THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2117, 27 June 1907, Page 1

THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

Press Association. ' "• ■DUNEDIN',' Yefeterday. - Iho Committee of tho Chamber of I - ommcice, Dunedin/ met yesterday; Letters wore received from the Canter biiry Chamber and: Alefchants’ Association, Dunedin, dealing with the suggested,, alterations anil amendments of the Customs tariff, and a I nib-committee apointed at last mooting. to deal with tho question sub-' nut,ted tho following report: “The | sub-committee have gone into the matter of tariff revision with some -»te. . Bearing in mind, however, that it is not within their pro mice to interfere with the general question >1 tariff .policy, .which • must he decided .by tho Government, they have therefore turned their attention particularly to preparing suggesr.i ms which, if put into effect, would tend to simplify the tariff and rcnuvi inomalies which have proved ivoi.besome in the past. UepiQs i-j. a.i i/cs d the loading trades and various trade.associations have,been coinmiui 'tented with..,,. The reason why ,mo report appears from, drapers, and warehousemen is because their associations have taken the matter up throughout the colony as a whole, and are making their own representations diroct. The sub-committee trust that

tho information they have jn-ocured. if transmitted to the Customs Depart ■nent, may together with the suggest ons made by other Chambers in the colony, lead to such a simplification of the tariff as will bo benificial to all concerned.” Tho report was adopted and ordered to be" forwarded to

ho Minister of Customs, with all information attached. Letters were eceived form the Otago Flaxmillers’ Association, a oominittee of flaxmiliers and, merchants at .Invercargill, and the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, enumerating objections t'o the regulations, recently issued governing the grading export- of phormuim fibre. A sub-committee was appointed to consider the correspondence and prepare a letter to the Alinister of Agriculture.on the subject. A letter from tlie Auckland Chamber was received, asking if the Dunedin Chamber would favor united action in asking tlie Government to forward an, invitation, to members of the isSociated Chambers or Commerce, London, who intend to visit Australia in 1908, to extend their visit to New, Zealand. It was to reply,, expressing approval of the proposal,,

WELLINGTON, Yesterday. The Tariff division committee of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce reaffirmed resolutions making recom gnondations as to the duties on grocery and produce, .etc. The meeting also affirmed that any remission of duties that Parliament may decide upon should not, take effect for a reasonable .time, at least three months after the decision, so as-to give traders an opportunity to work - off - dutypaid . stocks;