CUSTOMS DITTIES.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 2

CUSTOMS DITTIES.

Chaeq-eable tinder the " Cttstoms Dtttibs Act, 1858," in alii Poets op New Zealand^: — " 1. Ale, beer, cider, and perry in wood, per s. d. 'gallon .... O 6 Ale,' "beer, cidor and perry in bottles, per gallon 1 0 2. Cigars'and snuff, per lb 3 0 3. Coffee, chicory, cocoa, and chocolate, perlb 0 3 4. Cutlery, hardware, plated -ware, - holloware, ironmongery of all sorts, and candles and soap of all sorts, per cwt. , 3 0 6. Firearms of every description, each ... v 5 0 6. Gunpowder, per lb. ... ... ... 0 3 7~> Manufactures of Bilk, cotton linen, and all articlee 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 pack--1 , ages/ per cubic foot ... ... ... 04| 8. , Spirits ->and strong waters of every | " ' kind, sweetened or otherwise, of any , j strength not exceeding the strength I of proof by Sjrkes's liydroineter, and I 1 ;sb on in proportion for any propor- I ' tion 'for any greater strength than the ' strength of proof, per gallon ... 9 0 1 9. Sugar (raw and refined) of all kinds, and treacle and molasses, per lb. ... 0 1 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 60 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer, per gallon ... ... 3 0 13. Anchors and chains, and rod, bolt, bar, i 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, nuts of all kinds, powder fit only for blasting purposes, and all unenumerated goods, wares and merchandise i .;■.'..: free.