9 9 16,452 13 11 95,827 4 2 3,678 2 0 15,902 16 9 199,941 0 0 88 5 9 61,260 19 2 1,599,627 6 7 1,481,282 19 2 118,344 7 5 1,599,627 6 7 359,399 18 11 Public Wobks Fund 359,399 18 11 Public Works Fund 323,071 0 0 36,328 18 11 Maobi Land Settlement Act Account Hutt Railway and Road Impbovement Account The Railways Impbovements Authobisation Act Account .. Cheviot Estate Account Land fob Settlements Account Conversion Account Loans to Local Bodies Account New Zealand Consols Account Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903, Account govebnment advances to setTLERS Account GOVKRNMENT ADVANCES TO WORKERS Account Remittances to London Account 96,574 4 7 12,074 8 2 93,526 10 10 42,895 10 3 729,320 4 4 5,086 15 1 397 0 8 478,235 1 1 Maori Land Settlement Act Account Hutt Railway and Road Impbovement Account The Railways Impbovements Authorisation Act Account .. Cheviot Estate Account Land for Settlements Account Conversion Account Loans to Local Bodies Account New Zealand Consols Account Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903, Account Government Advances to Settlehs Account Government Advances to Woekebs Account Remittances to London Account 95,687 7 0 12,074 8 2 93,526 10 10 42,895 10 3 249,320 4 4 Cr. 97,179 13 7 397 0 8 10 1 1 886 17 7 80,000 0 0 102,266 8 8 400,000 0 0 96,574 4 7 12,074 8 2 93,526 10 10 42,895 10 3 729,320 4 4 5,086 15 1 397 0 8 478,235 1 1 478,225 0 0 500,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 12,939 0 2 12,939 0 2 12,939 0 2 15,543 8 8 Dr. 1,455,000 0 0 2,490,619 9 4 15,543 8 8 Cr. 1,455,000 0 0 15,543 8 8 Cr. 1,455,000 0 0 Total Totals 774,567 16 9 337,826 12 7 1,378,225 0 0 2,490,619 9 4 * Against this Treasury Bills amounting to £5.50.000 are outstanding.
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Table No. 2. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the Estimated and Actual Receipts and Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1907.
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Differences. Estimated. Actual. More Less than Estimate, j than Estimate. RECEIPTS. Revenue Account :— Customs Railways Stamps* Land tax Income-tax Beer Duty Registration and other Fees Marine Miscellaneous Territorial Revenue £ s. d. ;2,700, 000 0 0 2,500,000 0 0 11,243,500 0 0 405,000 0 0 262,000 0 0 98,500 0 0 110,000 0 0 37,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 245,000 0 0 £ s, d. 2,941,039 12 10 2,621,396 3 6 1,365,727 9 10 447,342 4 2 277,866 12 11 107,582 2 10 119,444 11 11 40,891 1 7 I 226,884 15 2 250,900 5 2 £ s. d. 241,039 12 10 121,396 3 6 122,227 9 10 42,342 4 2 15,866 12 11 9,082 2 10 9,444 11 11 3,891 1 7 26,884 15 2 5,900 5 2 £ s. d. Sinking Fund Increases Recov. ries on account of Expenditure of previous years 7,801.000 0 0 8,399,074 19 11 598,074 19 11 66,000 .0 0 66,000 0 0 13,881 11 9 13,881 11 9 Totals .. .. 7,867,000 0 0 18,478,956 11 8 611,956 11 8 EXPENDITURE. Revenue Account :— Permanent Appropriations, — Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund .. Under Special Acts Subsidies paid to Local Bodies Territorial Revenue Endowments Old-age Pensions £ s. d. 34,900 0 0 2,136,046 0 0 300,052 0 0 80,000 0 0 40,800 0 0 69,200 0 0 350,000 0 0 £ s. d. 37,543 0 7 9,132,142 7 9 ; 319,721 10 3 83,777 3 4 43,220 1 4 67,939 16 7 313,825 14 1 £ s. d. 2,648 0 7 19,669 10 3 3,777 3 4 2,420 1 4 £ s. d. 3,903 12 8 1,260 3 5 36,174 5 11 8,010,998 0 0 2,998,169 13 11 28,509 15 6 41,338 1 7 Annual Appropriations,— Legislative Colonial Treasurer.. P< stmaster-Gfiieral Industries and Commerce and Tourists Old age Persions .. Working Railways .. .. t Minister for Public Works Printing snrl Staiionery Commissioner of Stamps Naiiv,-Dt-par-iiieiit Minister of Justice.. Police Department Miinsr.i r of Mines Colonial Secretary Crown Law Department Defence Departuii-nt Ciiiniiiissiimer of Trade and Customs .. . Marine and Harbours, &c. Deianmint of Labour Department of Lands and Survey Minis er of Agriculture Valuaiion Department Education Department Public Health Mental Hospitals and Charitable Department Services not provided for 28,175 0 0 49,179 0 0 621,880 0 0 52,551 0 0 5,710 0 0 1,891,124 0 0 64,437 0 0 43,319 0 0 84,734 0 0 27,308 0 0 138,650 0 0 151,746 0 0 85,083 0 0 165,868 0 0 3,080 0 0 170,905 0 0 60,807 0 0 71,668 0 0 15,864 0 0 204,225 0 0 133,319 0 0 31,652 0 0 795,314 0 0 37,360 0 0 20,894 15 5 43,779 16 4 617,268 19 5 44,004 15 5 5,250 14 6 1,849,456 18 1 58,573 8 2 42,954 19 6 84,366 7 10 21,210 10 7 141,465 4 2 146,062 8 6 34,814 16 5 164,747 8 3 3,026 14 11 152,764 15 8 48,921 10 5 61,699 6 0 16,249 0 11 165,559 18 11 125,408 18 5 30,171 10 4 785,988 15 4 26,276 10 3 2,8315 4 2 7,280 4 7 5,399 3 8 4,611 0 7 8,546 4 7 459 5 6 41,667 1 11 5,863 11 10 364 0 6 367 12 2 6,157 9 5 5,683 11 6 268 3 7 1,120 11 9 53 5 1 18,140 4 4 1,885 9 7 9,968 14 0 885 0 11 38,665 1 1 7,910 1 7 1,480 9 8 9,325 4 8 11,083 9 9 101,293 0 0 91,398 5 3 4,489 9 1 4,489 9 1 9,894 14 9 196,194 16 1 4,925,311 0 0 4,736,805 18 1 7,689 14 2 Defence and War Loans Sinking Fund.. 39,950 0 0 39,950 0 0 76,149 9 8 237,532 17 8 76,149 9 8 Totals ' 161,383 8 0 7,936,309 0 0 7,774,925 12 0 ' Includes £ U4.520 (is. Post and Telegraph cash receipts. t Includes £121,396 8s. 6d. additional appr< authorised by " 1 lie Public- Revenues Acts Amendment, 1910," section 6. ional appropriation RESULTS OF YEAR. £ s. d. £ s. d Actual receipts, 1906-7 .. .. .- •• 8,478,956 11 8 Actual expenditure, 1906-7 .. .. •• .. 7,774,925 12 0 s. d Excess of receipts over expenditure .. .. .. 704,030 19 8 Balanoe, 31st March, 1906 .. 788,794 10 1 704,030 19 8 788,794 10 1 Total .. .. 1,492,825 9 9 Transferred to Publio Works Fund .. 775,000 0 0 Balance, 31st Maroh, 1907 .. .. •• •• •• -■ £717 825 9 9
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Table No. 3. The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st March, 1907.
Amount ootbtanjiino Dub Date. Sinking Funds. Net indkbtruAmount. Annual Chakok. When payable. KaiuniK. Kate. Int. S.F. New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 .. £ £ 266,300 £ 15 July, 1914 184,182 £ 82,118 5 % 1 £ 15,978 15 Jan. and 15 July. Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 .. 4,300 Ann. drawing 4,300 5 215 Quarterly, 15 Jan., Ac. Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 .. 1,000, OOO*' 1 June, 1907 965,519 34,481 4 2-4 64,000 1 June and 1 Dec. Sinking Fund payable 13 Mar. and 13 Sept. •Only £200,000 has been actually issued to the public. • Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 3,000 12,200 j 15,200 I 2 Jan., 1915 I 17 ™ \ 2 July, 1916 f 17 - 688 Cr. 2,483 6 1 1,064 30 June . 81 Dec. Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 18,000 15 April, 1913 13,000 4 520 15 April » 15 Oct. Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 363,000 27,900 11 390,900 115 April, 1913 115 April, 1913 303,000 27,900 4 M 14,520 1,256 15 April . 15 Oct. 15 April . 15 Oct. Defence and other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 25,000 75,000 | 100,000 ( IJuly, 1910 } 15 April, 1913 25,000 75,000 4 1,125 3,000 30 June . 31 Dec. 15 April . 15 Oct. |The Sinking Fund is payable on £2,743,100 (1J percent, on £1,722,639, 1 per cent, on £79,625, and % per cent, on £940.836); the Land Assurance Fund is also charged with i per cent, as a contribution towards Sinking Fund. J£4,900 of this amount recoverable from the Government Advances to Settlers Office. §£89,700 of this amount recoverable from the Government Advances to Settlers Office. General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 17,400 10,800 54,700 82,900 15 Oct., 1913 15 May, 1914 28 Nov., 1914 17,400 10,800 54,700 4 5 696 432 •2,735 15 April , 15 Oct. 15 May . 15 Nov. 15 May , 15 Nov. District Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885-86 40,000 I IJuly, 1909 40,000 6 2,400 ) April ., 1 Oct. Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 250,300 1 Sept., 1907 250,300 3) t 38,701 1 Mar. . 1 Sept. Consolidated Stock Act. 1877 29,150,302 8,946.997 9,659,980 47,757,279 t 1 Nov., 1929 \ 1 Jan., 1940 ( 1 April, 1945 29,150,302 8,946,997 9,659,980 4 a 1,166,012 818,145] 289,799§j 1 May .. 1 Nov. 1 Jan. . 1 July. j 1 April . 1 Oct. Consolidated Stock Act, 1884 — I Colonial Issue 509,500 65,000 100,000 194,200 868.700 31 Deo., 1907 4 Jan.,1909 4 Jan., 1909 1 Feb., 1912 509,500 65,000 100,000 194,200 BJ 17,833 1,950 3,500 6,797 1 Mar. „ 1 Sept. 1 Feb. , 1 Aug. Native Land Purchases Act, 1892 (Henewed under "The Aid to Pnblle Works nnrt Land Settlement Act. 1899," and " The New Zealand Loan Act, 1U04") 125,000 31 Oct., 1912 i 125,000 8) 4,376 j I 30 April . 31 Oct. Carried forward 60,913,879 1,167,389 1,950,053 49,746.490
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Table No. 3— continued. The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st March, 1907— continued.
Amount outstanding. Sinking Fonds. Net Indeb tedNE88 Bate. Int. S.F. Amount. Annual Chargk Dpk Date .mount. When payable. »eii»r«i £ ! Brought forward Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisi- 1 tion Aot, 1894 f I . I £ £ 50,913,879 £ 1,167,389 £ 49,746,490 ( 283,000 1 117,000 4 3J % £ 1.950,053 11,320 4,095 400,000 • 30 Sept., 1908 ,950,053 11,320 31 Mar. and 30 Sept. 4,095 31 Mar. . 30 Sept. New Zealand Consols Act, 1894 Land for Settlements Aot, 1894, and Amend- f ment Aot, 1897 j f 62,000 478,235 J 411,000 1 Feb., 1910 I 1 April, 1909 1 1 April. 1909 478,235 349,000 62,000 .. 33 84 16,738 13,088 2.170 16,738 1 Feb. . 1 Aug. 13,088 1 April . 1 Oct. 2.170 1 April . 1 Oct. Land for Settlement! Oonsolidation Aot, 1900 10.000 13,000 814,766 25,000 50,000 25,000 559,600 250,000 280,650 106,450 38,500 263,350 337,400 69,000 185,800 400,000 187,800 99,600 8,600 90,550 50,165 82,800 200,500 168,700 113,000 4,380,231 f 1 Jan., 1909 Uan., 1911 31 Oct., 1912 Uune,1907 30 June, 1907 1 Sept., 1907 1 Feb., 1908 1 April, 1908 1 Aug., 1908 1 Jan., 1909 1 April, 1909 1 May, 1909 1 May, 1909 1 July, 1909 30 Sept., 1909 1 Jan., 1910 1 Feb., 1910 1 Jan., 1911 1 Nov., 1911 Uan.. 1912 1 Jan., 1912 1 Feb., 1912 30 June, 1914 1 1 Jan., 1921 1 Jan., 1922 ' 10,000 13,000 814,766 25,000 50,000 25,000 559,600 250,000 230,650 106,450 38,500 263,350 337,400 69,000 185,800 400,000 187,800 99,600 8,600 90,550 50,165 82,800 200,500 168,700 113,000 3* 3* 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 : 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 350 •455 28,517 1,000 2,000 1,000 22,384 10,000 9,226 4,258 1,540 10,534 13,496 2,760 7,432 16,000 7,512 3,984 344 3,622 2,007 3,312 8,020 6,748 4,520 350 1 Jan. . 1 July. •455 1 Jan. . 1 July. 28,517 30 Aoril . 31 Oct. 1,000 lJune . 1 Dec. 2,000 30 June . 31 Dec. 1,000 1 Mar. . 1 Sept. 22,384 1 Feb. . 1 Aug 10,000 1 April . 1 Oct. 9,226 1 Feb. . 1 Aug. 4,258 J. Jan. . IJuly. 1,540 1 April „ 1 Oot. 10,534 1 May . 1 Nov. 13.496 I May . 1 Nov. 2,760 1 Jan. „ Uuly. 7,432 31 Mar. . 30 Sept. 16,000 Uan. . IJuly. 7,512 1 Feb. . 1 Aug. 3,984 1 Jan. . 1 July. 344 1 May . 1 Nov. 3,622 1 Jan. . 1 July. 2,007 1 April . 1 Oct. 3,312 1 Feb. » 1 Aug. 8,020 80 June . 81 De >. 6,748 Uan. , IJuly. 4,520 Uan. . Uuly. Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1896 500,000* 15 Aug., 1921 500,000 3J 17,500 17,500 15 Feb. . 15 Aug. •Loan may bo paid off at am time on six months' notice being given. Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act J 1900 3.500 20,000 20,000 352,490 151,500 149,600 697,000 ' 1 May, 1907 1 Feb., 1908 1 April, 1908 1 April, 1908 1 April, 1909 1,1 May, 1909 3,500 20,000 20,000 352,400 151,500 149,600 4 4 4 4 4 4 140 800 800 14,096 6,060 5,984 140 1 May . 1 Nov. 800 1 April „ 1 Oct. 800 1 Ai.ril . 1 Oct. 14,096 1 April . 1 Oct. 6,060 1 Jan. . 1 July. 5,984 1 May . l Nov. Carried forward i7,780, 345 r 1.167,389 56,612,956 2,213,865
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Table No. 3— continued. The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st March, 1907— continued
ANNUAL CHAKOh.. Amount outstanding. Due Date. Sinking Funds. \KSKbharxs Rate. Int. S.F. Amount When payable. £ £ 57,780,345 I £ 1,167,389 £ , 56,612,956 15,000 152,700 17,900 63,400 1,000 11 3,200 J 125,000 ( 542,700 % % £ 2,213,865 525 6,108 716 2,536 40 Brought forward Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot, -I 1901 15,000 152,700 17,900 63,400 1,000 I 250,000 / 1 Jan., 1909 1 Dec, 1908 ■I Uan., 1909 I ID-c, 1911 V 1 Dec, 1912 si 4 4 4 1 Jan. and 1 July. 1 June „ 1 Dec. 1 Jan. . 1 July. 1 June » 1 Dec. 1 June „ 1 Dec. Debentures not presented at due date. Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, ( 1902 1 3,200 667,700 | 670,900 1 Dee., 1906 1 Dec, 1912 4 • 4,375 21,708 I 1 June and 1 Dec. Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, I 1908 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1904 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, ( 1905 ( Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot, -I 1906 Government Advances to Settlers Act 1894 Ex- I tension Act, 1901 1 Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1905 Government Advances to Workers Act, 1906 t 299,800* 200,200 342,500 i 842,500 lFeb., 1924 lFeb., 1909 1 Jan., 1909 1 Jan., 1912 | 1 July, 1916 1 1 Jan., 1921 } Uan., 1912 lDec, 1912 I 1 Jan., 1917 I - 500,000 342,500 588,200 500,000 446,000 99,450 . 40,000 5,000 j 500,000 | 299,150 80,000 300,000 50,000 20,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 34 34 8j 20,000 13,700 23,528 20,000 17,84,0 3,978 1,600 200 17,500 11,966 2,800 10,500 1,750 700 1 Feb. . 1 Aug. 1 Jan. . 1 July. 1 Jan. . 1 July. 1 Jan. , 1 July. 1 Jan. „ 1 July. 1 Jan. . 1 July. 1 Dec . 1 Ju'-e. 1 Jan. » 1 July. 1 Jan. „ 1 July. 1 Jan. . 1 July. 1 June . 1 Deo. 1 June , 1 Dec. 1 June . 1 Dec 1 Jan. ,. 1 July. * Loan may be paid off at any time after 1st February, 1909, on six months' notice being given. 500,000 446,000 99,450 40,000 5,000 I 588,200 I 946,000 I 943,600 799,150 1 Jan., 1922 80,000 300,000 \ 380,000 j 5 June, 1908 t 23 Oct., 1912 23 Oct., 1912 1 Jan., 1912 1 Aug., 1908 Uan., 1911 Uan., 1916 1 Jan., 1909 1 Mar., 1911 1 Jan , 1909 1 June, 1911 1 April, 1907 131 Mar., 1912 i 30 Sept ,1912 50,000 I 20,000 j Dairy Industry Aot, 1898 i Local Bodies' Loans Aot, 1901 .. .. - I 438 843 500 735,000 231,000 55,000 50,000 1,781 ' ■ 1,071,000 I - " 1,781 735,000 231,000 55,000 50,000 140,000 3d 34 4 4 34 62 25,725 8,085 2,200 2,000 4,900 1 Feb. . 1 Aug. 1 Mar. „ 1 Sept. 1 Mar. . 1 Sept. 1 Mar. „ 1 Sept. 1 June „ 1 Dec. 1 Apri „ 1 Oct. State Coal-mines Act, 1901 Paeroa-Waihi Railway Aot, 1903 .. j Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts, 1903 and 1905 53 |476 26,738 140,000 | 80,214 i I - 80,214 i 8 2,406 31 Mar. „ 30 Sept. 100,000 1 May, 1911 1,167,389 100,000 ( 1,500 | 500 62,699,151 34 34 1 3,500 52 20 1 May » 1 Nov. 1 May . 1 Nov. 1 May ,. 1 Nov. State Fire Insurance Aot, 1903 2,000 1 May, 1911 Carried forward \ 63,866,540 2,444,885
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Table No. 3 - continued. The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st, March, 1907—continued.
