CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 51, 5 May 1863, Page 2 (Supplement)

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

cuakg_able under tffe ' customs duties Act, 1858,' in all Ports of New Zealand. 1. Ale, beer, cider and perry in wood, per gallon .. ..0 6 Ale, beer, cider and perry, in bottles, per gallon 10 2. Cigars and snuff, per lb.. .. 3 0 3. Coffee, chicory, cocoa, and chocolate, per 1b... .. ... 0 3 4. Cutlery, hardware, plated ware, holloware, ironmongery of all sorts, and candles and soap of all sorts, per cwt. .. .. 3 0 5. Firearms of every description, 1 each 5 p I 6. Gunpowder, per lb 0 3 J 7. Manufactures of silk, cotton, linen, and all articles manufactured therefrom ; drapery, ha- \l berdashery, hosiery, millinery, S furs, hats, boots, shoes, con- £j fectionery, bottled fruits, dried P| fruits, mustard, olive oil, a pickles, preserves, sauces, j| spices, and oilmen's stores of all kinds, measuring outside | the packages, per cubic foot 4 O || 8. Spirits and strong waters of * every kind, sweetened or other- s| wise, of any strength not ex- -| ceedipg the strength of proof ■: by Sykes's hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any P5 greater strength than the ij strength of proof, per gallon 9 O lg 9. Sugar (raw and refined) of all kinds, and treacle and molasses, Jj per lb. .. 0 1 10. Tea, per lb 0 4>- d 11. Tobacco, per lb. ... ... 16 4 12. Wine (in wood and bottle), F| containing less than' 25 per J cent, of alcohol of a. specific j| gravity of-825 at the tempera- •§ ture of 60 degrees Fahrenheit's \M thermometer, per gallon ... 3 0 (| 13 Anchors and chains, and.rod, .1 bolt, bar, sheet, hoop, and pig | iron and sails, sail cloth j cord- |! age, twine, cotton yarn, bags, M sacks, and wool packs, spirits^ . - i of tar and turpentine,^ tobacco .. for sheepwash, nuts of aU kinds, 'yy ' powder fit only for blasting -■ purposes, and all onenuriierated 9' •-' :. goods, wares and merchandise JFtfe«#