CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 51, 27 September 1864, Page 2

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Chargeable under thb " Customs Duties Act, 1858," in all Ports of New Zealand : — 1. Ale, beer, cider, and perry iv wood, per 5. d. gallon ... ..." 0 6 Ale, beer, cider and perry in bottles, per gallon ... ... ... ... 1 0 2. Cigars and snuff, per lb. ... ... 3 0 3. Cori'ee, chicory, cocoa, and chocolate, per lb. 0 3 k. Cutlery, hardware, plated ware, holloware, ironmongery of all sorts, and candles and soap of all 6orts, 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, mustard, olive oil, pickles, preserves, sauces, spices, and oilmen's stores of all kinds, measuring outside the packages, per cubic foot ... ... ... 40 3. 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 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 molassea, per lb. ... 0 1 10. Tea, per lb 0 4 11. Tobacco, per Ib. ... ... ... 1 6 12. Wine (in wood and bottle), containing leaa than 25 per cent, of alcohol or a specific gravity of '825 afc the temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer, per gallon ... ... 3 0 13. Anchors and chains, and rod, 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 waah, nuts of all lands, powder fit only for blasting purposes, and all , mjenanlerated goodb, wares and merchandise ... ... ... ... freo