Annual Cuaboe. AMOUNT ol-IS'llXIJIM.. DUE DATE. J..1, INDEBTEDAmount octstaiisoio. Due Date. SlNHIM, Funds Imiebted-\l-.ss. Kate. Int. S.F. . tliti le. Amount. Amount. When payable. When payable. i P-T* »***•* ' .iH. ."■'■ . S.F. . . i Bought fo.-ward Scenery Preservation Act, 1903 Railway Improvements Authorisation Act, 1904 Maori Ijand Settlement Act. 1906 Add Sinking Fund in respeot of— The Government Loans to Local Bodies Acts The Government Advances to Settlers Office Account The War and Defence Loans The Land for Settlements hoans Investments in Securities included above on account New Zealand Consols Investment Account .. Bank of New Zealand Preference Shares held by Government .. Totals £ £ £ £ 63.866.540 .. 1,167,889 62,699,161 20,000 i 1 May, 1911 20,000 34 17,600] ,,, ™ «30June,1910 ) , ™ 75,000 1, U - m 130 June, 1914 j " ■ ,2 ' 5tX) 4 150,000 I , m m < 1 Jan., 1921 - 50,000,' Jm '""° , l Jan., 1911 ) 200,000 4 64,179,040 1,167,889 63.011,651 539,019 245,545 39,950 80,168 360,425 500,000 I. 735. II14 64.179.040 .. 8,903,498 61,276,547 Treasury bills amounting to i;V>0.000 are not included. q 2,-444,885 700 3,700 ; 8.000 2,457,285 1 May and 1 Nov. 30 June 31 Dec. 1 Jan. . 1 July.
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Table No. 4. STATEMENT of the Estimated Liabilities chargeable on the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) outstanding on the 31st March, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907.
31st March, 1897. 31st March, 1898. 31st March, 1899. 31st March, 1900. Slst March, 1901. 31st March, 1902. 31st March, 1903. 31st March, 1904. 31st March, 1905. 31st March, 1906. Slat March, 1907. £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. t s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Revenue Account. Permanent Appropriations, — Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under Special Acts of the Legislature Subsidies payable to Local Authorities Under the Land Acts, payable to Local Authorities 894 11 8 I 163 1 6 950 0 0 •• 214 8 0 j 991 16 0 731 14 11 505 0 0 793 6 6 930 14 881 7 0 622 14 5 15,000 0 0 36 3 4 588 12 11 951 4 11 859 10 4 1,284 3 9 372 14 8 460 7 6 895 6 1 287 8 8 849 11 8 651 15 0 631 5 0 I 160 17 11 867 12 6 136 18 0 313 1 0 126 0 0 174 0 0 760 0 0 2,553 2 1 1,824 17 2 i 1,824 0 6 1,757 0 1 1,757 0 1 , 1,757 0 1 1,757 0 1 1,757 0 1 1,757 0 1 1,757 0 1 3,112 13 8 1,757 0 1 3,654 0 5 4,262 13 3 3,328 19 5 3,744 14 7 17,541 17 10 3,803 16 9 3,940 10 0 3,620 10 2 1,984 18 5 4,348 2 6 Annual Appropriations,— Legislative Colonial Treasurer * .. Postmaster-General Industries, Commerce, and Tourist Departments Working Railways Public Buildings Maintenance of Roads Printing and Stationery Office Commissioner of Stamps Public Health Department Minister of Justice! Minister of Defence} Minister of Mines Colonial Secretary Commissioner of Customs Minister of Marine .. Minister of Labour Minister of Lands Minister for Agriculture Valuation Department Minister of Education Mental Hospitals and Charitable Institutions, &c. 2,610 0 0 17,452 0 0 65,971 3 1 181 14 9 451 8 0 3,590 0 0 3,463 0 0 213 10 10 6,430 5 9 3,469 1 2 87 4 11 812 6 11 22,689 3 2 74,818 16 6 2,556 5 4 346 1 0 3,605 0 0 7,580 0 0 149 19 7 3,083 0 0 6,218 8 4 45 5 10 ! 33 19 4 785 18 4 j 908 7 9 17,830 0 0 21,247 0 0 66,169 16 11 74,911 6 6 185 0 0 .. 745 3 11 529 16 8 3,789 12 2 2,397 14 3 4,500 0 0 9,925 0 0 56 2 8 42 9 0 2,247 17 3 6,583 4 6 4,564 12 3 4,646 10 9 51 1 2 85 11 8 2,933 0 4 365 9 5 28,276 0 0 34,029 0 0 90,777 9 3 95,972 4 10 81 0 0 312 16 6 506 14 2 1,054 9 7 2,542 4 7 2,155 10 5 44,050 0 0 21,856 8 9 6 0 11 2,033 16 0 12,893 9 7 ! 10,604 5 II 5,750 17 1 3,662 1 1 91 10 2 440 9 9 32,902 0 0 109,375 4 0 470 5 7 •• 473 15 7 1,901 0 7 10,740 12 3 85 16 2 76 1 5 491 12 3 553 1 0 28,750 0 0 28,481 0 0 11,170 17 8 1,206 11 11 109,146 17 3 Il08,054 11 6 1,294 0 5 724 11 5 1,591 14 6 1,274 6 4 925 4 11 1,456 4 5 406 12 10 1,575 4 8 2,516 11 8 1,944 7 11 6,816 5 1 12,854 8 4 37 0 0 866 4 11 2,070 7 1 533 16 0 198 2 2 1,558 15 3 1,571 15 8 130 12 8 292 10 2 2,498 14 5 5,250 14 2 5,392 0 1 8,794 0 0 1,117 18 2 856 14 11 15 0 7 12 6 1,142 3 11 34,910 0 0 1,614 17 2 108,381 3 5 723 15 11 2,417 15 10 1,061 0 5 449 14 10 1,778 13 11 11,009 13 7 184 3 9 1,280 11 1 36,725 0 0 5,842 12 5 119,2-9 0 0 850 14 3 1,746 8 1 3,438 0 4 2,194 9 8 479 18 7 5,742 5 0 3,950 6 4 6,991 15 7 2,990 19 6 3,794 16 9 203 15 0 1,662 13 1 351 3 9 1,710 1 5 4,419 1 4 675 8 1 3 0 11 3,655 18 1 370 17 8 4,293 5 4 485 2 0 4,561 5 9 5,210 0 0 794 10 4 2,638 3 0 4,142 10 9 2,266 17 3 15,008 10 10 2,521 16 10 .. 10,175 11 4 4,908 10 5 2,633 18 10 4,335 1 5 460 0 0 600 0 0 651 17 4 1,970 19 7 112 19 6 : 390 14 2 9,587 1 9 2,131 2 4 3,202 6 2 3,673 5 6 980 0 0 836 17 11 1,724 2 11 1.411 10 7 I 629 15 4 j 6,029 1 10 8,390 2 0 811 19 2 724 11 8 1,361 4 7 418 0 0 378 8 0 156 2 6 378 9 6 1,224 3 7 [203,474 7 5 180,575 4 8 182,963 3 0 [175,710 2 3 177,390 15 7 Services not provided for 111,602 10 2 139,894 13 5 114,655 16 10 1133,225 0 2 1171,695 1 4 204,456 15 3 25 0 0 ! 21 9 0 783 19 3 522 8 0 3 7 6 • Totals 206,828 6 10 184,319 19 3 200,505 0 10 116,387 11 5 143,515 3 7 116,640 15 3 137,576 10 2 [179,513 19 0 181,331 5 7 174,829 4 0 208,894 14 11 * Includes Rates on Crown Lands and Old-age Pensions. teludes Native and Crown Law. I Includes Police.
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Table No. 5. STATEMENT of the Estimated Liabilities chargeable on the Public Works Fond outstanding on the 31st March, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907.
STATEMENT of the Estimated Liabilities chargeable on the undermentioned Accounts outstanding on the 31st March, 1897, 1898, 1899. 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907.
31st March, 1897. 31st March, 1898. 31st March, 1899. 31st March, 1900. 31st March, 1901. 3lBt March, 31st March, ' 31st March, 31st March, 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 31st March, 1906. 31st March, 1907. __ _ _ Annual Appropriations — Railways Utilisaiion of Water-power Public Buildings Lighthouses and Harbour-works Tourist and Health Resorts .. Immigration Roads Development of Goldfields Native Lands Purchases Telegraph Extension Rates on Native Lands Contingent Defence .. Lands Improvement Miscellaneous £ a. d. 106,312 8 4 £ s. d. 77,167 7 4 £ s. d. 77,870 15 4 £ t. d. 103,638 4 6 £ s. d. 591,995 19 0 . . - - 6 a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 113,537 8 2 217.089 10 5 113,057 16 6 210,656 18 10 ] 8 1 11 27,812 6 11 84,596 9 0 36,338 8 3 38,887 18 5 902 9 1 1,760 7 11 506 6 5 316 5 5 2,579 5 6 1,136 8 0 4,911 14 5 2,285 6 3 100,224 16 3 249,281 1 9 80,787 4 7 98,326 1 7 \ 8,116 5 7 300 0 0 2,038 14 7 1,794 16 3 4,566 0 0 7,298 0 0 4,580 11 8 43,873 0 0 27,409*0 0 43,877 0 0 30,114 0 0 370 19 8 355 2 2 355 15 8 300 0 0 17,832 13 2 72 0 0 4,240 0 0 38,151 0 0 11 7 6 381 0 5 1,025 3 0 1 £ s. d. 196,099 10 8 3 18 6 51,967 11 8 158 10 8 39,046 16 7 £ s. d. 210,242 19 1 24,180 7 10 1,884 2 2 14,806 5 2 3,229 12 9 28,030 0 0 3,826 0 0 44,346 9 4 3,988 19 10 73,375 2 4 10,313 16 7 34,813 6 4 637 0 0 21,805 19 8 667 4 1 109,681 12 2 2,616 18 3 213,856 11 1 29,910 16 10 31.549 11 4 16,283 0 0 110 0 0 11.550 0 0 268,798 12 2 7,135 6 7 310,764' 9 3 6,625 15 8 155 19 4 316,562 16 9 5,375 9 5 •• 447,388 4 5 2,010 15 0 139,080 6 4 2,886 10 5 51 5 4 83,295 0 0 360 0 0 13,329 0 0 393 9 4 11,722 0 0 439 1 2 11,129 0 0 •• 715 18 11 18,450 0 0 20,273 0 0 554 5 8 26,989 0 0 22 14 8 140,000 0 0 75,110 5 1 669 15 0 65 18 0 828 11 8 •• •• - •• -• Totals 446,282 19 2 494,895 4 10 ' , 316,274 7 4 586,565 19 3 293,422 7 11 425,802 0 9 i 316,274 7 4 586,565 19 3 526,671 19 6 :435,636 17 7 394,427 S 2 1,292,095 12 0 457,139 4 4 l_ I I
31st Maroh, 31st Maroh, ' 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. i 31st March, 1902. '■ 31st March, 1903. £ s. d. 780 1 8 331 19 0 31st March, 31st March, 1904. 1905. £ s. d. £ s. d. 217 0 2 527 4 8 18 19 1 31st March, 1906. 31st Maroh, 1907. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 574 9 7 454 19 7 723 17 7 . £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 574 9 7 454 19 7 723 17 7 302 8 6 1,067 16 0 £ b. d. 251 16 4 £ s. d. 225 19 0 £ s. d. 1.730 15 10 State Forests Account State Coalmines Account .. Scenery Preservation Account Cheviot Estate Account Land for Settlements Account Maori Land Settlement Aooount Loans to Local Bodies Account Paeroa-Waihi Railway Account Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acoount Railways Improvements Authorisation Act Account Government Advances to Settlers Office Management Account Government Life Insurance Account State Fire Insurance Acoount 3,492 16 0 '.'. .'. 104,951 15 11 ! 21,833 16 1 3,671 6 4 21,058 9 8 27.238 I 2 34,717 16 6 O ACkCl 1C A 3,492 16 0 )4,951 15 11 | 21,833 16 1 3,671 6 4 2,405 5 4 4,820 11 0 11,058 9 8 27.238 1 2 34,717 16 6 32,084 4 10 38,259 0 4 .. 990 4 8 1,125 5 5 •• 3,546 9 1 3,189 0 0 .. 8,076 13 7 8,636 2 11 3,038 5 6 3,505 9 2 4,296 15 11 896 2 10 7,851 17 8 16 8 3 6,194 3 8 6,087 13 6 19,707 1 6 53 18 8 4,900 0 10 747 4 7 2,656 2 8 8,422 0 0 " - 7,856 11 8 33,809 0 0 . . 28 7 2 1,019 2 6 103 19 4 1,069 15 2 83 6 8 .. ■ • 23 18 0 48 12 9 1,214 0 6 1,238 5 4 450 0 0 - I - I -
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Table No. 6. STATEMENT showing the Total Ways and Means of the Public Works Fund and the Total Net Expenditure to the 31st March, 1907.
WAYS AND MEANS. • NET EXPENDITURE. Expenditure on — Immigration Public Works, Departmental Railways, including Surveys of New Lines Roais* Land Purchases Development of Goldfields Telegraph Extension Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour Works and Defences Contingent Defence Rates on Native Lands. ■ Thermal Springs Tourist and Health Resorts Lands Improvement .. ■'. Charges and Expenses of raising Loans Coal-mines Interest and Sinking Fund Payment to Midland Railway Bondholder! Utilisation of Water-power £ s. d. 2,177,580 19 7 550,166 12 11 .. 23,119,458 8 11 7,537,725 18 1 2,033,557 16 7 778,024 17 1 1,324,244 IS 0 3,578,561 15 0 1,017,656 10 11 869,593 19 6 67,807 18 4 14,599 13 2 113,519 11 8 15,014 7 0 1,244,128 2 5 10,835 8 0 218,500 0 0 150,000 0 0 8,033 5 5 Loans :— Immigration and Public Works Loan, 1870 Immigration and Public Works Loan, 1873 Immigration and Publio Works L >an, 1874 General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 New Zealand Loan Act, 1876 New Zealand Loan Aot, 1877 New Zealand Loan Act, 1879 New Zealand Loan Act, 1882 New Zea'and Colonial Inscribed Stook Loan Act, 1882 North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Act, 1882 .. New Zealand Loan Act, 1884 New Zealand Loan Aot, 1886 District Radways Purchasing Acts, 1885 and 1886 .. New Zealand Loan Aot, 1888 Native Land Purobase Act, 1892 Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1896 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Amendment Act, 1897 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Amendment Act, 1898 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1899 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1901 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1902 Aid to Pubic Works and Land Settlement Act, 1903 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act. 1904 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1905 Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act. 1906 Midland Railway Petitions Settlement Acts, 1902-3.. Paeroa-Waihi Railway Act, 1903 .-. £ a. d. 4,000,000 0 0 2,000,000 0 0 4,000,000 0 0 750,000 0 0 750,000 0 0 2,200,000 0 0 5,000,000 0 0 3,000,000 0 0 250,000 0 0 1,000,000 0 0 1,500,000 0 0 1,325,000 0 0 479,487 7 11 1,000,000 0 0 149,700 0 0 500,000 0 0 1,000,000 0 o I t s. d. a •. d. 250,000 0 0 ,009 19 7 ' 500,000 0 0 1,000,000 0 0 1,005,500 0 0 1,250,000 0 0 1,750,000 0 0 1,000,000 0 0 750,000 0 0 1,000,000 0 0 943,600 0 0 150,000 0 0 75,000 0 0 ' 1 38,678,287 7 11 Receipts in Aid : — Amount transferred from Consolidated Fund Con'ribuiions of Canterbury Province for Railways.. Stamp Duties to 31st December, 1876 Transfer from Confiscated Lands Liabilities Account Proceeds of Railway Material handed over to Cook County Council Special Receipts under section 9 of " The Railways Construction Act, 1878 " Special Receipts under the Ellesmere Lake Lands Acts, 1888 and 1893 Special Receipts under "The Railways Authorisation and Management Act, 1891" Special R ceipts under " The North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Aot, 1886 " Sinking Funds released . i 5,630,000 0 0 j 56,000 0 0 264,657 16 4 I 19,963 1 3 i I 4,963 7 4 60,616 3 0 37,263 16 8 2,257 1 9 Balance on 31st March, 1907,— Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government 27,581 5 0 506,819 19 3 323,071 0 0 36,328 18 11 6,610,122 10 7 £45,188,409 18 6 £45,188,409 18 6 ' Has been reduced bj £89,800 received under section 31 of ' The Oovernment Loans to Local Bodies A< 1886."
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Table No. 7. Estimated Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) for 1907-8 compared with Actual Expenditure of 1906-7.
Table No. 8. Estimated Revenue of the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) for 1907-8, compared with the Actual Revenue of 1906-7.
Estimate for 1907-8. Actual for 1906-7. Dif Increase. Differences. Decrease. Revenue Account. £ 34,900 2,189,809 854,370 £ 37,543 2,172,092 828,485 £ £ 2,648 Civil List .Interest and Sinking Fund .. .. ..2 Under special Acts 34,90( !,189,80! 854,37( 19 2 17,717 25,885 ~ 3,079,079 1,079,07$ 3,038,120 43,602 2,643 Annual Appropriations,— Legislative Departments .. .. .. Colonial Treasurer's Departments Postal and Telegraph Department Industries and Commerce and Tourist Departments .. ! Old-age Pensions Department Working Railways Department .. .. 1 Public Buildings and Domains .. .. .. Maintenance of Roads ... Printing and Stationery Department Stamp and Deeds Departments Native Department Justice Department Police Department Mines Department Colonial Secretary's Departments Crown Law Department Defence Department Customs Department .. Marine and Inspection of Machinery Depanments Labour Department .. Lands and Survey Department Agriculture Department Valuation Department Education Department Public Health Department .. .. .. Mental Hospitals and Charitable Department 26,842 53,768 687,782 43,745 5,990 1,880,000 39,007 25,000 41,878 35,623 27,884 148,432 159,679 35,190 75,554 4,340 184,024 48,904 73.S81 19,420 186,101 139,093 33,592 836,056 38,959 106,924 /, V I J|Wll 26,845 53,766 687,782 43,745 5,990 ,880,000 39,007 25,000 41,878 35,623 27,884 148,432 159,679 35,190 75,554 4,340 184,024 48,904 73,t-81 19,420 186,101 139,693 33,592 836,056 38,959 106,924 2 8 2 5 0 0 1 I 8 I 2 9 9 1 i i 1 i 1 3 I 3 3 1 20,895 : 5,947 43,780 I 9,988 617,269 70,513 44,005 5,251 739 1,849,457 32,713 6,294 25,860 42,955 34,366 1,257 21,211 . 6,673 141,465 ' 6,967 146,062 13,617 34,815 375 164,747 3,027 1,813 152,765 81,259 48,922 61,699 12,182 16,249 8,171 165,560 20,541 125,409 14,284 30,171 3,421 785,989 50,067 26,276 12,683 91,898 ; 15,526 ! 4,732,316 i 286,817 •• 260 19,457 860 1,077 89,198 •• 18 I 4,908,268 110,860 T r!T 4, ,auo,^ua ' 4, —I— Services not provided for 4,489 4,489 330,419 117,997 117,997 Total .. .. .. ..7, ,987,347 ' 7, 7,987,347 7,774,925 212,422
Estimate for Estimate rHffnfmi/ini! Actual Differences, for . .— Actual for Differences. 1907-h 1907-8. ivi , 190.:-7. I90o-7. Increase. 1007-8. — Increase. Decreaao increase. Decrease. Decrease. Revenue Account. Customs Railways Stamps Land-tax Income-tax Beer Duty Registration and other Fios Marine Miscellaneous Territorial Revenue Total £ 2,800,000 2,550,000 1,340,000 515,000 : 280,000 105.000 92,000 I 41,000 221,000 i 256,000 ! 8,200,000 ! £ £ £ 2,941,040 .. 141,040 2,621,396 .. 71,390 1,365,727 .. 25,727 447,342 67,658 277,867 2,133 107,582 .. 2,582 119,445 : 27 445 40,891 109 226,885 .. 5,885 250,900 5,100 J 75,000 ! 274,075 75,000 8,899,075 I 199,075 8,399,075 I I 199,075
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Table No. 9. Statement showing the Amount charged to "Unauthorised" in each Financial Year from 1st July, 1875, to 31st March, 1907.
