New Customs Tariff.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 27, 31 July 1895, Page 2

New Customs Tariff.

The following is the new Customs Tariff as introduced to the House by the Colonial Treasurer in his Financial Statement last night, which comes into force today, July 31st, 1895 : — Names of Articles. — Candied peel and drained peel, 3d per lb ; confectionery — chocolate in plain trade package, 3d lb ; confectionery in fancy packages or small boxes for retail sale, 25 per cent, ad val ; fruits (fresh), currants, raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, and strawberries, id lb ; fruits (in juice or syrup), 25 ad" val ; fruit preserved by sulphurous acid, Id lb ; milk, preserved, 25 ad val ; gelatine, liquorice, cayenne pepper, carraway seels, seeds, and isinglass, 20 ad val ; jellies, solidified or tablet, 4d lb ; pickles, 3s gallon ; sauces, 4s gallon ; rice and rice flour, 4s cwt ; vinegar, Gd gal. up to 5 per cent, of acidity, and Id additional for each additional 1 per cent. ; al°, beer, porter, cider, and sherry, 2s gal. ; spirits, 16s (proof) gal. ; spirits in bulk, also cordials, bit ters, and liqueurs (in bulk), lGs liquid gal. ; coffee, raw, 2d lb ; coffee essence, 20 ad val ; syrups and raspberry vinegar, 25 ad val ; tea in bulk, 5d lb ; tea in packets for retail, 6d lb ; acid acetic, Id lb for every 10 per cent, of acidity ; drugs not otherwise enumerated 20 ad val ; tinctures and medical spirits containing more 'than 50 per cent proof spirit on and after Ist January, 1596, Is lb ; tinctures and medical spirits containing less than 50 per cent proof spirit on and after the Ist January, 1896, 61b ; druggists* suudries and apothecaries' wares no otherwise enumerated 20 ad val ,- chemicals not otherwise enumerated 20 ad val ; baking powder 20 ad val ; essences flavoring spirituous 16s gallon ; glycerine, refined, 20 ad val ; sacc! an : e (except in the form of tabloids ortib lets) Is 6d oz ; apparel made by British or Foreign tailors whether imported by the residents themselves or through an importing firm 40 ad val ; hats and ; capes 25 ad val ; cotton pieces goods not otherwise enumerated including shirtings, 10 ad val ; cotton, piece goods, tapestry, cretonnes, chintz, art crape, frieze, velvets, damasks, prints, inosquetto, Utrecht and Genoa velvets, muslins, all kinds of window nets, laces, hollands, and blinds in the piece, cotton, tick and colored Belgian cotton, tick, 20 ad val ; flannelettes, also flannelette shirtings, imitation ftaunell, raised cotton, and soft piece goods, 20 ad val ; union shirtings, without distinction of value, 20 ad val ; lace oi' all kinds except gold and silver lace for military trimmings, 25 ad val ; flax sheetings without distinction of value 20 ad val ; millinery, viz., brimmed hats, capes, bonnets, feathers, and artificial flowers, 25 ad avl ; boots, shoes, slippers, goloshes, clog?*, and patent vamp uppers, 25 ad val ; heel and toe stiffeners and plates, 25 ad val ; bags of leather or leather cloth, 25 ad val ; harness and saddlery, whips, and whip-throngs, 25 ad val; leather, viz, beltings and belt, leather, harness, bridle, legging, bag, kips, spiit, bnff, 4d per lb ; levanted leather, sheepskins, Morocco, not otherwise enumerated, 3d per lb ; lambskins and goatskins (dressed other than Morocco), kangaroo and wallaby skins (dressed), stnined and colored calf, 2d lb ; leather board, 4d lb ; leather cut into shapes, 25 ad val ; leather leggings, 25 ad val ; portmanteaux, trunks, travelling and carpet bags, 25 ad val ; carpets, floorcloth, mats, matting, 20 ad val ; furniture and plate polish, 20 ad val ; glassware, also glass plate, polished, colored, and other kinds, globes and chimneys for lamps, 20 ad val ; lamps, lanterns, and lamp-wick, 20 ad val ; artificial dies 25 ad val ; jewellery (including precious stones cut or uncut, greenstone cut and polished), 20 ad val ; musical instruments of all kinds, 20 ad val ; perfumed spirits, £1 10s per gal ; pictures, paintings,, drawings, engravings, photo pictures, photograph frames and mounts, 20 ad val ; pipes, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, holders and cases for same, cigarette papers and cases, 25 ad val ; plate («old or silver) 25 ad val ; calenders and show cards, all kinds, 25 ad val ; cardboard boxes complete, or cardboard cut and shaped for boxes, 25 ad val ; directories of New Zealand or of any part thereof, 25 ad val ; newspaper supplements, 2s ad val; stereotypes and matrices, 25 ad val ; printed matter relating to patent or proprietary medicines, trade catalogues and price lists for firms or persons residing in the colony, 25 ad val; stationery, manufactured, viz, account books, manuscript books, bill-heads, invoice and statement forms, printed or ruled paper, counter books, cheque and draft forms, tags and labels, blotting pads, memo books, copying letter books, manifold writers, albums, (other than for photos), plain or faint lined ruled books, printed window tickets, other than printed, lithographed, or embossed stationery, and Xinas, New Year, birthday and other similar cards and booklets, 25 ad val ; stationery and writing paper, 20 ad val ; copying presses, 20 ad val ; weighing machines, 20 ad val ; fire arms, 20 ad val ; iron fencing wire, 6d per cwt; iron barbed wire, Is per cwt; traction engines, 20 ad >'»!; wooden ware, turnery, and veneers, 20 ad val ; kerosene, 5d the gallon ; axle grease and solid lubricants, 20 ad val ; paints and colors ground in oil, 3s tho cwt ; paints and colors mixed for use, 6s the cwt ; varnish and gold size, 2s the gal ; tarpaulins, tents, rick and waggon covers, aprons and elevators for reaping and binding machines, 20 ad val; cattle, horned, 10s each ; horses, £1 each : onion?, £1 per ton ; potatoes (except for seed purposes), £1 per ton ; brooms, brushes, and brushware, 25 ad val ; wax plaid vestas in cardboard boxes containing under 100 matches, Is per gross ; packet vestas in tin or other boxes containing under 100 matches, Is 6d per gross ; other kinds for every luO matches or fraction thereof contained in one box, 2s per gross. In addition to any duty chargeable by law on any goods imported into the colony, a further duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem shall be charged when the goods are prison made.