CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 37, 1 February 1864, Page 7

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

©II AK&EABLE TmDBE THE " CUSTOMS DUTIES Act, 1858," in ail Poets op New ZEALAND. ' . 1. Ale, beer, eider and perry in wood, per gallon ... ... ... 0 6 Ale, beer, cider and perry, in f bottles, per gallon ... .i. 1 *1- 0 2. Cigars and Snuff, per lb ...... 3 0. 3. Coffee, chicoi'y, cocoa, and chocolate, per'lb 0 3 4. Cillery, hardware, plated ware, . „, hollowaro, ironmongery of all sorts, and candles and soap of all sorts, per cwt ... ... -3 ,0 5. Firearms of every description, each. 5 ,0 ' 6. Gunpowder, per lb ... ... 0 3 7. Manufactures of silk, cotton, linen, and all articles manufactured therefrom ; drapery, haberdashery, hosiery, - millinery, furs, hats,. boots, shoes, , confectionery, bottled fruits, dried fruits, mus- ; tarA, 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 r gallon .-. ... 9 Q 9. Sugar (raw and refined) of all kinds, and treacle and molasses, per _ ; lb —.P. I ! 10. Tea, perlb ... ' 0; 4 11. Tobacco, per lb" 1 6 12. .Wine (in wood .and bottle), containing less than 25" per cent, of alcohol or a specific gravity of .825 at the temperature of GO deg. Fahrenheit's thermometer^ ' per gallon ■;'..' .'.. '3; (y • 13. Anchors and chains, and VofTj.'bolt,, har, shoet, hoop, and pig iron and sails, sail clotil, cordage, twine, cotton yarn, bags, sacks, and wool packs, spirits "of tar turpentine, tobacco" for sheep. ' " wash, nuts of all kinds, 'powder, fit only for blasting purposes, - l and all uaemunorated, gootU} '• ' w^rfisanclmercUtpidig^ ,-,»• -IVeff