A DEPUTATION.
: A deputation from the fruit importer*. : waited on thot Collector, of Customs thi% morning relative, to the. proposed du|j o£ fifteen per cent, on frjait, arguing that const derma the quantity lost m transit, it would be unfaic to asse? dujty on fruit consigned... L . The Collector replied t,hftt the damage ta fruit wvujd ba assessed %j the Landing. . Waiter, The importers meet this evening to pre- . pare, a petition, the. Tariff- Committee^ praying that grape^ and all E^one fruit roighV be from duty. , r
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 94, 22 November 1879, Page 2
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87A DEPUTATION. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 94, 22 November 1879, Page 2
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