THE NEW TARIFF.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 188, 6 August 1873, Page 4

THE NEW TARIFF.

\From the Evening Post] Below we publish a full comparative statement showing tho increase of the new duties as compared with fhose previously charged on the same goods. The first column shows the duties actually paid during the year 1871-2 on the various articles imported and cleared direct from the ship, The second column shows the duty which would have been charged had Mr Vogel's new tariff been in operation last year. The extra amount of duty would, however, actually have been larger than we have shown, as owing to the way in which the official Customs returns are compiled, wb have been unable to include goods which were warehoused and afterwards cleared for home consumption. We have for convenience sake omitted shillings and pence from the calculation. It will be seen that the new tariff almost exactly doubles the duty in nearly every case. The only reduction is on the item of con-

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It will be seen from the above that under this new tariff, passed only for the sake of convenience and uniformity, even if the consumption of the articles dealt with does not in the current year exceed that of 1871-2, excluding all goods warehoused before being cleared, the revenue will be increased by the sum of £84,423 The new tariff, therefore, shows an increase of £846 above 100 per cent all round.

£ £ Confectionery 1,628 1,437 Furniture 1,033 3.405 Matches and vestas 489 2,3«4 Musical instruments 644 2.230 Oilmen's stores 6.012 9 106 Apparel and slops 4 663 9,753 Boots, sboes, &c 9,289 18.725 Brushware 1,016 1,342 Carpeting 896 1,741 Chinaware 205 329 Cotton manufac 2.141 4,950 Drapery 29,266 57,338 Scrim cloth, &c 193 513 Haberdashery 1,229 2,837 Millinery 362 610 Fciery 1,114 1,769 Linen Manufac 252 499 Portmanteaus 53 119 Saddlery & harness 1.440 3,398 Silks .., 103 695 Toys, &c 349 1,003 Fancy goods 620 2,729 Woollen manufac 4,015 6,978 Bags, sacks, and Woolpacks ... 4,265 4,703 Baskets and wiekerware ... 66 102 Carriages, Carts, &c 216 435 Drugs 1,557 2 640 Perfumery 202 283 Apothecaries' wares .. .. 429 686 Grindery , 1«3 504 Hardware and ironmongery ... 4,650 10,604 Cutlery 36 347 Platedware 74 2,786 Holloware 168 599 Nails and screws 689 1,909 Brass aud brassware 5 36 Copper manufactures 6 ' 32 Zinc manufactures 71 220 Lead and lead do. 181 555 Furniture 82 238 Lamps, lanterns, and lampwicks 271 496 Chairs 30 104 Blacking and blacklead ... 143 232 Stationery 1,397 4,087 Paperhangings 750 1,168 Cordage and rope, three inches in circumference and under 354 1,258 Cordage, above do free lop.c. ad v. Twine 63 400 £83,577 £168,000