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Financial Year CONSOLIDATE ices not provided for. p Fund.—Keven iue Account. Otheb Accounts. Public Wobks Fund. Total. ExcesB of Votes. Total. 1875-76 .. 1876-77 .. 1877-78 .. 1878-79 .. 1879-80 .. 1880-81 .. 1881-82 .. 1882-83 .. 1883-84 .. 1884-85 .. 1885-86 .. 1886-87 .. 1887-88 .. 1888-89 .. 1889-90 .. 1890-91 .. 1891-92 .. 18G2-93 .. 1893-94 1894-95 .. 1895-96 .. 1896-97 .. 1897-98 .. 1898-99 .. 1899-1900 .. 1900-1901 .. 1901-1902 .. 1902-1903 .. 1903-1904 .. 1964-1905 .. 1905-19U6 .. 1906-1907 .. £ s. d. .. 13,167 4 8 .. 18,397 17 1 .. 19,079 12 6 .. 11,413 16 1 5,818 9 9 6,151 13 9 3,899 16 3 4,473 15 8 7,293 9 9 5,981 17 8 9,337 11 2 .. | 14,337 19 7 7,303 17 10 3,521 18 2 4,412 5 3 .. > 10,610 1 (l 2,288 3 2 1,741 7 10 2,350 7 0 8,985 3 7 2,422 16 10 3,188 17 7 l',-.,iS 19 7 :,305 15 11 .. 11,187 13 8 .. 86,867 18 6 3,836 7 0 9,027 5 4 3,344 11 0 6,215 4 8 ■s,576 16 7 4,989 9 1 £ s. d. 19,195 17 1 13,398 7 0 58,709 17 2 47,460 4 5 18,466 2 1 37,825 6 6 38,474 18 9 64,631 0 2 45,284 2 6 39,039 17 11 47,106 10 3 38,117 13 5 42,104 10 10 30,157 16 5 43,257 1 0 76,778 5 11 21,026 16 4 28,283 15 11 7,376 7 4 9,148 0 5 1 5 9 24,195 2 9 39,314 13 4 0 10 ■ 13 7 62,788 3 2 10 9 101,076 10 4 47,775 11 4 22,109 12 2 52,385 3 7 28,559 6 2 £ s. d. 32,363 1 9 31,796 4 1 77,789 9 8 58,880 0 6 24,284 11 10 43,977 0 3 42,374 15 0 69,104 15 10 52,577 12 3 45,021 15 7 56,444 1 5 52,455 13 0 49,408 13 8 38,679 14 7 47,669 6 3 87,388 6 11 23,314 19 6 30,025 3 9 9,726 14 4 18,133 4 0 38,652 2 7 27,384 0 4 41,573 12 11 39,773 16 9 71,840 7 3 89,156 1 8 72,702 17 9 110,103 15 8 51,120 2 4 28,324 16 10 60,962 0 2 33,548 15 3 £ s. d. 3,155 9 2 3,490 6 1 653 6 5 3,938 14 8 1,005 3 10 13,443 11 3 13,590 0 10 12,343 2 2 9,003 18 7 7,163 15 3 13,965 10 1 6,212 16 7 27,821 16 11 13,506 2 8 23,631 7 1 5,459 18 11 9,183 10 6 4,754 17 10 522 12 2 1,890 7 5 , 9 9 2 1,726 3 6 4,743 17 10 2,304 8 10 £ s. d. 63,875 11 8 2,197 4 5 22,009 14 0 32,179 1 1 17,096 9 9 34,133 17 3 2,217 9 8 8,137 17 11 31,741 17 10 872 0 11 6,465 17 5 28,633 10 8 30,407 2 3 18,633 2 10 12,287 18 10 7,097 19 9 7,594 1 2 11,149 14 2 1,335 12 11 330 8 1 33,245 2 4 7,051 0 8 - 14 0 8,222 10 6 7,990 18 7 17,518 3 7 , 4 10 12,837 S 6 9 11 31,862 8 3 19.9(15 16 2 14 10 £ s. d. 99,394 2 7 37,483 14 7 100,452 10 1 94,997 16 3 42,386 5 5 91,054 8 9 58,182 11 6 89,585 15 11 93,323 8 8 53,057 11 9 76,875 8 11 87.302 0 3 107,637 12 10 70,819 0 1 83,588 12 2 99,946 5 7 40,092 11 2 45,929 15 9 11,584 19 5 20.303 19 6 88,892 14 8 59,161 4 6 99,966 4 9 60,300 18 1 79,831 5 10 107,336 12 10 79,911 11 5 123,140 19 2 62,952 18 9 73,734 16 8 '104,884 6 2 101,973 0 9 602 7 7 253 8 10 200 0 0 2,248 6 6 13,547 11 7 23,956 9 10 12,867 10 8
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Table No. 10. Graduated Land-tax. Comparison of Proposed New Scale for Owners having £40,000 Unimproved Value and over with Present Scale.
Present Scale. Proposed New Scale. Unimproved Value. Rate in Pence per £1. Rate per £100 Unimproved Value Kate per £100 Unimproved Value. Rate increased by One fourth in Case of Lane other than Business Premises. £ 40,000 41,000 42,000 43,000 44,000 45,000 46,000 47,000 48,000 49,000 50,000 51,000 52,000 53,000 54,000 55,000 56,000 57,000 58,000 59,000 60,000 61,000 62,000 63,000 64,000 65,000 66,000 67,000 68,000 69,000 70,000 71,000 72,000 73,000 74,000 75,000 76,000 77,000 78,000 79,000 80,000 81,000 82,000 83,000 84,000 85,000 86,000 87,000 88,000 89,000 90,000 91,000 92,000 93,000 94,000 ... ... ... .. ... ... ... d. 14/16th 14/16th 14/16th 14/16th 14/16th 15/16th 15/1 fit 11 I.) 16th 15/16th Lfi 16th 1 1 1 I 1 1 l/16th 1 l/16th 1 1/lfiih 1 l/16th 1 l/16th 1 2/16th 1 2/16th 1 2/16th 1 2/10th 1 2/16th 1 3/16th 1 3/16th 1 3/16th 1 3/16th 1 3/16th 1 4/16th 1 4/16th I 4/lfiih 1 4/16th 1 4/16th 1 5/16th 1 5/16th 1 5/16th 1 5/16th 1 5/16th 1 6/16th 1 6/16tli 1 6/16th 1 6/16th 1 6/16th 1 7/16th 1 7/16th 1 7/16th 1 7/16th 1 7/1 6th 1 8/16th 1 8/16th 1 8/16th 1 8/16th 1 8/16th s. d. 7 34. 7 31 7 3* 7 3* 7 3$ 7 9} 7 9f 7 9f 7 9} 7 9} 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 10* 8 10* 8 10* 8 10* 8 10* 9 4* 9 4* 9 4* 9 4| 9 4f 9 10} 9 10} 9 10} 9 10} 9 10} 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 fi 10 11* 10 11* 10 11* 10 11* 10 11* 11 5$ 11 54 11 54 11 54 11 54 11 11| 11 11} 11 11} 11 11} 11 11$ 12 6 12 6 12 6 12 0 12 6 s. 8 S l/5th 8 2/5th 8 3/5th 8 4/oth 9 9 l/5th 9 2/5th 9 3 5th 9 4/5th 10 10 l/5t,h 10 2/5th 10 3/5th 10 4/5th 11 11 1/oth 11 2/5th 11 3/5th 11 4/5th 12 12 l/5th 12 2/oth 12 3/5tli 12 4/5th 13 13 l/5th 13 2/5th 13 3/5th 13 4/5th 14 14 l/5th 14 2/5th 14 3/oth 14 4/oth 15 15 l/5tli 15 2/5th 15 3/oth 15 4/5th 16 16 l/5th 16 2/5th 16 3/oth 16 4/5th 17 17 l/5th 17 2/5th 17 3/5th 17 4/5th 18 18 l/5th 18 2/5th 18 3/5th 18 4/5th S. li. 10 0 10 3 10 6 10 9 11 0 11 3 11 6 11 9 12 0 12 3 12 6 12 9 13 0 13 3 13 6 13 9 14 0 14 3 14 6 14 9 15 0 15 3 15 6 15 9 16 0 16 3 16 6 16 9 17 0 17 3 17 6 17 9 18 0 18 3 18 6 18 9 19 0 19 3 19 6 19 9 20 0 20 3 20 6 20 9 21 0 •21 3 21 6 21 9 ■1-1 (I 22 3 22 6 22 9 23 0 23 3 23 6
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Table No. 10 — continued. Graduated Land-tax— continued. Comparison of Proposed New Scale for Owners having £40,000 Unimproved Value and over with Present Scale— continued.
Unimproved Value. Prese Rate in Pence per £1. Present Scale. Rate per £100 Unimproved Value. Proposed New Scale. Rate increased by One-fourth in Case of Land other than Business Premises. Rate per £100 Unimproved Value. £ 95,000 96,000 97,000 98,000 99,000 100,000 101,000 102,000 103,000 104,000 105,000 106,000 107,000 108,000 109,000 110,000 111,000 112,000 113,000 114,000 115,000 116,000 117,000 118,000 119,000 120,000 121,000 122,000 123,000 124,000 125,000 126,000 127,000 128,000 129,000 130,000 131,000 132,000 133,000 134,000 135,000 136,000 137,000 138,000 139,000 140,000 141,000 142,000 143,000 144,000 145,000 146,000 147,000 148,000 149,000 150,000 151,000 152,000 153,000 154,000 d. 1 9/16th 1 9/16th 1 9/16th 1 9/16th. 1 9/16th 1 10/16th 1 10/16th 1 10/16tii 1 10/16th 1 10/16th 1 ll/16th 1 11 L6tb 1 ll/16th 1 ll/16th 1 ll/16th 1 12/16th I 12/16th 1 12/16th 1 12/16th 1 12/16th 1 13/16th 1 13/16th 1 13/16th 1 13/16th 1 13/16th 1 14/16th 1 14/16th 1 14/16th 1 14/16th 1 14/16th 1 15/16th 1 lo/16th 1 15/16th 1 15/16th 1 15/16th 2 2 2 2 •2 2 l/16th 2 l/16th 2 l/16th 2 l/16th 2 l/16th 2 2/16th 2 2/16th 2 2/16th 2 2/16th 2 2/16th 2 3/16th 2 3/16th 2 3/16th 2 3/16th 2 3/16th 2 4/16th 2 4/16th 2 4/16th 2 4/16th 2 4/16th s. 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 1-1 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 d. 0* 0* o* o* o* <H 64 64 64 0} 0} 0} 0} 0} i 7 7 7 7 u H 1$ 74 74 74 74 74 1* if 1} 1} 14 8 S 8 8 8 2* 2* 2} 2* 2* 84 84 84 84 84 2} 2} 2} 2} 2} 9 9 9 9 9 s. 19 19 l/5th 19 2/5th 19 3/oth 19 4/5th 20 20 l/5th 20 2/5th 20 3/5th 20 4/5th 21 21 l/5th 21 2/oth •21 3/pch 21 4/5th 22 22 l/5th 22 2/5th 22 3/oth 22 4/5th 23 23 l/5th 23 2/oth 23 3/5th 23 4/5th 24 24 l/5th 24 2/5th 24 3/5th 24 4/5th 25 25 l/5th 25 2/oth 25 3/5th 25 4/5th 26' 26 l/5th 26 2/5th 26 3/5th 26 4/5th 27 27 1/oth 27 2/5th 27 3/5th 27 4/5th 28 28 l/5th 28 2/5th 28 3/5th 28 4/5th 29 29 l/5th 29 2/5th 29 3/5th 29 4/5th 30 30 l/5th 30 2/5th 30 3/oth 30 4/5th s. 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 ■25 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 ■27 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 34 34 34 34 35 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 • 37 37 37 37 38 38 38 d 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6 9 0 3 6
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Table No. 10— continued. Graduated Land-tax— continned. Comparison of Proposed New Scale for Owners having £40,000 Unimproved Value and over with Present Scale— continued.
Present Scale. Proposed New Scale. Unimproved Value. Rate in Pence per £1. Rate in Pence per £1. Rate per £100 Unimproved Value. Rate per £100 Unimproved Value. D Rate per £100 Unimproved Value. Rate per £100 Unimproved Value. i Rate increased by One-fourth in Case of Land other than Business Premises. by in 1 th y One-fourth Case of Lan other lan Business rn lan r>usinest Premises. IS £ 55,000 5(5,000 .57,000 •is,000 59,000 .60,000 61,000 .62,000 .63,000 .64,000 65,000 .66,000 67,000 68,000 .69,000 .70,000 .71,000 .72,000 .73,000 .74,000 .75,000 .76,000 .77,000 .78,000 .79,000 .80,000 81,000 .82,000 .83,000 .84,000 .85,000 .86,000 .87,000 .88,000 .89,000 .90,000 .91,000 .92,000 .93,000 .94,000 .95,000 .96,000 .97,000 .98,000 .99,000 !00,000 !05,000 110,000 ... d. 2 5/16th 2 5/16th 2 5/16th 2 5/16th, 2 5/16th 2 6/16th 2 6/16th 2 6/16th 2 6/tfith 2 6/16th 2 7/16th 2 7/lfith 2 7/16th 2 7/16th 2 7/16th 2 8/16th 2 8/16th 2 8/16th 2 8/16th 2 8/16th 2 9/16th 2 9/16th 2 9/16th 2 9/16th 2 9/16th 2 10/16th 2 10/16th 2 10/16th 2 10/16th 2 10/16th 2 ll/16th 2 ll/16th 2 ll/16th 2 ll/16th 2 ll/16th 2 12/16th 2 12/16th 2 12/16th 2 12/16th 2 12/16th 2 13/16th 2 13/16th 2 13/16th 2 13/16th 2 13/16th 2 14/16th 2 15/16th 3 s. d. 19 3* 19 3* 19 3* 19 3* 19 3* 19 94 19 94 19 94 19 94 19 94 20 3} 20 3} 20 3} 20 3} 20 3} 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 21 4* 21 4* 21 4* 21 4* 21 4* 21 104 21 104 21 104 21 104 21 104 22 4} 22 4} 22 4} 22 4} 22 4} 22 11 22 11 22 11 22 11 22 11 23 5* 23 5* 23 5* 23 5* 23 5* 23 114 24 5} 25 0 • 8. 31 31 1/oth 31 2/5th 31 3/5th 31 4/oth 32 32 l/5ih 32 2/5 th 32 3/5th 32 4/5th 33 33 l/5th 33 2/5th 33 3/5th 33 4/5th 34 34 l/5th 34 2/5th 34 3/5th 34 4/5th 35 35 l/5th 35 2/5th 35 3/5th 35 4/5th 36 36 l/5th 36 2/5th 36 3/5th 36 4/5th 37 37 l/5th 37 2/5th 37 3/5th 37 4/5th 38 38 l/5th 38 2/oth 38 3/5th 38 4/5th 39 39 l/5th 39 2/oth 39 3/5th 39 4/5th 40 40 40 s. d. 38 9 39 0 39 3 39 6 39 9 40 0 40 3 40 6 40 9 41 0 41 3 41 6 41 9 42 0 42 3 42 6 42 9 43 0 43 3 43 6 43 9 44 0 44 3 44 6 44 9 45 0 45 3 45 6 45 9 46 0 46 3 46 6 46 9 47 0 47 3 47 6 47 9 48 0 48 3 48 6 48 9 49 0 49 3 49 6 49 9 50 0 50 0 50 0
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Table No. 11. Statistics fok 1886, 1896, and 1906. Population (exclusive of Maoris and annexed Pacific Islands) : — 1886 ... ... 589,386 Per Cent. niparei with 1896 ... ... 714,162 ... Increase 2117 1886 1906 ... ... 908,726 ' ... , 27-24 1896 Imports and Exports :— £ 1886 ... ...- 13,431,804 1896 ... ... 16,458,425 Increase 2253 1886 1906 ... ... 33,306,540 ... „ 10237 1896 Imports, Total Value : — 1886 ... ... 6,759,013 1896 ... 7,137,320 - ... Increase 560 1886 1906 ... ... 15,211,403 ... „ 11312 1896 Exports, Total Value : — 1886 ... ... 6,672,791 1896 ... ... 9,321,105 ... Increase 3969 1886 1906 ... ... 18,095,137 ... . 9413 1896
Table No. 12. Value of some of the Principal Exports.
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Artiole. 1886. 1896. 1906. Vool ... train ... 'rozen meat iutter ... Jheese ... 'lax, New Zealand iold ... rum, Kauri - £ 3,072,971 463,549 427,193 105,537 45,657 15,922 939,648 257,653 £ 4,391,848 346,197 1,251,993 281,716 130,166 32,985 1,041,428 431,323 £ 6,765.655 139,474 2,877,031 1,560,235 341,002 776,106 2,270,904 522,486
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Table No. 13. Trade Exchange between New Zealand and other Countries.
