THE NEW TARIFF.
The residents of the county m general, and the saw-millers m particular, ... will ; be pleaded to learn that by the; resolution referred to by the Premier m his Financial Statement, the Government hare decided to to again impose the.duty upon* timber. The following is to be the . rate ot imposition, according to the revised :tariff ;— Timbe". sawn, rough, 2/- per 100 feel su • pe,rjEioial : : . Timber, snwn. dressed, 4/» per 100 feet superficial;- • Timber^ shingles and laths. 2s. per thousand. ' ' ■ '-'-: -■ -■■ ' : 'V-- . ■ ■..'.■-•..•■ Timber, paHngs, 2s. per hundred Timber, rails, 4s. per hundred Timber, post< Bs. per hundred Grain and "p^se. of every kind nnd otherwise enumerated', 9s: per 100. lb : Grain when fifronnd or m any. way manufaf'tured I/- per 1001 b. ' \ Malt, 2s. per, bushf 1. ' Peas, -split, Is. per owt, • '■■'. Hops, fid per lb. • . Grain, 10/- per ton.' If they would follow up the. step, by placing but a mere nominal freight upon whiio pine,so as to leave it m the powe.r,6f millers to utilise the. millions of feet of that" timber atoominand, it would be well carr.yingup the good work commenced.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 93, 19 November 1879, Page 2
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185THE NEW TARIFF. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 93, 19 November 1879, Page 2
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