CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 2, 10 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Chargeable under the ' Customs Duties Act, 1858/ in all Ports of New Zealand. 1. Ale, beer, cider and perry in wood, per gallon .. .. 0 0 Ale, beer, cider and perry, in bottles, per gallon ... ... I 0 2. Cigars and snuff, per lb. . . . 3 0 3. Coffee, chicory, cocoa, and chocolate, per lb .. .. ...OS 4. Cutlery, hardware, plated ware, holloware, ironmongery of all sorts, and candles and soap of . all sorts, per cwt. . . . . 3 0 f). Firearms of every description, each ... 5 0 0 Gunpowder, per lb 0 0 7. Manufactures of silk, cotton, linen, and all articles manufactured there'rom.; drapery, haberdashery, hosiery, millinery, furs, hats, boots, shoes, confectionery, bottled fruits, dned fruits, mustard, olive oil, pickles, preserves, sauces, spices, and oilmen's stores of all kinds, measuring outside the packages, per cubic foot 4 0 8. Spirits and strong waters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise, of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, per gallon 9 0 9. Sugar (raw and refined) of all kinds, and treacle and molasses, . per lb. . . 0 1 10. Tea, per lb * ... 0 4 11. Tobacco, per lb 16 12. Wine (in wood and bottle), containing less than 25 per cent, of alcohol of a specific gravity of 825 at the temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer, per gallon ... 3 0 Anchors and chains, and rod, 13 bolt, bar. sheet, hoop, and pig iron and sails, sail cloth, cordage, twine, cotton yarn, bags, sacks, and wool packs, spirits of tar and turpentine, tobacco for sheep wash, nufsof all kinds, powder fit only for blasting purposes, and allju nenumerated goods, wares and merchandise Free