Table No. 14. Development of Shipping trading to and from Places beyond New Zealand. Inwards. Outwards. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tannage, 1886 ... 725 502,572 ... 707 488,331 1896 .. 589 614,097 ... 592 627,659 1906 ... 629 1,243,652 ... 631 1,238,21-4 Totals Inwards and Outwards. Vessels. Tonnage. 1886 ... 1,432 990,903 1896 ... 1,181 1,241,756 25-32 per cent, increase as compared with 1886. 1906 ... 1,260 2,481,866 99-87 „ „ 1896. Development of Coasting Trade. Inwards. Outwards Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. 1886 ... 15,959 3,490,257 ... 15,957 3,515,747 1896 ... 19,216 4,982,417 ... 19,028 4,968,626 1906 ... 25,125 11,331,761 ... 25,004 11,321,822 Totals Inward* and Outwards, Vessels. Tonnage. 1886 ... 31,916 7,006,004 1896 ... 38,244 9,951,043 1906 ... 50,129 22,653,583 19-83 per cent, increase in number of vessels comparing yearn 1686 and 18 81-08 .... - 1896 and 1906. 42-04 per cen'. increase in tnnnage of vessels coniparini! jean 1886 tuid 1896. 127-68 ... . isy6 and 1906
1886. 1896. Increase or Decrease as compared with 1886. 1906. Increase as compared with 1896. Import; Imports from Jnited Kingdom Australia south Africa ... India and Mauritius European countries Jnited States of America )ther places £ 4,481,101 1,317,376 172 240,338 64,591 337,322 318,113 £ 4,714,476 1,090,374 126 242,678 179,293 ! 492,840 417,533 ; Per Cent. Increase 5-21 Decrease 17-23 2674 Increase 097 177-58 4610 31-25 £ 9,003,229 2,775,312 394 495,475 654,149 1,405,781 877,063 Per Cent. Increase 9097 15453 212-70 104-17 264-85 185-24 110-06 Totals... ... | 6,759,013 7,137,320 Increase 560 115,211,403 Increase 113-12 Export Exports to United Kingdom Australia South Africa ... European countries United States of America Other places ... 4,587*434 1,705,834 7,541,981 1,287,001 12,508 9,456 326,589 143,570 Increase 64-41 14,047,176 Increase 8625 Decrease 24-55 2,882,522 „ 123-97 88,695 „ 609-11 Increase ... 125,374 ; 32 01 642,792 ' „ 9682 8-80 308,578 ; „ 114-93 166 247,400 131,957 Totals... 6,672,791 9,321,105 Increase 39-69 18,095,137 I Increase 94-13
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Table No. 15. Registered Vessels belonging to New Zealand. Vessels. Tonnage. Average Tonnag*. 1886 ... 571 ... 94,196 ... 165 1896 ... 492 ... 105,553 ... 215 1906 ... 608 ... 180,124 ... 296 12 06 per cent, increase in tonnage of vessels for year 1886 as compared with 1896. 70-65 „ . 1896 . 1906.
Table No. 16. Increases for Two Decennial Periods, 1886-1896 and 1896-1906. 1886-1896. 1896-1906. Population (excluding Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific islands) ... ... ... 124,776 No. 194,564 No. Occupied holdings ... *. ... ... 25,572 „ 13,434 „ Land in cultivation (including sown grasses) ... 4,704,898 acres 2,832,712 acres. Horses ... ... ... ... 62,431 No. 92,795 No. Cattle ... ... ... ... ... 284,709 , 713,683 „ Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 2,573,898 „ 969,978 „ Postal: Money-orders issued ... ... ... £354,405 £784,072 Telegraph revenue (including telephones) ... £13,969 £177,886 Railways (Government) open for traffic ... ... 297 miles 440 miles. „ ' receipts ... ... ... ... £287,390 £1,338,442 Shipping—Vessels (inwards) ... ... ... 111,525 tons 629,555 tons. „ (outwards) ... ... ... 139,328 „ 610,555 „ Wool ... ... ... ... ... £1,318,877 £2,373,807 Frozen meat ... ... ... ... ... £824,800 £1,625,038 Butter ... ... ... ... £176,179 £1,278,519 Cheese ... ... ... ... ... £84,509 £210,836 Phormium fibre ... ... ... ... £17,063 £743,121 Gold ... ... ... ... ... £101,780 £1,229,476 Provisions, tallow, timber, &c. ... ... ... £267,446 £1,202,213 Exports, New Zealand produce ... ... £2,790,654 £8,663,010 Imports ... ... ... ... ... £378,307 £8,074,083 Ouiput of coal ... ... ... ... 258,498 tons 936,685 tons. Banks: Deposits (average of four quarters) ... £3,911,116 £7,931,416 Savings-banks Deposits ... ... ... £2,932,003 £6,104,161
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CUSTOMS DUTIES.
Resolutions from the Committee of Ways and Means. Resolved, That all duties of Customs, and all exemptions from such duties, a specified in the Schedules to the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888, the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895, the Customs Duties Amendment Act, 1900, and the Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903, and also all duties imposed by His Excellency the Governor under section 17 of the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888, be repealed, and that there shall be levied, collected, and paid to and for the use of His Majesty on all goods imported into New Zealand after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, or entered for home consumption 'after that date, the several duties of Customs mentioned in Schedules A and B. Resolved, That the goods mentioned in Schedule B shall, except as otherwise provided for in that Schedule or in Schedule E, be exempt from duties of Customs if imported into New Zealand after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, or if entered for home consumption after that date. Resolved, That any goods delivered upon a deposit or other security of duty on or before the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be liable to the duties in force at the time of such delivery. Resolved, That there shall be levied, collected, and paid to the use of His Majesty on all goods specified in Schedules C, D, and E, and not being the produce or manufacture of some part of the British dominions, if imported into New Zealand after the respective dates hereinafter specified in this resolution, or entered for home consumption after the said dates, in addition to the duties (if any) authorised under Schedules A and B, the duties of Customs following, that is to say:— (1.) On the articles specified in Schedule C, if so imported or entered after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, an amount equal to the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A : (2.) On the articles specified in Schedule D, Part I, if so imported or entered after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, an amount equal to one-half of the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A, except so far as otherwise provided in the said Schedule 1), Part I. (3.) On the articles specified in Schedule D, Part 11, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, an amount equal to onehalf of the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A : (4.) On the articles specified in Schedule D, Part 111, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, an amount equal to twenty per centum of the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A : (o.) On the articles specified in Schedule E, Part I, if so imported or entered after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, duties of Customs equal to twenty per centum of the value for duty as defined by the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882. or its amendments : (6.) On the articles specified in Schedule E, Part 11, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, duties of Customs equal to twenty per centum of the value for duty as defined by the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882, or its amendments : (7.) On the articles specified in Schedule E, Part 111, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, duties of Customs equal to ten per centum of the value for duty as defined by the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882, or its amendments. Resolved, That section 9 of the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895, be repealed, and that the following provisions be substituted therefor as from the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven :— (1.) The articles in which spirit is a necessary ingredient, permitted to be manufactured in any warehouse or place of security approved and appointed under section 26 of the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882 (hereinafter called manufacturing warehouse), shall be limited to the following articles when made under such conditions, in such quantities, and according to such formulae as may from time to time be approved by the Minister of Customs, that is to say : Perfumed spirit, spirituous preparations for the toilet, culinary or flavouring essences, and medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wine or wine mixed with food).
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(2.) Before delivery from any manufacturing wan-house tiiere shall be paid to and for the use of His Majesty a duty on such articles in accordance with the following scale, that is to say :— On perfumed spirit ... ... ... ... 20s. the liquid gallon. On toilet preparations which are subject to 16s. the liquid gallon on importation ... ... ... 12s. the liquid gallon. On toilet preparations which are subject to 25 per cent, duty on importation ... ... ... 6s. the liquid gallon. On culinary and flavouring essences ... ... 12s. the liquid gallon. On medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wines or wines mixed with food) containing more than 50 per cent, of proof spirit ... ... ... 9d. the pound. Medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wines or wines mixed with food) containing 50 per cent, of proof spirit or less ... ... ... Free. (3.) The Minister of Customs may prohibit the manufacture of any article included under the foregoing headings, if in his judgment such manufacture is detrimental to the revenue derived from the duty on spirits. Resolved, That all orders and decisions of the Minister of Customs issued under the authority of the Customs and Excise Duties Ace, 1895, and published in the Gazette, classifying articles as " .Minor articles, required in the making-Tip of apparel, boots, shoes, hats, caps, saddlery, umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades," or as '.' Articles and materials which are suited only for, and are to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods within the colony/ shall remain in full force and virtue (except where otherwise provided in these resolutions or in the Schedules thereto) until cancelled or modified by a subsequent order or decision of the Minister of Customs. Resolved, That in the case of tea grown in anypart of the British dominions and imported into New Zealand after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, or entered for home consumption after that day, the same duties shall be payable as if the words " five pounds " were substituted for the words "one pound" in section 9 of the Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903, and that the said section be amended accordingly. Resolved, That these resolutions shall not extend to any of the islands situated within the boundaries set forth in the Schedule to the Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901, and that, until otherwise determined by any Act to be passed or by other lawful authority, the duties and exemptions now in force in those islands shall continue to be paid and allowed. Resolved, That nothing in these resolutions shall be so construed or shall so operate as to conflict with the schedule of Customs duties and exemptions contained in the Order in Council made by the Governor on the seventh day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, for the purpose of carrying into effect a certain treaty therein referred to, and made between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of certain colonies in South Africa.
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Note.—ln these resolutions and schedules, if not inconsistent with the context, the expression " the Tariff" means and includes Schedules A, B, C, D, and E. The headings of the respective classes in Schedules A and B are used solely for convenience of classification, and shall not in any way affect the articles specified therein, or be construed to indicate the material of which any such article is made. The word "iron " includes steel, or steel and iron combined. Neither steam-engines, nor parts of steam-engines, nor boilers (land or marine), nor fuel-economizers, steam superheaters, or mechanical stokers are included in the expression " machines " or " machinery " as used in the Tariff.
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Names of Articles. Rates of Duty. Class I.—Foods and Articles for Huma Consumptio: roods subject to fixed rates :— Bacon, and hams Biscuits, ships', plain and unsweetened ; also dog-biscuits Biscuits, other kinds ... Candied peel, and drained peel Confectionery, including medicated lozenges, medicated confectionery, boiled sugars, liquorice not otherwise enumerated, sugared, or crystallized fruits, and chocolate confectionery— - (1.) In plain bottles £ s. d. the lb. the cwt. the lb. 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 the lb., not including the weight of the bottle. the lb., including the weight of the package. the lb., including the weight of the package. (2.) In fancy packages 0 0 3 (3.) Id small packages for retail sale containing not more than 3 lb. net weight of confectionery Confectionery, boiled sugars, liquorice, sugared, or crystallized fruits, and chocolate confectionery, not otherwise enumerated ... Fish, dried, pickled, or salted, not otherwise enumerated Fish, potted, and preserved (Note. —The term " fish " is used in the Tariff in its widest sense, and includes shell-fish, crustaceans, and other foods obtained from the fisheries.) Fruits, dried —viz., currants, and raisins 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 2 the lb. the cwt. the lb., including any liquor, oil, or sauce. 0 0 1 the lb. up to and including 31stday of October, 1907, thereafter free. the lb. up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter free, the lb. Fruits, dried—viz., figs, dates, and prunes 0 0 2 Fruits, dried, not otherwise enumerated Fruits, fresh—viz., apples, pears, plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, medlars, apricots, quinces, tomatoes, and grapes (No duty exceeding \d. the lb. to be levied on apples and pears on and from the 14th July to and including 31st December.) Fruits, fresh—viz., currants, raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, strawberries, and lemons ... Fruit-pulp, partially preserved fruit, fruit preserved by sulphurous acid, unsweetened and not otherwise enumerated Glucose, and caramel ... Honey Jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves 0 0 2 0 0 1 H 0 o 04 II 0 o 14 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 II II the lb. or package of that reputed weight, whichever rate is higher, and so in proportion for packages of greater or less reputed weight, the lb. Jeliies, concentrated 0 0 4
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NameB of Articles. Rates of Duty. Class I.—Foods and Articles for Human Consumption— co mtinued. Groods subject to fixed rates — continued. £ 8 - d - Maizena, and cornflour ... ... ... 0 0 0* i Mustard ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 Nuts—namely, walnuts, shelled or unshelled ... 0 0 2 Pearl barley ... .. .. ... 0 10 Peas, split ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Pickles ... ... ... ... ... 0 3 0 Sauces, catsup, and chutney ... ... ... 040 Soy, in vessels of 10 gallons capacity or under ... 0 4 0 Spices, ground, not otherwise enumerated, including pepper, pimento, and olive-stones, ground ... 0 0 2 Spices, unground, including chillies, pepper, and pimento, unground ... ... ... ... 002 Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 04 Treacle, and molasses... ... ... ... 0 0 04 I the lb. up to and including31stdav of October, 1907", thereafter free, the lb. up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter free, the lb. the cwt. ■ the gallon. a M the lb. the lb., up to and including 31stday of October. 1907, thereafter free. the lb., up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter free. the lb. up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter free. Vinegar, not exceeding 6-5 per cent, of acidity, calculated as acetic acid ... ... ... ... 006 the gallon. joods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem :— Capers, carraway-seeds, caviare, cayenne pepper, curry -powder, and -paste, fish paste, olives ... ... 20 0 0 Cocoanut-butter, cocoa or cacao butter, nut-butter, and other refined vegetable butters or fats ... ... 20 0 0 Lard, and refined animal fats, not otherwise enumerated... 20 0 0 Meats, potted or preserved ... ... ... 20 0 0 Provisions, not otherwise enumerated ... ... 20 0 0 Vegetables, fresh, dried, or preserved ... ... 20 0 0 aoods subject to 25 per cent, ad valorem :— Fruits, preserved in juice, or syrup ... ... 25 0 0 (Fruits, preserved in juice, or syrup, fortified with alcohol to any extent exceeding 33 per cent, of proof spirit, shall be charged 16s. per proof gallon on such juice or syrup, in addition to 25 per cent, ad valorem on the total value of the goods.) Milk or cream, preserved, evaporated, or dried ... 25 0 0 per cent, ad valorem a a H per cent, ad valorem Class II.—Tobacco. Subject to fixed rates :— Cigarettes, not exceeding in weight 24 lb. per 1000 ... 0 17 6 Cigarettes, not otherwise enumerated ... ... 0 7 0 Cigars, including the weight of every band, wrapper, or attachment, to any cigar ... ... ... 070 Snuff ... ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 Tobacco, including the weight of every label, tag, or other attachment ... ... ... ... 036 Tobacco, unmanufacted, entered to be manufactured in New Zealand in any licensed tobacco-manufactory, for manufacturing purposes only, into tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, or snuff ... ... ... 020 the 1000 the lb. » It the lb. Class III.—Alcoholic Beverages and Material for making 1 the Same. Subject to fixed rates :— Ale, beer of all sorts, porter, cider, and perry, when containing more than 2 per cent, of proof spirit; the gallon, or for six reputed quart bottles or the equivalent in bottles of a larger or smaller reputed quantity ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Cordials, bitters, and liqueurs, when exceeding the strength of 33 per cent, of proof spirit, but not exceeding the strength of proof ... ... 0 16 0 the gallon, the liquid gallon
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Names of Articles. Rates of Duty. Class III.—Alcoholic Beverages and Material for making the Same— continued. Subject to fixed rates— continued. Cordials, bitters, and liqueurs, when exceeding the £ »• d. strength of proof ... ... ... ... 0 16 0 the proof gallon. Hops ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 the lb. Malt, whole or ground; also maize, flaked ... ... 0 2 0 the bushel. Rice malt ... ... ... ... 0 0 1 the lb. Solid wort... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 the lb. Spirits, and spirituous mixtures, the strength of which can be ascertained by Sykes's hydrometer or other instrument ... ... ... ... 0 16 0 the proof gallon. (No allowance beyond 16-5 under proof shall be made for spirits or spirituous mixtures of a less strength than 165 under proof.) Spirits, and spirituous mixtures, sweetened, not otherwise enumerated, when not exeeeding, the ttrength of proof ... ... ... ... 0 16 0 the liquid gallon. Spirits, and spirituous mixtures, sweetened, not other- , wise enumerated, when exceeding the strength of proof ... ... ... ... 0 16 0 the proof gallon. Spirits, and spirituous mixtures, in bottles or jars in cases, shall be charged as follows, —viz. : Two gallons and under as two gallons, over two gallons and not exceeding three as three gallons, over three gallons and not exceeding four as four gallons, and so on for any greater quantity eon- ■ tained in any case. Spirits, and spirituous mixtures, containing more than 33 per cent, of proof spirit, in combination with other ingredients, and although thereby coming under any other designation excepting medicinal preparations otherwise enumerated ... ... 0 16 0 the liquid gallon. Wine.—The term " wine " as applied to the Tariff includes medicated wine, or wine mixed with food ; also such spirituous beverages, and fluid foods, containing less than 38 per cent, of proof spirit, as may be so decided by the Minister. Wine, Australian, containing not more than 40 per cent. of proof spirit; the gallon, or for six reputed quart bottles, or the equivalent in bottles of a larger or smaller reputed quantity ... ... ... 0 5 0 the gallon. Wine, other than sparkling, and Australian, containing not more than 40 per cent, of proof spirit; the gallon, or for six reputed quart bottles, or the equivalent in bottles of a larger or smallef'reputed quantity ... 0 6 0 Wine, sparkling, containing not more than 40 per cent, of proof spirit; the gallon, or for six reputed quart bottles, or the equivalent in bottles of a larger or smaller reputed quantity ... ... ... 0 9 0 Wine of any kind containing more than 40 per cent, of proof spirit ... ... ... 0 16 0 the liquid gallon. Class IV.—Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Materials for making Same. Goods subject to fixed rates :— Chicory ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 3 the lb. Cocoa, and chocolate, including cocoa-beans roasted and crushed ; also cocoa or chocolate mixed with milk or any other food substance whatsoever ... ... 0 0 3 „ Coffee, roasted ... ... ... ... 0 0 3 Tea not otherwise provided for ... ... ... 0 0 2 „ Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem :— Aerated, and mineral waters ; effervescing beverages; and beverages not otherwise enumerated ... ... 20 0 0 per cent, ad valoren Coffee, essence of, and essence of coffee with milk or any other food substance ... ... ... 20 0 0 Fruit juices or imitation fruit juices, unsweetened, in ■ containers of less than ten gallons capacity ... 20 0 0 „ Fruit juices or imitation fruit juices, sweetened ; syrups; raspberry vinegar, sweetened ... ... ... 20 0 0 „
