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Southland Times, Issue 559, 12 September 1866, Page 4

Miscellaneous THE NEW CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1864. WHEREAS it is expedient to alter the duties of Customa payable on the importation of goods, wares, ane merchandise into the Colony of New Zealand : — Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand, in the Parliament assembled as follows : — I. The Short Title of this Act shall be the New Customs Duties Act, 1864. 11. The duties of Customs ohargeable, upon goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the Colony of New Zealand, shall cease and determine from and after the Bth of December, 1864. 111. From and after the Bth day of December, One Thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in lieu of such duties the following dut ; es of Customs shall be charged on all goods, wares, and merchandise hereinafter specified, imported into the Colony of New Zealand, or cleared from any warehouse for home consumption, that is to say : — £ s. d. 1. Ale, beer, galder, and perry, in wood — the cidlon 0 0 9 Ale, beer, gajer, and perry, in bottle— the sn lon 0 16 2. Cigars and oryff— the lb 0 4 6 3. Coffee, chicory, cocoa, and chocolate — the lb 0 0 3 4. Cutlery, hardware, plateware, holloware, an> ironmongery of all sorts, and candles and soap, all sorts — the cwt 0 4 0 6. Firearms of e\ery description — each 0 5 0 6 Gunpowder — the lb 0 0 3 7 Manufactures of silk, cotton linen, and wolen, and all articles manufactured therefrom : drapery, haberdashery, hosiery, millinery, furs, • hats, boots, shoes, confectionery, bottled fruits, dried fruits, mustard, olive oil, piciles, preserves, sauces, spices, and oilmen's stores of ali kinds, measuring outside the packages — the cubic foot 0 5 0 8. Spirits, and strong waters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise, of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Syke's hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof — the gallon 0 12 0 9. Sugar, raw and refined af all kinds and treacle and molasses the lb.. 0 0 1 10. Tea— the lb 0 0 6 11. Tobacco— the lb 0 2 6 12. Wine in wood containing less than than twenty-five per cent of alcohol of a specific gravity of .825 at the temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer —the gallon 0 4 0 13. Wine, in bottle, containing less than twenty-five per cent of alcohol of a specific gravity of 8.25 at the temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer — the gallon 0 5 0 14. Anchors and chains and rod, bolt, bar, and sheet, hoop and pig iron ; and nails, sailcloth, cordage' twine, cotton, yarn, bags, sticks, and woolpacks, spirits of tar and turpentine, tobacco for sheepwash, nuts af all kinds, powder only fit for blasting purposes, and all unenumerated goods, wares, and merchandise Free. IV. A drawback of the whole of such duties shall br allowed ior wines intended for the consumption of the officers of Her Majesty's troops in the Colony of New Zealand, and of the officers of Her Majesty's navy serving on board any of Her Majesty's ships in the seas adjoining thereto, or such wines may be landed on first importation, or delivered out of bond of free duty, subject in all cases to such regulations as the Governor shall from time to time prescribe. Provided always, that if any such wines shall be subsequently sold in the said colony except for the use or consumption of any of Her Majesty's military or naval officers as aforesaid, the same shall be forfeited and liable to seizure accordingly. V. All duties of Customs under this Act shall be charged and paid according to the standard imperial weights and measures, and where such duties are charged according to any specific quantity, weight or size, the same shall be chargeable rateably on any greater or less quantity, weight or size. VI. The duties of the Customs imposed by this Act shall be raised, levied, and paid under the provisions of "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858," anH subject also to all such provisions and regulations as may for the time being be in force for the collection, management, and receipt of the duties of import in the Colony of New Zealand. VII. The " Customs Duties Amendment Act, 1861," and the Military supplies Customs Act. 1862," shall apply to all duties of Customs payable under this Act. VIII. In the event of any increase under this Act in the duties of Customs chargeable upon any goods, wares, or merchandise, after the making ef any contract or agreement for the sale ior delivery of such goods duty free, it shall be lawful for the seller, in case such increase shall accrue before the clearance and delivery from the warehouse of such goods at such increased duty and after payment thereof to add so much moned to the contract price as will be equivalent to such increase of duty, and he shall be entitled to be paid and to sue for and recover the same. HATCH & HAVE S, INVjSRCARGILL, AND POST-OFFICE, RIVERTOIL Wholesale & Retail CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS, BEG respectfully to draw the attention ov Squatters, Settlers, and the inhabitants of the district, to their varied and well-assorted stock, comprising — Alum, Arsenic, Soft Soap, Sulphur Bluestone, Strychnine, Tow, Lint Carbonate of Soda, Tartaric Acid Magnesia, Seidlitz, Ginger-beer and Lemonade Powders Oiled Silk, Medicine Chests, Surgical Appliances "Flavoring Essences, Lemon, Peppermint, &c, &c. Essence of Rennets, Ginger, Spices Castor and Salad Oil, in bottles and bulk Cod Liver Oil, Langton's and De Jongh's Perfumery, Brushware, Stationery, &c. Holloway's .Pills and Ointment; Ayer's and Tovnsend's Sarsaparilla Pain Killer Cold-drawn linseed Oil, Turpentine, and French Polish Cockle's, Norton's, and ether Antibilious Pills Purified Epsom Salts, Cream of Tartar Quicksilver Every description of Garden and Agricu tural Seeds, mixed permanent Pasture Grass, guaranteed 200 Bushels of Provincial-grown Rye Grass in stock. Orders by post promptly attended to, and articles unattainable in the Province will be obtained through their friends in Melbourne, by «ach monthly mail steamer. Agents for Hume and Co.'s JEreated Waters and Cordials ; also ior the Southland Daily an * Weekly Times, and are authorised to collect subscriptions and accounts for Reynolds and Co. for (fix* Birwrton district, gouthluid.