The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3980, 30 September 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1881.

The Customs and Excise Duties Act passed last session, provides for the sub* stitution of certain duties in lieu of those hitherto payable, and as some uncertainty exists iv the miuds of most people as to the goods affected, we cannot do better than give the clauses of the Act referring to the same. Clause 2 says :—Upon the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid to Her Majesty upon the same on importation into the colony, or on being cleared from any warehouse for home consumption the several duties following:— "Bacon and hams, 2d the lb; iron nails, 2s the cwt; iron tanks, of and *uuder 200 gallons. 2s 6d each ; j ims, jellies, marmalade, and preserves, lid the lb, or reputed package of that weight, aud so in proportion for packages of greater or less reputed weight; maize, 9d tbe 1001 bs; maizena and cornflour, Is the lOOlbs; soap, scented and fancy, 25 per cent, ad valorem ; wool packs, of the kind known as ' wool pockets,' and not exceeding the measurement of 18 x 21 x 30 inches, Is 3d the dozen. The articles next hereinafter mentioned shall be exempt from duties of Customs on the importation thereof into the colony, namely: Alum, axes and hatchets, borax, calicoes, white and grey in the piece; carriage materials — namely, American clotb, shafts, spokes, felloes, naves, and tacks ; chaff, cheese cloth, colored cotton shirtings (in the piece), corduroy (cotton) in the piece; cotton dress prints, navy blue, or other similar description in the piece; gold size, Hessian bags, iron wire netting, moleskin (in the piece), nitric acid, rough brown holland (in the piece), sewing cottons, silks, and threads; spades, shovels, and forks; tailors' trimmings—namely, black and brown canvas, silesias, verona, Italian cloth, metal aud bone buttons, silk and cotton bindings. Section 4 of The Customs Tariff Act, 1880, is hereby repealed. In lieu of the bonus specified in section 12 of the Tobacco Act, 1879, the following provisions shall take effect on and after the passing of this Act, namely :—The duty upon tobacco manufactured in the colony shall be ono shilling in the pound ; and this rate of duty shall remain iv force until the 31st day of December, 1886, unless previously altered by Act of the General Assembly. In lieu of the duty imposed by the third section of The Excise Duties Act, 1874, there shall be paid, levied, and collected on all spirits distilled within the colony, the following excise duly, that is to say—on every gallon of spirits of the strength of proof by Sykes'hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, eight shillings per gallon. And such rate of duty shall, unless previously altered by the General Assembly, remain in force until the 31st day of December, 1886."