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Names of Artioles. Rates of Dutv. Rates of Dutv. Class V.—Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, and Druggists' Sundries. . Goods subject to fixed rates :— £ *< A. Acid, acetic, containing not more than 30 per cent, of acidity ... ... ... I) 0 1J the lb. Acid, acetic, containing more than 30 per cent, oi" acidity, for every 10 per cent, of acidity or fraction thereof 0 0 04 the lb. Acid, tartaric ... ... ... ... 0 0 1 the lb. up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter free. Gream of tartar ... ... ... ... 001 the lb. up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereaf ter free. Essences flavouring, containing more than 33 per cent, of proof spirit ... ... ... ... 0160 the liquid gallon. Medicinal preparations (excepting medicated w ines or wines mixed with food), containing more than 50 per cent, of proof spirit ... ... ... ... 0 10 the lb. Opium ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 the lb. Saccharin not otherwise enumerated, including substances of a like nature or use ... ... ... 016 the ounce. Soda, bicarbonate ... ... ... 010 the cwt. up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter free. Soda-crystals ... ... ... 020 the ewt. Goods subject to 20 per cent ad valorem— Baiting powder; yeast preparations, and other ferments; also yeast foods ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem Chemicals, and chemical preparations, not otherwise enumerated, including photographic chemicals not otherwise enumerated; also anti-incrustation, boiler, and other compounds ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem Dextrine, and dextrine pastes or solutions ... ... 20 0 0 Essences, flavouring, not otherwise enumerated ... 20 0 0 Eucalyptus oil in bulk or bottle ... ... ... 20 0 0 Glycerine, refined ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Medicinal preparations, drugs, and druggists' sundries, and apothecaries' wares, not otherwise enumerated; also aerated water makers', and cordial manufacturers', and brewers' drugs, chemicals, and other sundries, not otherwise enumerated ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wines or wines mixed with food) containing 50 per cent, of proof spirit or less ... ... ... 20 0 0 „ Saccharin, in the form of tablets, pilules, granules, or cachets, each containing not more than 4 grain of saccharin in combination with at least 10 per cent, of alkali ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Surgeons', physicians,' dentists', and opticians' instruments, and appliances, not otherwise enumerated ... 20 0 0 „ Class VI.—Clothing and Textile Goods. Goods subject to fixed rates :— Cotton, raw ... ... ... ... 010 the lb. Goods subject to 10 per cent, ad valorem :— Cotton piece-goods, to include turkey twills, dress prints (hard-spun and plain-woveu), where the invoice value does not exceed 4d. per yard ; and cotton piece-goods not otherwise enumerated ... ... ... 10 0 0 i per cent, ad valorem up to and including 31st day of October, 1907. Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem, except as specified :— All articles not otherwise enumerated, made of textile, felt, , or other piece goods, or of any combination of the same, wholly or partly, made up or manufactured ... 20 0 0 I per cent, ad valorem
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Names of Articles. Rates of Duty. Class VI.—Clothing and Textile Goo is —continued. Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem,except as specified:— Cotton piece-goods—viz., tapestry ; cretonnes; chintz art crepe, and serges; velveteens, velvets, and plushes, all kinds; damasks ; moquette ; sateens; linenettes; crepons ; crimps ; zephyrs ; ginghams ; turkey twills ; prints ; printed cottons; piques ; vestings ; quiltings, and marcellas; muslins of all kinds; nets; windownets ; hollands, curtains, and blinds; diapers; ticks, including coloured Belgian ; towellings ... £ s. d. 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 per cent, ad valorem up to and including 31st day of October, 1907. per cent, ad valorem. it Drapery not otherwise enumerated Flags " ... Forfar, dowlas, and flax sheeting, in the piece, not otherwise enumerated ... Haberdashery not otherwise enumerated Lace, and laces, all kinds Linens, and unions of cotton and linen, in the piece, not otherwise enumerated ... ... ... 20 20 25 20 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 per cent, ad valorem up to and including 31st day of October, 1907. per cent, ad valorem. per cent, ad valorem up to and including 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter 20 per cent, ad valorem. per cent, ad valorem up to and including 31st dav of October, 1907. per cent, ad valorem up to and including 31st dav of October, 1907, thereafter 20 per cent, ad valorem. per cent, ad valorem. Ribbons, and crape, all kinds Eugs, woollen, cotton, oppossum, or other Silks, satins, velvets, plushes, not otherwise enumerated, composed of silk mixed with any other material, in the piece 25 0 0 per cent, ad valorem up to and including 3ist dav of October, 1907. Textile piece goods not otherwise enumerated, including imitation silks, composed of any material or substance whatsoever -Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades Yarns not otherwise enumerated ... joods subject to 25 per cent, ad valorem :— Apparel, and ready-made clothing, not otherwise enumerated ... ... ... ... ... j Feathers, ornamental (including ostrich); artificial flowers, leaves, and sprays Furs, and fur trimmings Hats of all kinds (including straw hats), also caps Hosiery not otherwise enumerated Millinery of all kinds, including trimmed hats, caps, and bonnets joods subject to 40 per cent, ad valorem :— Apparel made to the order, or measurement, of residents in the colony, and intended for the individual use of such residents, whether imported by the residents themselves or through an importing firm... Apparel—viz., Volunteer clothing made to measurements sent from New Zealand . ... 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 per cent, ad valorem. 25 0 0 40 0 0 a 40 0 0
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ames oi .rtici 1m. Rates of Duty. Class VII.—Leather and Manufacture! of Leathei Goods subject to mixed rates :— Boots, shoes, shoettes, sandals, clogs, and pattens, not otherwise enumerated, viz.— Men's, above size No. 5 ... £ s. d. the pair, and 15 per cent, ad valorem. the pair, and 15 per cent, ad valorem. the pair, and 15 per cent, ad valorem. 0 1 6 Youths', above size No. 1 ... 0 1 0 Boys', No. 7 to 1, both inclusive 0 0 6 Women's, above size No. 1 0 1 0 the pair, and 15 per cent, ad valorem the pair, and 15 per cent, ad valorem. Girls', Nos. 7 to 1 both inclusive 0 0 6 Boots, shoes, shoettes, and sandals, clogs, and pattens, not otherwise enumerated... 0 1 0 the pair, and 15 per cent, ad valorem. Slippers, and goloshes, (not including evening and court shoes, , lawn tennis, and gymnasium shoes, strapped shoes, shoes goloshed, or bottomed, in indiarubber, leather, or other ' material) ... ... ... ... ...' (10 6 the pair, and 15 per cent, ad valorem. Goods subject to fixed rates :— Leather— Leather belting, belt leather, harness, welting, bridle, strap, legging, bag, and kip other than East India All hide leathers dressed, not otherwise enumerated ... (Note. —Any leathers not otherwise enumerated (1) either dressed in sides, or pieces of whatever size, or (2) if in whole skins over 16 ft., are to be classed as hide leather.) Calf skins, being whole skins, however dressed, and 16ft. spread and under ... Sheepskins, and lambskins, however dressed, not otherwise enumerated East India kip, dressed Sole, pump, and skirt leather... Leather dressed, not otherwise enumerated, including kangaroo, and wallabi ... Leather board or compo. Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem :— Leather bags, and leather cloth bags, not otherwise enumerated Leather, chamois Leather manufactures, not otherwise enumerated Saddlery, and harness; whips, and whip thongs Goods subject to 224 P er cent, ad valorem :— Heel plates, and toe stiffeners, and toe plates ■ Laces, vamps, and uppers Leather cut into shapes Leather leggings Goods subject to 25 per cent, ad valorem :— Portmanteaux ; trunks ; travelling bags, and brief bags, of leather or leather cloth, 10 in. in length and upwards ; and carpet bags ... 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 " the lb. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem 22 10 0 22 10 0 22 10 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 H Class VIII.—Furniture and Household Furnishing. i Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem :— Basketware, and wickerware, not otherwise enumerated, not being furniture Carpets; druggets; floorcloth; mats; matting; plain, and fancy stair oil baize; wood, and fancy oil baize ; and oil, and other dado cloths Furniture, knife, and plate powder, and polish Goods subject to 25 per cent, ad valorem :— Furniture, and cabinetware, not otherwise enumerated, and other than iron, or other metal Mantlepieces, other than stone •■'... Upholstery, not otherwise enumerated 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 ■
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ames ol 'tic! les. Rates of Duty. Class IX.—China, Glass and Earth sn Goods. Goods subject to fixed rates : — Glass, crown, sheet, and common window £ s. d. 0 2 0 the 100 superficial • feet up to and including 31st day of October, 1907 ; thereaiter free. 20 0 0 percent, ad valorem. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Goods subject to 20 per cent, adjvalorem :— Bricks, known as firebricks China, porcelain, and parian ware Drainage pipes, and drainage tiles Earthen flooring, and garden, tiles Earthenware, stoneware, and brownware Filters Fireclay, ground ; and fireclay goods Glass, plate, polished, coloured, and other kinds, not otherwise enumerated 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem up tc and including 31st dav of October, 1907 ; thereafter free. 20 0 0 percent, ad valorem. Glassware; globes, and chimneys, for lamps ... Lamps, lanterns, and lampwick, not otherwise enumerated Goods subject to 25 per cent, ad valorem : — Plate jilass bevelled or silvered; mirrors, and looking glasses, framed or unframed ... •20 0 0 25 0 0 per cent, ad valorem. Class X.—Fancy- Goods, Musical Insti iuments, etc. Goods subject to fixed rates— i Cards, playing ... ... ... ... | Perfumed spirits, and Cologne water ... ... | Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem :— Clocks, time registers, and time detectors Fancy goods, and toys ; also sporting, gaming, and athletic requisites, not otherwise enumerated, including billiard tables, and billiard requisites ; hair, and toilet combs Fishing tackie, including artificially baited hooks, other i than flies ... ... ... ... j Jewellery ; plate, gold, or silver; plated-ware ; greenstone, cut or polished Lay figures, busts, and dress stands Magic lanterns, bioscopes, cinematographs, kinetoscopes, phonographs, gramophones, graphophones, and the like instruments, including accessories peculiar thereto; also limelight, and the like apparatus, including accessories peculiar thereto Mouldings, and panels, in the piece, of either wood, plaster pulp, metal, or other material, for picture frames, cornices, walls, or ceilings • Musical instruments ... Photographic goods not otherwise enumerated Pictures, paintings, drawings, engravings, and photographs, framed or unframed ; picture or photograph frames or mounts (No:e. —Any painting, drawing, or photograph, in any medium, having a value for duty exceeding £5, shall be assessed for duty at £5, plus the value of the fiame and mounting, if any, and plus the value of the canvas or other material upon which such painting, drawing, or photograph is made.) Statues, statuettes, casts, and bronzes Tobacco pipes and cases, cigar and cigarette holders and cases, cigarette papers and cases ... ... i Watches ... Walking sticks Goods subject to 25 per cent, ad valorem :— Artificial flies Oil, perfumed ; also toilet preparations, and perfumery, not otherwise enumerated 0 0 6 the pack. 1 10 0 the liquid gallon. 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0
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Names of Articles. Rates of Duty. Class XI.—Paper Manufactures and Goods subject to fixed rates :— Handbills, circulars, programmes, playbills, printed posters, trade catalogues, price-lists, and fashion-plates; printed advertising matter not otherwise enumerated Paper bags, coarse (including sugar bags) Paper wrapping all kinds, not printed, including blue candle, glazed cap, glazed casings, small hand, lumber hand, tissue, brown, cartridge, and sugar papers (Note. —Paper wrapping all kinds, if printed, shall be charged either as paper wrapping all kinds or as manufactured stationery, whichever classification yields the greater duty.) Goods subject to 15 per cent, ad valorem :— Paper hangings stationery. £ s, d. 0 0 3 0 7 6 0 5 0 the lb. the cwt. the cwt. 15 0 0 per cent, ad valorem, up to and including 31st dav of October, 19*07; thereafter free. Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem :— Cardboard, pasteboard, strawboard, wood-pulp board, cor- j rugated board, and cloth-lined board, not otherwise enumerated ... .... Cloth-lined, enamelled, gelatine, and metallic papers, not otherwise enumerated; also " ivorite " not otherwise enumerated Inks, not otherwise enumerated ... ... ... ! Stationery, and writing paper, not otherwise enumerated, also printers' menu, wedding, programme, and mourning cards of cardboard, celluloid, or other material, edged, or embossed, but otherwise unprinted ... I Goods subject to 25 per cent, ad valorem :— Calendars, and showcards, all kinds ;.. ... ! Cardboard- or paper-boxes complete; or cardboard or I paper, cut, or shaped, for boxes, wrappers, or other ! receptacles (including match-boxes) ... ... I Directories of New Zealand, or of any part thereof ; also coven for directories Paper bags, not otherwise enumerated Stationery, manufactured, viz :— Account-books, manuscript-books, scribbling, and letter blocks, and books, plain, or ruled; bill-head, invoice, and statement forms ; printed or ruled paper, counter-books, cheque, and draft forms; tags, labels, blotting-pads, sketch-books, bookcovers, copying letter-books, manifold-writers, albums (other than for photographs), diaries, birthday-books, plain or faint lined ruled books, printed window-tickets, primed, lithographed, or embossed stationery, and Christmas, New Year, birthday, Easter, and other car is, ami booklets... Stereotypes, matrices, half-tone, and hue blocks ... 20 20 20 20 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 percent, ad valorem. '/ 25 25 0 0 0 0 » 25 0 25 0 0 0 . Class XII.—Manufactures of Mi etai,. Good subject to fixed rates :— Cartridges (shot) 10- to 24-bore ... Cartridge-cases Composition-piping Iron galvanised corrugated sheets Iron, and other nails, not otherwise enumerated, including dog-spikes Iron, plain galvanised sheet or hoop Iron tanks, for every 100 gallons, or fraction of 100 gallons, in holding capacity Lead, in sheets 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 6 6 6 0 the 100. the cwt. 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 1 6 6 the cwt., up to and including 31st day of October, 1907 ; thereafter, .free, the cwt. Lead Diping Shot "... Goods subject to 5 per cent, ad valorem :— Machinery — t>ur.: flour milling, refrigerating, dredging, woollen mill, paper mill, rope and twine making, oil refining, oil boring, meat preserving, leather splitting ... Printing machines or presses; embossing, bronzing, type casting, and type setting machines ; cardboard box making machines, and tools for same Soda-water machines, also machines for aerating liquids ... Steam engines, and parts thereof, for mining (including gold-dredging), or gold saving purposes and processes, or for dairying purposes 0 3 0 10 6 0 5 0 0 per cent.ad valorem. 5 0 5 0 0 0 a a 5 0 0 H
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Names of Articles. Rates of Duty. Class XII.—Manufactures of Metal -continued. Goods subject to 20 per cent ad valorem : — Bicycles, tricycles, and the like vehicles, also finished, or partly finished or machined parts of the same, not otherwise enumerated Bill-hooks, bush-hooks, slashers, and hedge knives Boilers, land, and marine, including feed water-heaters, fuel economisers, steam superheaters, and mechanical stokers Cartridges, not otherwise enumerated Crab winches, cranes, capstans, and windlasses Electric batteries, and cells; furniture, fittings, instruments, and appliances, not otherwise enumerated, for the generation, transmission, application, or utilisation, of electricity, or of electric power of any description whatsoever ... ... * ... Firearms, all kinds Hardware, ironmongery, and hollow-ware Iron pipes, and fibre pipes,'exceeding 5 inches in internal diameter, also knees, bends, elbows, and other fittings for the same £ s. d. 20 0 0 per cent ad valorem 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Lawn mowers Machinery, not otherwise enumerated Manufactured or partly manufactured articles of metal, or manufactured or partly manufactured articles of metal in combination with any other material whatsoever, not otherwise enumerated Steam engines, and parts of steam engines, not otherwise enumerated Goods subject to 25 per cent ad valorem : — Galvanised iron manufactures, not otherwise enumerated, made up from galvanised iron, or from plain sheet iron, and then galvanised Japanned, and lacquered metalware Tinware, and tin manufactures, not otherwise enumerated 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 Class XIII.—Timber, and Articles made from Timber. Goods subject to fixed rates — Timber, palings, split... Timber, posts, split Timber, rails, split • Timber, sawn, dressed Timber, sawn, rough ... Timber, shingles, and laths Goods subject to 20 per cent ad valorem— Bellows, not otherwise enumerated Blocks, wooden tackle Carriages, carts, drays, wagons, perambulators, and the like vehicles, and wheels for the same Carriage shafts, spokes, and felloes, dressed ; bent carriagetimber, not otherwise enumerated Cars, wagons, and trucks, railway, and tramway, and wheels for the same ; motor vehicles, not otherwise enumerated, and wheels for same Doors, and sashes, either plain, or glazed with ornamental glass... Woodenware, and turnery, not otherwise enumerated, and 0 2 0 the 100. 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 the 100ft. superficial 0 2 0 0 2 0 the 1000. 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem. 20 0 0 20 0 0 «« „ « 1 20 0 0 20 0 0 •20 0 0 veneers 20 0 0 3
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Names of Articles. Rates of Duty. Class XIV.—Oils, Paints, e 1 :tc. Goods subject to fixed rates — Oils in vessels capable of containing one gallon of oil or more—namely, vegetable oils £ s. d. 0 0 6 the gallon, up to and including 31st day of October, 1907; thereafter free. 0 0 04 the gallon. Oil—namely, crude petroleum, crude residual oil, once-run shale oil, once-run petroleum oil Oil, not otherwise enumerated, including mineral lubricat-ing-oil, in vessels capable of containing one gallon or more ... Paints, and colours, ground in oil or turpentine ; also putty; and driers, not otherwise enumerated Paints, and colours, mixed ready for use ; also enamel paints, not otherwise enumerated ... ... Stearine Varnish, including lithographic varnish, gold-size, liquid gold, and other metallic paints ; also liquid medium for mixing with metallic paints Whiting, and chalk Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem— Axle grease, and other solid lubricants Harness oil, and composition, leather dressing, and belt dressing Oils in vessels having a lesser capacity than one gallon ... 0 0 6 0 2 6 the cwt. 0 5 0 0 0 Of the lb. 0 2 0 the gallon. 0 10 the cwt. 20 0 0 per cent, ad valorem 20 0 0 20 0 0 Class XV.—Agricultural and Farm Pr tODUCTS, ETC. Goods subject to fixed rates — Cattle (horned) ... ... ... ... Chaff ... ... ... ... ... j Grain—namely, barley ... ... ... Grain, and pulse, of every kind, not otherwise enumerated i Grain, and pulse, of every kind, when ground or in any way manufactured, not otherwise enumerated, includwheat flour ... ... ... ... j 0 10 0 each. 10 0 the ton. 0 2 0 the 1001b. 0 0 9 Horses Onions Potatoes ... Prepared calf-meal Goods subject to 20 per cent, ad valorem :— Animals, food for, of all kinds, not otherwise enumerated, including horse, and cattle spices, and condiments, j proprietary or otherwise; also hempseed, mawseed,! millet-seed, canary-seed, and mixed bird-seed ... ' 0 10 10 0 each. 10 0 the ton. 10 0 15 0 the ton. 20 0 0 percent, ad valorem. Class XVI.—Miscellaneous I. Goods subject to fixed rates :— Blue ... ... ... ... ... I Candles ... ... ... ... . Cement, Portland, and other structural, and building cement ... ... ... ... Gelatine, isinglass, glue, and size... ... ... j Matches:— Wooden, in boxes containing not more than 60 matches... In boxes containing over 60 and not more than 100 matches ... ... ... .... In boxes containing more than 100 matches ; for every 100 matches, or fraction thereof, contained in one box ... ... ... ... Wax, " plaid vestas " in cardboard boxes containing under 100 matches ... ... ... ... j "Pocket vestas," in tin or other boxes, containing; under 100 matches ... ... ... | " Sportsman's," " Ovals," and " No. 4 tin vestas," in boxes containing not more than 200 matches ... Wax, other kinds, for every 100 matches or fraction . 0 0 1 the lb. 0 0 14 0 2 0 the barrel. 0 0 14 the lb. 0 10 the gross of boxes. 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 X) 0 14 0 4 6 0 2 3 thereof contained in one dox ...
