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Comparative Customs Duties of the Australasian Colonies— continued.

Proposed Tariff. Articles. New Zealand. South Australia. Victoria. New South Wales. Queensland. Western Australia. Tasmania. Bookbinding cloth Books, printed Boot elastic Boot hooks Boots and shoes (except women's and children's lasting and stuff) Boots and shoes — Men's No. 6 and upwards Youths' 2 to 5 Free Free Free 15 per centum Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 7} per centum Free 7} per centum 7} per centum 7} per centum 12} per centum Free 12} per centum 12} per centum 12} per centum Free Free 10 per centum 10 per centum 10 per centum 12s. per dozen pairs 10s. per dozen pairs (Nos. 1-5) 6s. per dozen pairs (Nos. 10-13) 8s. per dozen pairs 33s. per dozen pairs 21s. per dozen pairs £1 13s. per doz. pairs £1 Is. per doz. pairs Boys' 7 to 1 .. 17s. 6d. per doz. pairs 17s. 6d. per doz. pairs Women's No. 3 and upwards .. 19s. 6d. per doz. pairs, except lasting and stuff boots, 25 per centum 16s. per dozen pairs 19s. 6d. per doz. pairs Girls' 11 to 2 6s. per dozen pairs (Nos. 10-2) 5s. per dozen pairs (Nos. 7-9) 2s. per dozen pairs (Nos. 0-6) 5s.per doz.pairs (without military heels) 2s. Od. per doz. pairs 3s. per dozen pairs (except children's) 15 per centum 15 per centum 16s. per dozen pairs 20 per centum - Girls' 7 to 10 lis. 6d. per doz. pairs lis. 6d. per doz. pairs Children's 4 to 0, and slippers.. 7 6s. per dozen pairs Gum boots, free Children's 0 to 3 Free 20 per centum Women's lasting and stuff boots Goloshes of all kinds Slippers —Men's, women's, and children's, from 7 and upwards Boot and slipper uppers Boot laces V 25 per centum J i 13s. per dozen pairs 4s. per dozen pairs 9s. per dozen pairs Jin. and over, 20 per cent. ; others, free 20 per centum Bolts and nuts Boring rods Bottles, ordinary and pickle Free Free Free 25 per centum Leather 25 "§> centum, other Free Over §in. 25 *f> centum, other Free 25 per centum 20 per centum, except medicine 15 "& centum Free Free 25 per centum 25 per centum, and except Dinas Free 20 per centum Leather 25 *fc> centum, other Free 25 per centum all sizes 25 per centum 8 Free Free Free Free Free 7} per centum 7} per centum 7} per centum 7} per centum 7} per centum 12} per centum 12} per centum 5 per centum 12} per centum Imported empty 10 per centum 12} per centum 12} per centum 12} per centum 12} per centum 10 per centum 10 per centum All sizes 2s. 6d. **? cwt, 10 per centum Free (except fancy 10 per centum) 10 per centum Free 10 per centum Free Bottles, indiarubber Brass, bar, sheet, rod, and rolled Bread-cutters Bricks (except Bath) Free Free Free Free 25 per centum Air iron 25 centum, Fire 20s. per 1,000, others Free Free £1 per 1,000 Free Free Free Free 7} per centum 7} per centum 7} per centum 7} per centum 15 per centum Free Bricks, Bath Bricks, fire Free Free Free 25 per centum, except Dinas Free 25 per centum Free 25 per centum Free Free 7} per centum 7} per centum 12} per centum 10 per centum 9d. per cwt. Free 20 per centum Bright, wireware .. Brimstone, crude, and flowers of sulphur Britannia metalware 15 per centum Is. per cwt. 15 per centum 25 per centum Free 20 per centum Free Free Free 7} per centum 7} per centum 7} per centum 12} per centum Sulphur 10 ty centum 12} per centum 10 per centum Free 10 per centum