ALTERATIONS IN TAEIFF.

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No. 4. Office of Commissioner of Customs, Auckland, 13th November, 1860. Sis,— I have the honor, by direction of the Commissioner of Customs, to forward, for your informa- (No. 432.) tion and guidance, a List of Articles respecting which enquiries have been made and decisions given as to their liability to duty under present Tariff: being in continuation of Lists enclosed in the Circular letters of 23rd August, 1859, No. 443, and of 15th June, 1860, No. 214. I have, &c, R. F. Porter. The Collector H.M. Customs, Wellington, &c, &c.

Enclosure in No. 4. List of Articles on which enquiries have been made and decisions given as to their liability to duty under the new Tariff: being in continuation of Lists forwarded to Collectors per Circulars of 23rd August, 1859, No. 443 and 15th June, 1860, No. 214.

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Articles. Commissioner's Decision. Rick and Winnowing Cloths Steel (Bar) ... Table Covers (oil cloth)... Duty free, where the fabric is not superior to Ordinary Sail Cloth. Duty free. Chargeable as manufactures of Linen or Cotton, with duty at 4s. per cubic foot. Duty free. Duty free, in whatever description of package or vessel it may be imported. Tarpaulins and Floor Clothe Vinegar

Articles. Decisions. Coffee, Essence of Corrugated and Galvanized Iron and Galvanized Iron Tiles Crab, Winches Forge Bellows Forges and Nozzles Galvanized Iron Buckets Do. Iron Ware, as Guttering Angles, Ridge Caps, and Ornamental parts of Roofs ... ... ... Garden Clogs Huckaback ... Iron Cart and Dray Axles, (separately imported) ... Iron Supports for Wire Fencing... Jews Harps... Free. Chargeable at 3s. per cwt. Free. Free. Chargeable at 3s. per cwt. Ironmongery at 3s. per cwt. Ironmongery at 3s. per cwt. Free. 4s. per cubic foot, whether of hemp or flax. Pepper Safes (Iron)... Sausage Machines Shovels Tanks (Iron) Tin plates in Boxes ... Tinman's Tools Whaling Guns Wire (small) as Bell Wire Volunteer Uniforms ... Free. Free. Not liable as Ironmongery. Chargeable as Spice at 4s. per cubic foot. Chargeable at 3s. per cwt. Free. Ironmongery at 3s. per cwt. Free. Free. Chargeable at 3s. per cwt. Free. Ironmongery at 3s. per cwt. Subject to duty.