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Names of Articles. Class I.—Foods, etc. Almonds, and nuts, except walnuts Anchovies, salted, in casks, or other containers, capable of holding 28 lb. net or over Arrowroot, sago, tapioca, macaroni, vermicelli, rice-flour, prepared barley-flour, potatoflour Salt Rice, dressed or undressed Soy, in vessels exceeding 10 gallons capacity Class IV.—Non-alcoholic Beverages, etc. Cocoa-beans, uncrushed Coffee, raw Fruit - juices, or imitation fruit - juices, un.sweetened, in containers of 10 gallons capacity or over Class V.—Drugs, etc. Acids, viz : boracic ; carbolic ; chromic ; citric ; fluoric; formic; lactic; muriatic; nitric; oleic ; oxalic ; picric ; pyrogallic ; salicylic ; sulphuric Concentrated extracts, or essences, in liquid form, or preserved in fat, for the purpose of manufacturing perfumery, when entered to be warehoused in a manufacturing warehouse for the purpose of making perfumery or other articles therein Disinfectants Drugs and chemicals, viz.— Carnauba wax Catechu Cochineal Creosote, crude or commercial Crude distillates of coal-tar or wood, in vessels containing 10 gallons or over, for the manufacture of disinfectants in New Zealand Formic aldehyde, and solution thereof Fusel oil Gall nuts Glycerine, crude Gums —viz., arabic, benzoin, damar, tragacanth, artificial gum-arabic Liquefied gases, and compressed gases . Liquorice in blocks of 7 lb. net and over, or soft liquorice-extract in bulk, in tins or other vessels capable of holding 7 lb. net or over Naphthalene, crude or refined Saffron Strychnine, and salts of strychnine Sugar of milk Suiphur Turmeric Alum, alum sulphate Ammonium chloride, or sal ammoniac, ammonium sulphate Arsenic Borax Calcium carbide, chloride, sulphate, sulphite, and bisulphite ; chlorinated lime Carbon bisulphide Copper sulphate, or bluestone, oxide of copper Iron sulphates Magnesium sulphite, and bisulphite Manganese oxides Phosphorus Potash; pearlash; potash, caustic, chlorate, cyanide, nitrate (or saltpetre), permanganate, prussiates, sulphite, and bisulphite; metallic potassium
Names of Articles. Class V.—Dhugs, etc. — continued. Drugs and chemicals, viz.— continued. Silver nitrate in crystals Soda acetate, crude ; soda ash ; soda, arseniate, anhydrous carbonate, caustic, cyanide, bisulphite, hyposulphite, silicate, sulphate, sulphide, sulphite, nitrate, permanganate Metallic sodium Zinc chloride (Note.—Mixtures of any of the articles enumerated under this Schedule as drugs and chemicals, with each other, or with chemicals, or substances not enumerated, shall, if not provided for elsewhere in the Tariff, be charged as medicinal preparations not otherwise enumerated, or chemicals not otherwise enumerated 20 per cent, ad valorem.) Drugs crude, not powdered, and unsuited for use as foods, or in the manufacture thereof, viz: barks, woods, twigs, leaves, herbs, flowers (except hops), roots, conns, gums, balsams, inspissated juices (except opium), seeds, fruits, fruit rinds, pitch, cantharides, ergot Essential oils, except eucalyptus ; cod liver oil; oil of rhodium Horse, and cattle drenches Opium when entered to be warehoused in a manufacturing warehouse, for the purpose of making therein approved medicinal preparations Scrub exterminators Sheep dip ; sheep drenches ; sheep licks Surgeons', physicians', dentists', and opticians' instruments, also such appliances peculiar to medical, or surgical use, as may from time to time be approved by the Minister, imported solely for ttie use of a public hospital, on a declaration by the chairman of the district board of such hospital that the goods are solely for the use of the said institution, and will not be sold, or disposed of, without payment of the duty Surgeons', physicians', dentists', and opticians' materials, viz : —Antiseptic dressings, gauzes, lint, tow, cotton wool, poroplascic felt, adhesive plaster, oiled silk or other fabric, spongio piline, bandages, catgut, and sterilized, and other sewings, thermometers ; also appliances including splints for wear, peculiarly adapted to correct a deformity of the human body, to afford support to an abnormal condition of the human body, or to reduce or alleviate such condition, or to substitute any part of such body Crutches ; ear trumpets, ear lubes, and audiphone3, for the partially deaf. Opticians' trial cases, lenses, and frames, spectacles, and magnifying glases, opthalmoscopes, optometers and other measuring instruments, test cards, and diagrams, artificial eyes (demonstration and other) Dentists' materials, viz :—Artificial teeth, tooth crowns, celluloid blanks, base plates, denture strengtheners, gutta percha stick, points, pellets, and sheets, rubber dam, amadou absorbent, absorbent paper, rubber in sheets, metal-plate, -wire, -foil, -sticks; solder; fusible metal, porcelain powder, and enamel, inlays, modelling composition, and wax, investment compound, amalgam, and cement. Tools for lathes
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Names of Articles. Class V.—Drugs, etc. — continued. Scientific and philosophical instruments and apparatus, namely:—Assay - balances ; laboratory retorts, and laboratory flasks, and other instruments, and apparatus, for chemical analysis, and assay work ; assay furnaces, including dentists', and jewellers' furnaces : also such instruments, and apparatus, suited strictly for scientific and philosophical purposes, as may from time to time be approved by the Minister Class Vl.—Clothing and Textiles. Brace-elastic, and brace-mountings Brattice cloth made of jute or hessian Bunting, in the piece Butter, and cheese, cloth Buttons, tapes, wadding, pins, nciuiles Calico, white and grey, also cotton sheetings, in the piece, up to and including 31st day of October, 1907 Corduroy, moleskin, and plain beaver-skin, of cotton, in the piece, up to and including 31st day of October, 1907 Coloured cotton shirtings, flannelette shirtings, up to and including 31st day of October 1907. Forfar, Dowlas, and flax sheeting, when cut up under supervision in sizes not exceeding 47 in. by 36 in. for making flour-bags, and not exceeding 54 in. for lining wool mats, up to and including 31st day of October, 1907 Cotton or linen piece goods, and unions of the same, not otherwise enumerated, except imitation silks composed of any material or substance whatsoever, on and after Ist day of November, 1907 Fur skins, green or sun-dried Gold or silver lace or braid for military clothing, featherstitch braid Hatmakers' materials —viz.: felt hoods: shellac; galloons; calicoes; spale boards for hat boxes; leathers; silk plush in the piece; linings, when cut up or otherwise, under such conditions as the Minister may . prescribe ; blocks ; moulds ; frames ; ventilators ; and tassels Hessians, plain or striped, and scrim Leather cloth, plain colours Minor articles (required in the making-up of apparel, boots, shoes, hats, caps, saddlery, umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades), enumerated in any order of the Minister, and published in the Gazette Ostrich feathers grown in New Zealand, when returned from abroad dressed, or dyed, upon evidence being produced to the satisfaction of a Collector of Customs as to their previous exportation Sailcloth, canvas, and unbleached doublewarped duck, in the piece Sewing cottons, silks, and threads; angola mendings not exceeding 45 yards in length ; crewel, flourishing, embroidery, darning, knitting, and crochet threads,' of silk, linen or cotton, or unions of the same, plain or fancy Silk for flour dressing, in the piece Silk twist (shoemakers', and saddlers') Staymakers' binding, eyelets, corset-fasteners, jean, ticks, lasting, sateen, and cotell; also corset shields, and busk protectors Tailors' trimmings— viz, haircloth; plain or
Names of Articles. Class Vl.—Clothing and Textiles— continued. coloured imitation haircloth ; canvas ; buckram ; wadding, and padding; silk, worsted, and cotton bindings, and braids ; stay bindings ; Russia braids; shoulder-pads; buckles ; silesias; drab, slate, and brown jeans; pocketings; slate, black, and brown dyed unions and linens ; Verona, and Italian cloth, of cotton or wool, or unions of the same; also such other lining materials as may be approved by the Minister Tubular woven cotton cloth in the piece for meat-wraps Umbrella-makers' materials—viz..reversible, and levantine silk mixtures, gloria, and satin de ehene, of not less than 44in. in width; alpaca cloth, with border; zanella cloth, with border; also other piece-goods on such conditions as the Minister may approve; sticks, runners, notches, caps, ferrules, cups, ribs, stretchers, tips, and rings Union textiles not otherwise enumerated, in the piece, when cut up, and made into shirts or pyjamas, under such conditions and regulations as the Minister may prescribe Waterproof material in the piece, having within, or upon it, a coating of indiarubber Class Vll.—Leather, and Articles used in Leather Manufactures. Boot elastic Bootmakers' linings, canvas, plain, or coloured, bag and portmanteau linings, of such materials, qualities, and patterns, as may be approved by the Minister Boots, shoes, shoettes, sandals, clogs, and pattens, slippers, and goloshes — namely, children's No. 0 to 6 Cork soles, and sock-soles East India kip, also hides, crust or rough tanned, but undressed Goat-skins, and kid-skins, however dressed Grindery—namely, button fasteners, and staples ; eyelets, and hook eyelets, and eyelet rings; tingles ; spikes for running or cricketing shoes; boot-protectors; wood or rubber heels or knobs; leather toe-tips, "Wells" patent cr a similar make, stiffeners or toes moulded ready for use, copper toes, boot stretchers and trees, hollow-fillers, japanned toe-tips; legging springs and stiffeners; lasting tacks, pegs, brass rivets, iron rivets; brass, iron, and copper cut-bills ; steel points, sparrow bills ; wrought, cut, and malleable hob-nails; Hungarian nails; wrought, and cut tip-nails; iron or wooden lasts ; rivetting stands for iron lasts; sole, heel, stiffening, and toe-cap knives; shoemakers' wax ; heel-balls; bristles, hemp, and flax ; rubber solution or cement; welting cut into strips or in coils ready for use ; shoemakers' binding or beading; welting leather cut into strips not exceeding 1 in. in width ; webbing ; curriers', and bootmakers' inks or stains; bootmakers' sectional cut-ting-boards ; glass or emery paper, or cloth, on sheets, in rolls, or cut into shapes. Hog-skins Kangaroo, and wallaby skins, undressed Leather, japanned or enamelled Saddle-trees. Saddlers' ironmongery (except bits and stirrupirons), hames, and mounts for harness; straining, surcingle, brace, girth, and roller
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Names of Articles. Class Vll.—Lfather, and Articles used in Leather Manufactures — continued. webs ; collar check, and the same article plain, of such quality as may be approved by the Minister ; legging-buekles, also metal articles required to repair or complete riding or driving harness, or saddlery, to be repaired or made in the colony Tanning materials, crude Class Vlll.—Furniture, etc. Blind webbing, and tape. Worsted covered cord, and solid glace cord, for Venetian, and other blinds Opholdsterers' materials, viz. :—webbing, hairseating, imitation hair-seating; curled hair; gimp, and cord, of wool, cotton, or silk; tufts, and studs ; chair canvas Class IX.—China, Glass, etc. Bottles, empty, plain glass, not being cut, or ground; also, jars, plain glass, or plain earthen, up to three inches diameter at the mouth Earthen, or glass roofing tiles; also roofing slates Glass plates (engraved) for photo-lithographic work Jars specially suited to contain sulphuric, nitric, hydrochloric, and other strongly corrosive acids, when permanently branded with the name of any such acid and the name of a New Zealand factory for the manufacture of the same Jars, or other dutiable vessels, containing free goods, or goods subject to a fixed rate of duty, and being ordinary trade packages for the goods contained in them Lamps, miners' safety, and glasses therefor; lamps peculiarly adnata} for use on harbour beacons and lighthouses, also appliances peculiar to such lamps; side lights, and head lights, especially suited for the use of ships Class X —Fancv Goods, etc. Action ivork, and keys, in frames, or otherwise, iron, or metal piano frames, for manufacture of organs, harmoniums, and pianos; organ pipes, and stop-knobs Articles, being exhibits for public display only in public museums, whether purchased under bond or directly imported by, or for presen-. tation to such museums, upon declaration that such goods will not be sold or otherwise disposed of in New Zealand without payment of any duty which may be payable Artists' materials—viz., Canvas in the piece or on stretchers, oiled paper or drawing paper in sheets or blocks, colours, brushes, palettes, and palette knives Cigarette papers entered to be warehoused in any licensed tobacco manufactory for the manufacture therein of cigarettes Microscopes, and telescopes, and slides, and lenses, for same Paintings, statuary, and works of art, whether purchased under- bond or directly imported by, or for presentation to any public institution or art association registereei as a body corporate, for display in the buildings of
Names of Articles. Class X.—Fancy Goods, etc — continued. such institution or association, and not to be sold or otherwise disposed of Paintings or pictures, painted or drawn by New Zealand students, within three years of the time of their departure from the colony for the purpose of undergoing a period of tuition abroad for the first time, upon evidence being produced to the satisfaction of a Collector of Customs Photographic cameras, and lenses, including focussing cloths, and camera covers. Photographs of personal friends in letters or packets Precious stones, cut or uncut, if unmounted Sensitized surfaces, and albumenized paDer, plain, not being postcards or other stationeryClass Xl.—Paper, etc. (Note. —In every case where exemption from duty is governed by a size, the equivalent area shall be exempt under like condition.) Bookbinders' materials, viz., cloth, leather, thread, headbands, webbing, end-papers, tacketing-gut, marbling - colours, marblepaper, blue or red paste for ruling-ink, staple-presses, wire staples, staple-sticks Butter paper (known as vegetable parchment paper), and waxed paper, unprinted (Note. —Butter paper or waxed paper, printed, shall be charged as manufactured stationery.) Cardboard, pasteboard, strawboard, wood-pulp board, and corrugated board, bf size not less than that known as ''royal," and weighing not less than 3 oz. per sheet of " royal " size Cardboard boxes, material for—viz., gold, and silver paper, plain or embossed; embossed paper in strips; gelatine or coloured papers; known as " box papers " Cartridge drawing paper Celluloid, plain, in sheets, not otherwise enumerated Cloth-lined boards, not less than " royal " size Cloth-lined paper, and enamelled, gelatine, and metallic paper, of size not less than 'demy"; also " ivorite" of size not less than " demy " Copy-books, having printed headlines on each page ; also drawing-books Copying paper, medium and larger sizes, in original mill wrappers and labels Ink, printing, of net invoice value not exceeding 4d. the lb. Masticated para Millboard, and book-binders' leather board Paper, hand-made or machine-made, book, or writing, when in original wrappers, of sizes not less than the size known as " demv," and not being a wrapping paper, or of the same quality as a wrapping paper Paper printing Printed books, papers, and music, not otherwise enumerated, excepting advertising matter Class Xll.—Metals. Agricultural machines, and agricultural implements, not otherwise enumerated; also parts peculiar to the manufacture of agricultural machines, and implements—viz. : Chaffcutting knives, fittings for threshing mills,
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Names of Articles. Class XII. —Metals— continued. forgings or castings for ploughs, discs for harrows, plough-shares, mould-boarel plates, and steel-share plates cut to pattern, skeithplates, tilt - rakes, also reaper - knife sections or fingers, finished brass, and steel springs. (Note. —Agriculture as applied to the Tariff shall include horticulture and viticulture.) Anchors Artificers' tools, not otherwise enumerated, not including brushes or brushware; also the following tools, namely : axes, and hatches, spades, shovels, forks, picks, mattocks, quartz, and knapping hammers, scythes, sheep-shears, reaping hooks, soldering irons, paperhangers' scissors, butchers' saws or cleavers ; measuring bands or tapes Axles, axle-arms, and axle boxes Bellows nails Bicycles and tricycles, fittings for—namely : rubber tyres, pneumatic tyres, outside covers, and inner tubes, handle grips, pedal rubbers ; also the following articles when not plated, japanned, painted, or varnished, namely : drop forgings, stampings, steel balls, vveldless steel tubes with or without butted ends, wood or metal rims (not bored), forks, stays, handle bars, and seat pillars, unbuilt, bracket shells, fork, arid stay ends, fork tips, bridges, crowns, and lugs Beekeepers' tools, implements, and apparatus, namely : metal fittings for bee hives, bee smokers, wax extractors, rubber gloves, gloves of textile soaked in oil, queen cages, comb foundation, foundation machines, honey knives, honey extractors, queen rearing outfits, wax presses, tools peculiar to the use of beekeepers Blacksmiihs' anvils, forges, and fans Bolts, and bolt ends, up to 24 inches in length ; nuts, blank or screwed nuts, black or finished nuts Brass, copper, and tin, in pigs, bars, tubes or -siieets ; also tinned hoops Brass tuning, and stamped work, in the rough, for gasaliers and brackets Caps, percussion Card clothing, for woollen-mills, and for papermiils Castings for ships; also propeller-screws, including only bosses and blades Ciiains, iron, plain, or with hook, swivel, or ring, attached Copper, brass, and composition rod, bolt, sheathing, and nails Couch-roll jackets, machine wires, beater-bars, and strainer-plates, for paper-mills Crucibles Emery grinding machines, and emery wheels Empty iron drums, not exceeding 10 gallons capacity Engineers', and all metal- or wood- or stoneworkers' machine tools or hand tools, not including brushes or brushware Engine-governors Eyelets Fire-engines, chemical fire-engines, and chemical fire-extinguishers; also fire-hose and couplings therefor, portable fire-escapes, fireladeiers, fire-reels, and firemen's helmets, if declared, to the satisfaction of the Collector, for the use of a fire-brigade
Names of Articles. Class Xll.—Metals— continued. Fish - hooks, unmounted, and without attachments Gas engines, and hammers, and oil engines Glassmakers' moulds Iron boiler-plates and unflanged end-plates for boilers; boiler-tubes not exceeding 5 in. in internal diameter and unflanged; expansionrings ; furnace-flues Iron pipes, and fibre pipes, not exceeding 5 in. in internal diameter, also knees, bends, elbows, and other fittings for same Iron, sheet, plate, hoop, rod, bolt, bar, angle, tee, channel, plain black; pig iron ; plain iron rolled girders ; rolled chequered plates ; shafting, plain rolled or plain turned, but otherwise unwrought Iron and steel cordage Lead, in pigs and bars Machine saw-blades Machinery —viz.: dairying machinery (including cream - separating machines, also coolers), mining machinery, gold-saving machinery Medals, including only old or second-hand war medals, humane societies', and other similar medals ; also old coins Metal fittmgs, for trunks, portmanteaux, travelling bags, leggings, bags, and satchels Metal sheaves Metal tubes in the rough, having a slit through their whole length, suited for the manufacture of fenders, bedsteads, gates, and the like articles. Metal-wire of all kinds, plain, number 5 gauge and over according to British standard; metal cordage not otherwise enumerated, not being gold or silver ; also barbed fencingwire, and fencing-staples Metal wove-wire, and metal gauze; also wirenetting, and expanded metal lathing or fencing, in the piece. Metallic capsules Moulders' chaplets, and dowels Perambulators, ami the like vehicles, fittings for, not otherwise enumerated Perforated or cellular sheet zinc or iron Portable engines on four or any greater number of wheels, with boiler of locomotive type ; also traction engines Printing type, and printing materials, not otherwise enumerated, suited only for the use of printers Rails for railways and tramways, including lay outs, and points, and crossings, for tiie same Rivets, and washers Set screws, engineers' studs, and split pins Sewing, knitting, and kilting machines Steam or hydraulic pressure, and vacuum gauges; pressure indicators or pressure gauges for gas or oil engines ; speed indicators, engineers', for testing machinery Surveyors' instruments—viz., steel bands, chains, measuring tapes, field instruments, and drawing instruments ; draughtsmen's drawing instruments Tacks, and nails, 1 in. and under Tea packing lead Tinsmith's fittings, and furniture, including stamped or blocked tin or copper, planished or unplanished Welded and flanged boiler furnaces, plain or corrugated Zinc, plain sheet Zinc plates or copper plates for photo-litho-graphic work
