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Approximate Estimate of Returns from Proposed Alterations in Tariff — continued.

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Names of Articles. Bate of Duty under 1888 Tariff. Duty collected, Bate fixed 1894. by Besolution. Estimated Annual Increase of Bevenue. Estimated Annual Decrease of Revenue. £ 1,702 Not specified 1,694 £ Pictures, paintings, &c., and frames Mouldings Pipes, tobacco, cigar- and cigaretteholders Cigarette-papers and cases Calendars and show-cards, all kinds Cardboard boxes Directories of New Zealand Newspaper supplements Stereotypes and matrices Printed matter relating to patent medicines; catalogues and pricelists Stationery, manufactured, viz.:— Tags and labels 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. Free Free Free Free, except handbills and posters, which were 20 p.c. Not specified Not specified Not specified Nil Nil Nil Not specified 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 1,300 200 Copying letter-books Printed window-tickets Account books, manuscript books; billhead, invoice, and statement forms ; printed or ruled paper; counter - books; cheque- and draft - forms; blotting - pads; sketch-books; manifold writers; albums, other than for photographs ; diaries,; plain or faintlined ruled books; other printed, lithographed, or embossed stationery ; and Christmas, NewYear, birthday, and other similar cards Booklets Stationery and writing paper not otherwise enumerated Paper, wrapping—viz.: Blue candle, glazed cap, glazed casings, smallhand, lumber-hand, and tissue Paper, wrapping (other kinds, including brown, cartridge, and sugar papers) Bicycles. Cartridges, 10- to 24-bore.. Cartridge-cases Cartridges not otherwise enumerated Cash-registering machines Coffin furniture Copying-presses Weighing-machines and weighbridges Fire-arms Gasometers, &c. .. Tags and labels, if unprinted, 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 5,338 25 per cent. 1,300 Free 15 per cent. 4,093 20 per cent. 5s. per cwt. O.K. 1,108 (less that paid on butter paper) Brown, 566 6s. per cwt. Brown, 4s. per cwt. O.K., 5s. per cwt. 5s. per owt. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 and 25 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free (if small, 20 per per cent.) Free 937 47 See above Not specified Not specified 22 391 1,359 Nil 9,000 3s. per 100 Is. 3d. per 100 20 per cent. 10 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 10 per cent. 500 1,000 Electric machinery Iron fencing-wire „ barbed wire Iron pipes, including main-cocks .. Is. per cwt. 2s. per cwt. Pipes, 5 per cent.; main-cocks, 20 per cent. 5,801 3,960 Not specified 10 per cent. Is. per cwt. Is. per cwt. All 5 per cent. 1,900 Iron tanks.* Manufactures of metals.* Wooden ware and turnery and veneers Woodware turnery, 15 per cent.; veneers free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free 2s. per cwt. 4s. per cwt. Varnish, Is. 6d. per gal.; gold size, free 15 per cent. 1,634 20 per cent. Bellows Carriage woodware Axle-grease and solid lubricants .. Paints ground in oil Paints, mixed Varnish, &c. Not specified 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 3s. per cwt. 6s. per cwt. 2s. per gallon 400 2,000 2,367 393 1,997 Tarpaulins, &c. Animals, food for.* Cattle, horned Horses Linseed Onions Potatoes (except for seed purposes) Prepared calf-meal Brooms and brushes and brushware not otherwise enumerated Brushes, toilet, ifcc.* Corks, cut (including bungs) Flock .. .. __ L . ._•_ 120 20 per cent. Free Free Free 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. Nil Nil Nil 497 21 Not specified 2,052 10s. each £1 each £2 per ton £1 per ton £1 per ton £1 Ss. per ton 25 per cent. } 800 15 per cent. Free 425 20 per cent. 10 per cent. 700 * No alteratit >n in rates.