CUSTOMS TARIFF BILL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5433, 26 August 1878, Page 2

CUSTOMS TARIFF BILL.

This Bill provides that on and after tlio 7th day of August, 1878, certain duties .shall be substituted in lieu of those payable on the aitides enumerated in the first schedule, and repeals the duties on the ani des mentioned in the second schedule hereunto annexed, on and after the Ist of January, 1870. first SCHEDULE. Bicarbonate of soda, Is per cwt; cream of tartar. Id per lb; tartaric add, Id p-r lo; fish (potted and preserved), sardines, jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves, Id per lb or reputed package of that weight and so in proportion for packages of greater or less reputed weight; bottled fruits Is per dozen: mustard, Id per lb; pickles. 9d per dozen pints or reputed uiuts. and in the same proportion for larger or smaller sizes; sauces. 2s per dozen reputed pints and in the same proportion for larger or smaller sizes ; starch 3s per cwt; blue. Id per lb; lead and composition piping, 2s Gd per cwt; nails, 2s do ; naphtha. Co mr gallon ; wrapping paper, brown, 2s per cwt; do, other kinds, 2s Cel do ; paper bags, 5s do; woolsacks 2s Gd per dozen. Boots and shoes—Men s, No. 0 an-) unwards 12s per dozen pairs; youths’, Nos. 1 so 6. 10s do do ; boys'. Nos. 10 to 13, Gs do do ; women s. No 3 and upwards, 8s do do ; girls*, Nos. 10 to 2, G: do do ; girls’. Nos. 7 toO, 5s do ; children's, r*os 0 to C and slippers, 3s do do ; womens lasti g and stuff boots, 7s do do; goloshes of all kinds, 2s Gd do do : slippers, other than children's, 5a do do. Wines, sparkling, 6s por gallon. SECOND SCHEDULE. Accoutrements, arrowroot, arsenic, axles, axle-arms and boxes, bacon and hams, baskets and wlckcrware, beef (salted), bellows, boot elastic, building materials not otherwise enumerated, butter, candlenut oil, carriage and cart shafts, spokes, felloes, and naves in the rough, chains of iron, choose, clogs and pattens, coik solos, cornsacks, fireworks, flour bags. gram, gram (ground), groats (prepared), glue, guttapercha manufactures (not being wearing apparel, and not otherwise enumerated), iron wire, maccarom. maizona nmt corn flour, paints (wet or dry. other than pamt mixed reiuiy for use), peas (split), perambulators, photographic goods, pitch and tar, pork (salted), posts and rails, provisions (preserved, not otherwise enumerated), sago, saltpetre, silk for flour dressing, spirits of tar, steel, swords, tapioca, tools (artificers), treacle and molasses when mixed with bone black in such proportions and under such regulations as the Commissioner of Customs may prescribe in that behalf, vegetables (dried), vermico li. t .. In lieu of the duties of Customs now chargeable on the undermentioned articles, the following duties shall, on and after the Ist day of January, 1870, be chargeable thereon Sugar, treacle, and molasses, *d peril); glucose, Ad per lb; tea, 4dper lb; wine, Australian. containing not more than 35 degrees of proof spirits, verified by Sykes’ hydrometer, the gallon, or for G reputed quart bottles, or 12 reputed pint bottles, 2s Before any Australian wine is admitted to entry at the rate of duty specified, the importer or his authorised agent shall produce to the Collector of Customs a certificate, in such form as the Commismissioner of Customs may proscribe, showing that such wine was really and bona fide the produce of Vustralla. The value of goods chargeable with ad valorem duty must bo verified by the production of the original invoice, and also by the declaration of the importer. Any person ' knowingly making false declarations is to be liable to liko penalties as in .a case of perjury. Discounts are not to be allowed unless shown on the original Invoice. The oth section of th* Customs Tariff Act, 1803, is repealed : If the importer of goods chargeable with or ii iblo to a duty ad valorem, or his agent, shall neglect or refuse te pay the duties imposed thereon afte such examination and a'Bissmcntas prescribed by the Customs Tariff Act, 1873, and also the cost of such ex amlnatlon and assess nent in the event of the valuation being greater than declared on the nill of entry, the Collector of Customs or proper officer shall, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, take and secure such goods vrUb the pacing thereof, and cause the

same to be sold by public auction within the space of one month after such examination, and at such time and place as such Collector or other oftker shall, by notice published in some local newspaper at least four days before the day of sale, appoint for that ourj»oso. The proceeds of the sale are to be applied, firstly, in payment of the duties, costs, charges, &c.. and the b-lance (if any) ia to be thus applied One moiety to the officer-; who have detained the goods, in sucb proportion as tho Commissioner shall direct, and the other to the Public Account. The Collector may take goods for the Crown on paying the declared vdue with an addition of ten per cent. The provisions of sections 11, 92, and 03 of the Customs Regulations Act, 1853, are to apply to sugar for homo consumption.