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Names of Articles. Class Xlll.—Timber, etc. Ash, hickory, and lancewood timber, unwrought Blacksmiths', braziers', assay, and treadle power bellows Carriage or cart makers' materials—viz., shafts, spokes, and felloes, in the rough ; hubs, all kinds; poles if unbent and unplaned, all kinds ; bent wheel rims Churns Lignum-vitae Material for the manufacture of carriages, carts, drays, and wagons, motor cars or vehicles, and railway cars or wagons—viz., springs, mountings, trimmings, brass hinges, tire bolts, shackle holders, step treads, rubber cloth, rubber tires, pneumatic tires, outer covers, inner tubes; also, iron or metal fittings (except steps, lamp irons, dash irons, seat rails, and fifth wheels) for the manufacture of carriages, carts, drays, and wagons, other than motor cars or vehicles or railway cars or wagons Motor cars, and wheels for same Sieves, hair Wooden handles for tools Class XlV.—Oils, etc. Oils in vessels capaple of containing one gallon of oil or more—viz., Refined mineral oils not exceeding in specific gravity .870 at 60 deg. F; fish, penguin, mutton bird, seal, and whale oils (Note. —Mixtures of mineral or vegetable oils, with each other, or with fish, penguin, mutton bird, seal, whale, or other oils, shall be charged with duty (1) if imported in vessels capable of containing one gallon of oil or more, 6d. the gallon ; (2) if imported in vessels having a lesser capacity than one gallon, 20 per cent, ad valorem) Paints, and colours, not otherwise enumerated Turpentine ; turpentine substitute composed of volatile mineral oils, or of volatile mineral oils in combination with turpentine, or other volatile vegetable oils; liquid driers ; terebene Wood naphtha Class XV.—Agricultural Farm Products, etc. Linseed Class XVl.—Miscellaneous. Apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, for educational purposes, as may be approved by the Minister, and under conditions prescribed by him Bagging, bags, or sacks, of jute or hessian ; also cornsacks; bags made of New Zealand tow or flax Belting, for driving machinery, other than leather belting, and not being cordage or rope Binder-twine, two-ply and under Bricks, other than fire-bricks Candle-nuts, and candle-nut kernels Candle-wick Canvas aprons and elevators, for reapers and binders Canvas, indiarubber, or other hose, tubing, or piping, armoured or otherwise ; flexible metal hose, tubing, or piping Charts and maps Confectioners' moulding starch Cork, cut; bungs ; fishermen's cork floats ; also plain unornamental stoppers of every description for bottles, jars, and casks
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Names of Articles. Class XVl.—Miscellaneous— continued. Cotton and other waste, engineers Diving dresses, and dresses suited solely for use in poisonous gases or smoke, with apparatus peculiar thereto Dyes ; dye stuffs ; and dyeing materials, crude Felt sheathing Gum boots, knee or thigh, the soles of which may be of either leather or rubber Hawsers of 12 in. or over Honey and brown Windsor soap composition Indiarubber gloves Manures Marble, granite, and other stone, hewn or rough sawn, not dressed or polished Netmakers' cotton twine Official supplies for consular officers of countries where a similar exemption exists in favour of British consuls Paper-makers' felts Passengers' baggage and effects, including only wearing apparel and other personal effects that have been worn or are in use by persons arriving in the colony; also implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, of such persons, not exceeding £50 in value, and household or other effects not exceeding £100 in value, which have been in use for twelve months prior to embarkation by the persons or families bringing them to the colony, and which are not intended for any other person or per sons, or for sale; also cabin furnishings belonging to such persons not exceeding in value £10 Provided that goods falling within tinabove exemption may be admitted free, only, if imported within two years of the first arrival in the colony of the persons or families by whom they have been used Plaster of Paris Powder, viz.: blasting powder, and blasting meal Returned empties which are identified as such to the satisfaction of a Collector of Customs Shipbuilders' models of vessels suited only for exhibition Ship chandlery, not otherwise enumerated Ships' rockets, blue lights, danger-signals, and rocket life-saving apparatus Stones, mill, grind, oil, and whet Tobacco for sheep-wash, or for insecticide, after being rendered unfit for human consumption to the satisfaction of the Minister Treacle or molasses, mixed with bone-black in proportions to the satisfaction of the Minister Typewriters Wax, bottling Wool packs, and wool pockets Yarns—viz.: coir, flax, jute, and hemp Articles and materials (as may from time to time be specified by the Minister) which are suited only for, and are to be used solely in, the fabrication or repair of goods within the colony. All decisions of the Minister in reference to articles so admitted free to be published from time to time in the Gazette. And all articles not otherwise enumerated. Provided that all goods falling under this Schedule, which are prison made, shall be charged an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent.
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SCHEDULE C. Cement, Portland, and other structural, and building cement.
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SCHEDULE D.—PART I.
Basketware, and wickerware, not otherwise enumerated, not being furniture Bicycles, tricycles, and the like vehicles, also finished, or partly finished or machined parts of the same, not otherwise enumerated Boots, shoes, shoettes, sandals, clogs, and pattens, not otherwise enumerated—namely, men's, above size No. 5 ; youths', above size No. 1; boys', Nos. 7 to 1, both inclusive ; women's, above size No. 1; girls', Nos. 7to 1, both inclusive; boots, shoes, shoettes, and sandals, clogs, and pattens, not otherwise enumerated; slippers, and goloshes, (not including evening and court shoes, lawn tennis, and gymnasium shoes, strapped shoes, shoes goloshed, or bottomed, in indiarubber, leather, or other material) Candles Carriages, carts, drays, wagons, perambulators, and the like vehicles, and wheels for the same China, porcelain, and parian ware Clocks, time registers, and time detectors Cordage, rope, and twine, not otherwise enumerated Earthenware, stoneware, and brownware Fancy goods, and toys; also sporting, gaming, and athletic requisites, not other-wise enumerated, including billiard tables, and billiard requisites ; iiair, and toilet combs Firearms, all kinds Fish, potted, and preserved Furniture, and cabinetware, not otherwise enumerated, and other than iron or other metal SCHEDULE: Preferential duties upon the items hereafter enumerated shall only be charged after the thirty-first day of March, 1908 :— Bill-hooks, bush-hooks, slashers, and hedgeknives Brooms, brushes, and brushware Cartridges (shot), 10 to 24 bore Cartridge-cases Cartridges, not otherwise enumerated Cars, wagons, and trucks, railway, and tramway, and wheels for same Electric batteries, and cells ; furniture, fittings, instruments, and appliances, not otherwise enumerated, for the generation, transmission, application, or utilisation of electricity, or of electric power of any description whatsoever Fish, dried, pickled, or salted, not otherwise enumerated Galvanised iron manufactures, not otherwise . enumerated, made up from galvanised iron, or from plain sheet iron, and then galvanised |
Glassware ; globes, and chimneys, for lamps Hardware, ironmongery, and hollow-ware Hops Iron, and other nails, not otherwise enumerated, including dog-spikes ■ Iron pipes, and fibre pipes, exceeding 5 in. in internal diameter; also knees, bends, elbows, and otlier fittings for the same Jewellery; plate, gold, or silver; plated ware; greenstone, cut or polished Lamps, lanterns, and lamp-wick, not otherwise enumerated Lawn-mowers Motor vehicles, not otherwise enumerated, and wheels for same Musical instruments Paper-ivrapying , all kinds, not printed, including blue candle, glazed cap, glazed casings, small-hand, lumber-hand, tissue, brown, cartridge, and sugar papers Upholstery, not otherwise enumerated Walking-sticks Preferential duties upon the articles hereafter enumerated to be charged up to and including the 31st day of October, 1907, thereafter to cease and determine :— Cream of tartar Glass, crown, sheet, and common window Glass, plate, polished, coloured, and other kinds, not otherwise enumerated Paper-hangings D.—PART 11. Heelplates, and toe stiffeners, and toe plates Japanned, and lacquered metalware Laces, vamps, and uppers Lay figures, busts, and dress stands Leather bags, and leajihercloth bags, not other wise enumerated Leather cut into shapes Leather leggings Leather manufactures not otherwise enumerated Magic lanterns, bioscopes, cinematographs, kinetoscopes, phonographs, gramophones, graphophones, and the like instruments, including accessories peculiar thereto; also limelight, and the like apparatus, including accessories peculiar thereto Mantelpieces, other than stone Manufactured or partly manufactured articles of metal, or manufactured or partly manufactured articles of metal in combination with any other material whatsoever, not otherwise enumerated.
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SCHEDULE D.—PART ll— continued. Matches:— Saddlery, and harness; whips, and whip-thongs Wooden, in boxes containing not more than Portmanteaux; trunks; travellings - bags, and 60 matches brief-bags, of leather or leather-cloth, 10in. In boxes containing over 60 and not more in length and upwards; and carpet bags than 100 matches Furniture, knife, and plate powder, and polish In boxes containing more than 100 Bricks, known as fire-bricks matches Drainage pipes, and drainage tiles Wax, " plaid vestas ' in cardboard boxes Earthen flooring, and garden, tiles containing under 100 matches Filters " Pocket vestas " in tin or other boxes, Fireclay, ground ; and fireclay goods containing under 100 matches Plate glass bevelled or silvered; mirrors, and " Sportsmen's," " Ovals," and " No. 4 tin looking glasses, framed or unframed vestas," m boxes containing not more Fishing tackle, including artificially baited hooks than 200 matches other than flies Wax other kinds . Mouldings, and panels, in the piece, of either Matches of any material other than wood or wood, plaster pulp, metal, or other material, _. . wax ~ , ~ for picture frames, cornices, walls, or ceilings Paper bags, coarse (including bags) Photographic goods not otherwise enumerated Paper bags, not otherwise enumerated Watches Picture, or photograph, frames, or mounts Artificial flies Statues, statuettes, casts, and bronzes Oil, perfumed; also toilet preparations and per lin ware, and tin manufactures, not otherwise fumery, not otherwise enumerated enumerated Cardboard, pasteboard, strawboard, wood-pulp 1 obacco pipes and cases, cigar and cigarette board, corrugated board, and cloth-lined holders and cases, cigarette cases and papers board, not otherwise enumerated Woodenware, and turnery, not otherwise enume- Cloth-lined, enamelled, gelatine and metallic rated and veneers p apers> not otherwise enumerated; also Cocoa-nut butter, cocoa or cacao buttei, nut " ivorite " not otherwise enumerated butter, and other refined vegetable butters Inks, not otherwise enumerated i ri° r fa j S * j i / , Stationery, and writing paper, not otherwise Lard, and refined animal fats, not otherwise enumerated, also printers' menu, wedding, enumerated programme, and mourning cards of cardMeats, potted or preserved board, celluloid, or other material, edged, or Provisions, not otherwise enumerated embossed, but otherwise unprinted Vegetables, fresh, dried, or preserved Calendars and showcards, all kinds l-ruits, preserved in juice, or syrup Cardboard or paper boxes complete ; or cardMilk or cream, preserved, evaporated, or dried board or paper, cut, or shaped for boxes Aerated, and mineral waters; effervescing bever- wrappers or other receptacles (including ages; and beverages not otherwise enume- match-boxes) rated Directories of New Zealand or of any part ( offee, essence of, and essence of coffee with thereof; also covers for directories milk or any other food substance Stationery, manufactured, viz. :—Account-books *ruit juices or imitation fruit juices, unsweet- manuscript - books, scribbling, and letter ened, in containers of less than ten gallons blocks, and books, plain or ruled; bill-bead, capacity invoice, and statement forms; printed or l'ruit juices or imitation fruit juices, sweetened; ruled paper, counter-books, cheque and syrups; raspberry vinegar, sweetened draft forms; tags, labels, blotting-pads Baking powder; yeast preparations, and other sketch-books, book-covers copvin°- letterferments; also yeast foods books, manifold-writers, albums (other than Chemicals, and cftemical preparations, not other- f or photographs), diaries, birthday-books wise enumerated, including photographic plain or faint lined ruled books printed chemicals, not otherwise enumerated; also, window-tickets, printed, lithographed or anti-incrustation, boiler, and other com- embossed stationery, and Christinas, New pounds Year, birthday, Easter, and other cards, and Dextrine, and dextrine pastes or solutions booklets • Essences, flavouring, not otherwise enumerated Stereotypes, matrices, half-tone, and line blocks Eucalyptus oil in bulk or bottle Boilers, land, and marine, including feed waterGlycerine, refined heaters, fuel economises, steam superMedianal preparations, drugs, and druggists' heaters, and mechanical stokers sundries, and apothecaries' wares, not other- Crab winches, cranes, capstans, and windlasses wise enumerated; also aerated water makers', Machinery, not otherwise enumerated and cordial manufacturers', and brewers' Steam-engines, and parts of steam-engines not drugs, chemicals, and other sundries, not otherwise enumerated otherwise enumerated Bellows, not otherwise enumerated Medicinal preparations (excepting medicated Blocks, wooden tackle wines or wines mixed with fdod) containing Doors/and sashes, either plain, or glazed with 50 per cent, of proof spirit or less ornamental glass Saccharin, in the form of tablets, pilules, granules, Axle grease, and other solid lubricants or cachets, each containing not more than Harness oil, and composition, leather dressing J grain of saccharin in combination with at and belt dressing least 10 per cent, of alkali Animals, food for, of all kinds, not otherwise Surgeons', physicians', dentists', and opticians' enumerated, including horse, and cattle instruments, and appliances, not otherwise spices, and condiments, proprietary or enumerated otherwise; also hemp - seed, maw - seed, Leather, chamois millet-seed, canary-seed, and mixed birdseed
M atches:— Wooden, in boxes containing not more than 60 matches In boxes containing over 60 and not more than 100 matches In boxes containing more than 100 matches Wax, " plaid vestas " in cardboard boxes containing under 100 matches " Pocket vestas " in tin or other boxes, containing under 100 matches " Sportsmen's," " Ovals," and " No. 4 tin vestas," in boxes containing not more than 200 matches Wax, other kinds Matches of any material other than wood or wax Paper bags, coarse (including svrgar bags) Paper bags, not otherwise enumerated Picture, or photograph, frames, or mounts Statues, statuettes, casts, and bronzes Tinware, and tin manufactures, not otherwise enumerated Tobacco pipes and cases, cigar and cigarette holders and cases, cigarette cases and papers Woodenware, and turnery, not otherwise enumerated, and veneers Cocoa-nut butter, cocoa or cacao buttei, nut butter, and other refined vegetable butters or fats Lard, and refined animal fats, not otherwise enumerated Meats, potted or preserved Provisions, not otherwise enumerated Vegetables, fresh, dried, or preserved Fruits, preserved in juice, or syrup Milk or cream, preserved, evaporated, or dried Aerated, and mineral waters; effervescing beverages ; and beverages not otherwise enumerated Coffee, essence of, and essence of coffee with milk or any other food substance Fruit juices or imitation fruit juices, unsweetened, in containers of less than ten gallons capacity Fruit juices or imitation fruit juices, sweetened ; . syrups; raspberry vinegar, sweetened Baking powder ; yeast preparations, and other ferments ; also yeast foods Chemicals, and cliemical preparations, not otherwise enumerated, including photographic chemicals, not otherwise enumerated; also, anti-incrustation, boiler, and other compounds Dextrine, and dextrine pastes or solutions Essences, flavouring, not otherwise enumerated Eucalyptus oil in bulk or bottle Glycerine, refined Medicinal preparations, drugs, and druggists' sundries, and apothecaries' wares, not otherwise enumerated; also aerated water makers', and cordial manufacturers', and brewers' drugs, chemicals, and other sundries, not otherwise enumerated Medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wines or wines mixed with food) containing 50 per cent, of proof spirit or less Saccharin, in the form of tablets, pilules, granules, or cachets, each containing not more than J grain of saccharin in combination with at least 10 per cent, of alkali Surgeons', physicians', dentists', and opticians' instruments, and appliances, not otherwise enumerated Leather, chamois
Saddlery, and harness; whips, and whip-thongs a Portmanteaux ; trunks; travellings - bags, and brief-bags, of leather or leather-cloth, 10in. c in length and upwards; and carpet bags Furniture, knife, and plate powder, and polish D Bricks, known as fire-bricks Drainage pipes, and drainage tiles s Earthen flooring, and garden, tiles Filters , Fireclay, ground ; and fireclay goods Plate glass bevelled or silvered; mirrors, and l looking glasses, framed or unframed 3 Fishing tackle, including artificially baited hooks, other than flies Mouldings, and panels, in the piece, of either r wood, plaster pulp, metal, or other material, for picture frames, cornices, walls, or ceilings Photographic goods not otherwise enumerated Watches Artificial flies Oil, perfumed; also toilet preparations and per > fumery, not otherwise enumerated Cardboard, pasteboard, strawboard, wood-pulp I board, corrugated board, and cloth-lined I board, not otherwise enumerated • Cloth-lined, enamelled, gelatine, and metallic papers, not otherwise enumerated; also ; " ivorite " not otherwise enumerated > Inks, not otherwise enumerated Stationery, and writing paper, not otherwise i enumerated, also printers' menu, wedding, programme, and mourning cards of cardboard, celluloid, or other material, edged, or embossed, but otherwise unprinted Calendars and showcards, all kinds Cardboard or paper boxes complete; or cardboard or paper, cut, or shaped for boxes, wrappers or other receptacles (including match-boxes) Directories of New Zealand or of any part thereof; also covers for directories Stationery, manufactured, viz. :—Account-books, manuscript - books, scribbling, and letter blocks, and books, plain or ruled; bill-head, invoice, and statement forms; printed or ruled paper, counter-books, cheque, and draft forms ; tags, labels, blotting-pads, sketch-books, book-covers, copying letterbooks, manifold-writers, albums (other than for photographs), diaries, birthday-books, plain or faint lined ruled books, printed window-tickets, printed, lithographed, or embossed stationery, and Christmas, New Year, birthday, Easter, and other cards, and booklets • Stereotypes, matrices, half-tone, and line blocks Boilers, land, and marine, including feed waterheaters, fuel economisers, steam superheaters, and mechanical stokers Crab winches, cranes, capstans, and windlasses Machinery, not otherwise enumerated Steam-engines, and parts of steam-engines, not otherwise enumerated Bellows, not otherwise enumerated Blocks, wooden tackle Doors, and sashes, either plain, or glazed with ornamental glass Axle grease, and other solid lubricants Harness oil, and composition, leather dressing, and belt dressing Animals, food for, of all kinds, not otherwise enumerated, including horse, and cattle spices, and condiments, proprietary or otherwise; also hemp - seed, maw - seed, millet-seed, canary-seed, and mixed birdseed
