THE TARIFF

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2174, 2 September 1907, Page 2

THE TARIFF

PROGRESS MADE WITH THE BILL. (Special to Times.) WELLINGTON, September 1.. Since the-. House got to work in committee on the Tariff Bill on Thursday very fair progress has been made. A great portion of the schedules, however, remains to be dealt with, and if the Bill is to be put through during the coming week, as is anticipated by many members, there will be no time to lose. Up till the tseiit seven classes of scliociul© . ■*»- (tlio dutiable list), covering eight p iges, have been dealt with, and nxno more classes of the same schedule, embracing seven pages remain to bo discussed. Then will follow the Bill and the preferential lists, which, togetber fill 12 pages of the schedules. Some of the classes to be taken, including machinery of various kinds, are of a contentious character, and may bo expected to give rise to considerable discussion. ... The classes so far dealt with in schedule A are: —(1) Foods and articles for human consumption, (2) tobacco, (3) also hotel beverages and materials for making the same, (4) non-alcoholic beverages and materials for making the same, (5) drugs, medicines, etc., (6) clothing and textile goods, and (7) leather and manufactures of leather. The classes remaining in this schedule are: —(8) Furniture and household furnishing, (9) china, glass, and earthen goods, (10) fancy goods, musical instruments, etc., (11) paper manufactures and stationery, (12) manufactures of metal, (13) timber and articles made from timber, (14) oils, paints, etc., (15) agricultural and farm products, and (16) miscellaneous.