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SCHEDULE D.—PART ll— continued. Bags, calico, forfar, linen, flour; bagging, bags, Soap powder, extract of soap, dry soap, soft soap, and sacks, not otherwise enumerated, in- liquid soap, soap solutions, and washing, or eluding filter bags, and sheaths cleansing powders, crystals, pastes, and Blacking, and boot-gloss, and polish liquids Blacklead Tarpaulins, tents, sails, rick, and wagon covers Boats, launches, yachts, also all vessels pro- Marble, granite, and other stone, dressed, or pelled by means other than oars (when polished, and articles made therefrom; also imported in any vessel), including all imitation stone, dressed, or polished, and fittings therefor, not otherwise enumerated articles made therefrom, or from cement Fireworks, not otherwise enumerated Soap, not otherwise enumerated Nets, and netting SCHEDULE D.—PART 111. Preferential duties upon the items hereafter | Soda-crystals enumerated shall only be charged after the i. Handbills, circulars, programmes, playbills, thirty-first day of March, 1908 :— printed posters, trade catalogues, price-lists, Bacon, and hams and fashion-plates; printed advertising Biscuits, ships', plain and unsweetened ; also matter not otherwise enumerated dog biscuits Composition-piping Biscuits, other kinds Iron galvanised corrugated sheets Candied peel, and drained peel I Iron, plain galvanised sheet or hoop Confectionery, including medicated lozenges, j Iron tanks medicated confectionery, boiled sugars, i Lead piping liquorice not otherwise enumerated, sugared, j Shot or crystallized fruits, and chocolate con- j Oil, not otherwise enumerated, including minefectionery— ral lubricating-oil, in vessels capable of il) In plain bottles ; containing one gallon or more 2) Infancy packages ; Paints, and colours, ground in oil or turpentine ; (3) In small packages for retail sale con- also putty; and driers not otherwise enutaining not more than 31b. net merated weight of confectionery Paints, and colours, mixed ready for use ; also Confectionery, boiled sugars, liquorice, sugared enamel paints, not otherwise enumerated or crystallized fruits, and chocolate confec- Stearine tionery not otherwise enumerated Varnish, including lithographic varnish, gold Glucose, and caramel size, liquid gold, and other metallic paints; Honey also liquid medium for mixing with metallic Jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves paints Jellies, concentrated Whiting, and chalk Nuts— namely, walnuts, shelled or unshelled Cattle (horned) Pearl barley Chaff Peas split Grain—namely : barley Spices, ground, not otherwise enumerated, pep Grain, and pulse, of every kind, not otherwise per, pimento, and olive stones, ground enumerated Vinegar, not exceeding 6-5 per cent, of acidity Grain, and pulse, of every kind, when ground calculated as acetic acid or in any way manufactured, not otherwise Chicory enumerated, including wheat flour Cocoa, and chocolate, including cocoa-beans Horses roasted and crushed; also cocoa or choco- Onions late mixed with milk or any other food Potatoes substance whatsoever Prepared calf-meal Coffee, roasted Blue Tea not otherwise provided for Gelatine, isinglass, glue, and size Acid, acetic, containing not more than 30 per Soap, common yellow, and blue mottled cent, of acidity Spirits, methylated to the satisfaction of the Acid, acetic, containing more than 30 per cent. Minister of acidity Starch SCHEDULE E.—PART I. Bicycles and tricycles, fittings for—namely : Iron, sheet, plate, hoop, rod, bolt, bar, angle, rubber tires, pneumatic tires, outside covers. tee, channel, plain black; plain iron-rolled and inner tubes, handle-grips, pedal rubbers; girders; rolled chequered plates ; shafting, also the following articles when not plated, plain rolled or plain turned, but otherwise japanned, painted, or varnished—namely ; unwrought drop-forgings, stampings, steel balls, weld- Iron and steel cordage less steel tubes with or without butted ends. Material for the manufacture of carriages, and wood or metal rims (not bored), forks, stays, motor cars or vehicles — namely: rubber handle-bars, and seat pillars, unbuilt, bracket tires, pneumatic tires, outer covers, and shells, fork, and stay ends, fork-tips, bridges, inner tubes crowns, and lugs Motor cars, and wheels for same Gas engines, and hammers, and oil engines Paper printing Gum boots, knee or thigh, the soles of which Rails for railways and tramways, including laymay be of either leather or rubber outs, and points, and crossings, for the same
Bags, calico, forfar, linen, flour; bagging, bags, and sacks, not otherwise enumerated, including filter bags, and sheaths Blacking, and boot-gloss, and polish Blacklead Boats, launches, yachts, also all vessels propelled by means other than oars (when imported in any vessel), including all fittings therefor, not otherwise enumerated Fireworks, not otherwise enumerated Nets, and netting
Soap powder, extract of soap, dry soap, soft soap, liquid soap, soap solutions, and washing, or cleansing powders, crystals, pastes, and liquids Tarpaulins, tents, sails, rick, and wagon covers Marble, granite, and other stone, dressed, or polished, and articles made therefrom; also imitation stone, dressed, or polished, and articles made therefrom, or from cement Soap, not otherwise enumerated
SCHEDULE D.—PART 111.
Preferential duties upon the items hereafter enumerated shall only be charged after the thirty-first day of March, 1908 :— Bacon, and hams Biscuits, ships', plain and unsweetened ; also dog biscuits Biscuits, other kinds Candied peel, and drained peel Confectionery, including medicated lozenges, medicated confectionery, boiled sugars, liquorice not otherwise enumerated, sugared, or crystallized fruits, and chocolate confectionery— il) In plain bottles ; 2) In fancy packages; (3) In small packages for retail sale containing not more than 3 lb. net weight of confectionery Confectionery, boiled sugars, liquorice, sugared or crystallized fruits, and chocolate confectionery not otherwise enumerated Glucose, and caramel Honey Jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves Jellies, concentrated Nuts— namely, walnuts, shelled or unshelled Pearl barley Peas split Spices, ground, not otherwise enumerated, pep per, pimento, and olive stones, ground Vinegar, not exceeding 6-5 per cent, of acidity calculated as acetic acid Chicory Cocoa, and chocolate, including cocoa-beans roasted and crushed; also cocoa or chocolate mixed with milk or any other food substance whatsoever Coffee, roasted Tea not otherwise provided for Acid, acetic, containing not more than 30 per cent, of acidity Acid, acetic, containing more than 30 per cent. of acidity
: | Soda-crystals i L Handbills, circulars, programmes, playbills, printed posters, trade catalogues, price-lists, and fashion-plates; printed advertising i | matter not otherwise enumerated Composition-piping Iron galvanised corrugated sheets Iron, plain galvanised sheet or hoop Iron tanks I Lead piping j Shot I Oil, not otherwise enumerated, including mineral lubricating-oil, in vessels capable of containing one gallon or more Paints, and colours, ground in oil or turpentine ; also putty; and driers not otherwise enumerated Paints, and colours, mixed ready for use ; also enamel paints, not otherwise enumerated Stearine Varnish, including lithographic varnish, gold size, liquid gold, and other metallic paints; also liquid medium for mixing with metallic paints Whiting, and chalk Cattle (horned) Chaff Grain—namely : barley Grain, and pulse, of every kind, not otherwise enumerated Grain, and pulse, of every kind, when ground or in any way manufactured, not otherwise enumerated, including wheat flour Horses Onions Potatoes Prepared calf-meal Blue Gelatine, isinglass, glue, and size Soap, common yellow, and blue mottled Spirits, methylated to the satisfaction of the Minister Starch
SCHEDULE E.—PART I.
Bicycles and tricycles, fittings for—namely: rubber tires, pneumatic tires, outside covers, and inner tubes, handle-grips, pedal rubbers; also the following articles when not plated, japanned, painted, or varnished—namely ; drop-forgings, stampings, steel balls, weld less steel tubes with or without butted ends, wood or metal rims (not bored), forks, stays, handle-bars, and seat pillars, unbuilt, bracket shells, fork, and stay ends, fork-tips, bridges, crowns, and lugs Gas engines, and hammers, and oil engines Gum boots, knee or thigh, the soles of which may be of either leather or rubber
Iron, sheet, plate, hoop, rod, bolt, bar, angle, tee, channel, plain black; plain iron-rolled girders; rolled chequered plates; shafting, plain rolled or plain turned, but otherwise un wrought Iron and steel cordage Material for the manufacture of carriages, and motor cars or vehicles — namely : rubber tires, pneumatic tires, outer covers, and inner tubes Motor cars, and wheels for same Paper printing Rails for railways and tramways, including layouts, and points, and crossings, for the same
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SCHEDULE E.—PART 11. Preferential duties upon the items herafter Iron boiler-plates and unflanged end-plates for i numerated shall only be charged after the boilers; boiler-tubes not exceeding 5 in. in thirty-first day of March, 1908 :— internal diameter and unflanged ; expansionCanvas, indiarubber, or other hose, tubing, or rings : furnace-flues piping, armoured or otherwise: flexible Iron pipes, and fibre pipes not exceeding 5 in. in metal hose, tubing, or piping internal diameter, also knees, bends, elbows. Cardboard boxes, material for—namely: Gold, and other fittings for the sam,and silver paper, plain or embossed; em- Paper, hand-made or machine-made, book, or bossed paper in strips ; gelatine or coloured writing, when in original wrappers, of sizes papers; known as " box papers " not less than the si/.e known as "demy." Castings for ships; also propeller - screws, in- and not being a wrapping-paper, or of the eluding only bosses ami blade-- same quality as a wrapping-paper SCIIKDULE E.—PART 111. Preferential duties upon the articles herein- Metal-wire of all kinds, plain, No. 5 gauge and itfter enumerated shall only be charged after the over according to British standard ; metal thirty-first day of March, 1908 »— cordage not otherwise enumerated, not being Boots, shoes,shoettes, sandals, clogs, andpattens, gold or silver ; also barbed fencing-wire, slippers, and goloshes—namely : children's I a,1(l fencing-staples Nos 0 to 6 Metal wove-wire, and metal gauze; also wireCork soles, and sock-soles " eUin S- . and ex P a,lli ed metal lathing or , . , , . fencing, in the piece Bottles, empty, plum glass, not being out, or Metallic capsules ground; also, jars, plain glass, or plain ]> el -forated or cellular sheet zinc or iron earthen, up to 3 inches diameter at the ]>„ lt:l |.le engines on four or any greater number lnoutn of wheels, with boiler of locomotive type Artists' materials — viz., canvas in the piece] also traction engines or on stretchers, oiled paper or drawing- Printing machines or presses, embossing, bronzpaper in sheets or blocks, colours, brushes, , ing, type casting, and type setting machines, palettes, and palette knives nlhoard box making'machines, and tools Photographic cameras, and lenses, including ! for same focussing cloths, ar.d camera covers. Printing type, and printing materials, not otherSensitized surfaces, and albumenized papi-r, wise enumerated, suited only for the use of plain, not being postcards or other Bta- j printers tionery Sewing, knitting, and kilting machines Butter-paper (known as vegetable parchment Steam or hydraulic pressure, and vacuum paper), and waxed paper, unprinted gauges; pressure indicators or pressure Cartridge drawing-paper gauges for gas or oil engines; speed in-Copy-books, having printed head lines on each dicators, engineers', for testing machinery page; also drawing-books Surveyors' instruments -viz.: steel bands. Copying paner, medium and larger sizes, in ch * n *' m ****™% < a field instrument,. original'mill wrapners and labels an " ." law '"« ""truments ; draughtsmen a T . p . , , j. drawing instruments Ink, printing, of net invoice value not exceeding ,„ , . 8 .. , * , 'F, .11 ° racks, and nails. 1 in. and under 4d. the pound ~. ~, , ~ ~ .. c , . . , r Weldiil and flanged boiler furnaces, plain or Anchors ■, r . ' ' Axles, axle-arms, and axle-boxes r, . H . , ,-,,,-,, -, , 1, Paints, and colours, n.o.e. Blacksmiths anvils, forges, and fans .. . ' , , , , Caps, percussion Beltl^: for m ' m q ng machinery, other than leather Chains, iron, plain, or with hook, swivel, or p . , beU,l, X' and not . oe,n >' cordrt «° or ™P" .. ~i Bmder-twme, two-uiv and under ring, attacned ~ , , v ■ , • , Empty iron drums, not exceeding ten gallons g[J*J ° t .^ l ' than fi^-bricks B ca P acit y Churnt^ Engine governors .. , „ , , , ~ Euelcts Cork, cut : bungs ; fishermen s cork floats : also ~. ' . , . , „ . , , . . j),urn ii not mi mental stoppers of every descrip-Fire-engines, chemical fire-engines, and chemical Ul „, fol . bouleSj • aud L . asks - fire-excinguishers; also fare-hose and coup- | Felt-sheathing lums therefor, portable fire-escapes, fire- i Typewriters ladders, fire-reels, and firemen's helmets, if \y ax bottlin" declared, to the satisfaction of the Collector, Machinery-viz. : flour milling, refrigerating, for the use of a fire-brigade arengmg, woollen mill, paper mill, rope and Fish-hooks, unmounted, and without attach- twine making, oil refining, oil boring, meat ments preserving, leather splitting Machinery — namely: dairying machinery (in- Soda-water machines ; also machines for aerating eluding cream-separating machines, also liquids coolers), mining machinery, gold-saving ma- Steam engines, and parts thereof, for mining (inehinery eluding gold dredging), or gold-saving purMetal sheaves poses an t processes, or for dairying purposes.
Preferential duties upon the items herafter enumerated shall only be charged after the thirty-first day of March, 1908 : — Canvas, indiarubber, or other hose, tubing, or piping, armoured or otherwise: flexible metal hose, tubing, or piping Cardboard boxes, material for —namely: Gold, and silver paper, plain or embossed; embossed paper in strips ; gelatine or coloured papers : known as " box papers " Castings for ships; also propeller - screws, including only bosses and blades BOHEDULE . Preferential duties upon the articles hereinafter enumerated shall only be charged after the thirty-first day of March, 1908,— Boots, shoes, shoettes, sandals, clogs, and pattens, slippers, and goloshes —namely : children's Nos. 0 to 6 Cork soles, and sock-soles Bottles, empty, plain glass, not being cut, or ground; also, jars, plain glass, or plain earthen, up to 3 inches diameter at the mouth Artists' materials — viz., canvas in the piece or on stretchers, oiled paper or drawingpaper in sheets or blocks, colours, brushes, palettes, and palette knives Photographic cameras, and lenses, including focussing cloths, ar.d camera covers. Sensitized surfaces, and albumenized paper, plain, not being postcards or other stationery Butter-paper (known as vegetable parchment paper), and waxed paper, un printed Cartridge drawing-paper Copy-books, having printed head lines on each page ; also drawing-books Copying paper, medium and larger sizes, in original mill wrappers and labels Ink, printing, of net invoice value not exceeding 4d. the pound Anchors Axles, axle-arms, and axle-boxes Blacksmiths' anvils, forges, and fans (Japs, percussion Chains, iron, plain, or with book, swivel, or ring, attached Fmpty iron drums, not exceeding ten gallons capacity Engine governors Eyelets Fire-engines, chemical fire-engines, and chemical fire-extinguishers; also fire-hose and couplings therefor, portable fire-escapes, fireladders, fire-reels, and firemen's helmets, if declared, to the satisfaction of the Collector, for tiie use of a fire-brigade Fish-hooks, unmounted, and without attachments Machinery — namely: dairying machinery (including cream-separating machines, also coolers), mining machinery, gold-surmg madullery Metal sheaves
Iron boiler-plates and uuflanged end-plates for boilers; boiler-tubes not exceeding 5 in. in internal diameter and unflanged ; expansionringa : furnace-flues Iron pipes, and fibre pipes not exceeding 5 in. in internal diameter, also knees, bends, elbows, and other fittings for the same Paper, hand-made or machine-made, book, or writing, when in original wrappers, of sizes not less than the si/c known as " demy." and not being a wrapping-paper, or of the same quality as a wrapping-paper E.—PART 111. Metal-wire of all kinds, plain, No. 5 gauge and over according to British standard ; metal cordage not otherwise enumerated, not being gold or silver; also barbed fencing-wire, and fencing-staples Metal wove-wire, and metal gauze; also wirenetting, and expanded metal lathing or fencing, in the piece Metallic capsules Perforated or cellular sheet zinc or iron Portable engines on four or any greater number of wheels, with boiler of locomotive type also traction engines Printing machines or presses, embossing, bronzing, type easting, and type setting machines, cardboard box making machines, and tools for same Printing type, and printing materials, not otherwise enumerated, suited only for the use of printers Sewing, knitting, and kilting machines Si cam or hydraulic pressure, and vacuum gauges; pressure indicators or pressure gauges for gas or oil engines ; speed indicators, engineers', for testing machinery Surveyors' instruments — viz.: steel bands, chains, measuring tapes, field instruments. and drawing instruments : draughtsmen's drawing instruments Tacks, and nails, 1 in. and under Weldc d and flanged holier furnaces, plain or corrugated Paints, and colours, n.o.e. Belting, for driving machinery, other than leather hcit mi.', ami not being cordage or rope Binder-twine, two-ply and under Bricks, other than fire-brie Candle-wick Churns Cork, cut; bungs; fishermen's cork floats : also plain niioi mi mental stoppers of every description for bottles, jars, and casks I Felt-sheathing Typewriters Wax, bottling Machinery — viz. : flour milting, refrigerating, drengtng, woollen milt, paper mill, rope and twine making, oil refining, oil boring, meat preserving, leatiier splitting Soda-water machines ; also machines for aerating liquids Steam engines, and parts thereof, for mining (including gold dredging), or gold-saving purposes un.i processes, or fen- dairying purposes.
By Authority : John Mackay. Government Printer. Wellington.—l9o7. 9-B. 6.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT (In Committee of Supply, 16th July, 1907.) BY THE COLONIAL TREASURER, THE HON, SIR J. G. WARD, P.C., K.C.M.G., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1907 Session I, B-06
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43,137FINANCIAL STATEMENT (In Committee of Supply, 16th July, 1907.) BY THE COLONIAL TREASURER, THE HON, SIR J. G. WARD, P.C., K.C.M.G. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1907 Session I, B-06
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