APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE OF RETURNS FROM PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN TARIFF.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, B-06a

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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE OF RETURNS FROM PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN TARIFF.

Laid on the Table by the Hon. Sir H. A. Atkinson, with the Leave of the House.

Articles. Present Bate of Duty. Duty collected, 1887. Bate fixed by Besolution. Estimated Annual Increase of Revenue. Ale and beer Aerated and mineral waters Bitters, cordials, and liqueurs Spirits at proof .. .. ) „ mixed .. .. I „ sweetened ., .. ) „ methylated Lime and lemon juice Syrups Tea.. Wine, sparkling „ Australian „ other Beef and pork, salted Biscuits, ships' „ other kinds Butter Chocolate confectionery Gapers Catsup Cheese Chutney Confectionery Curry powder and paste Drained peel Fish, dried, pickled, or salted .. „ (including sardines), potted or preserved Fruits, preserved Fruit pulp and partially-preserved fruit „ fresh Glucose Jams, jellies, marmalade, and preserves Meats, potted or preserved Milk, preserved Mustard .. .. .. Olives Oysters, preserved Peas, split Pepper and pimento, unground Pickles Provisions, preserved Raspberry vinegar .. .. Rice and rice-flour .. .. „ dressed, in bond .. „ into starch Salt Sauces Vegetables Opium Cigars, cigarettes, and snuff ,. Tobacco, unmanufactured Is. 3d. per gallon Free 14s. 6d. per gallon £ 1,762 Nil 521 Is. 6d. per gallon 20 per cent. 15s. per gallon £ 14s. 6d. per gallon 335,738 15s. per gallon 12,000 Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 4d. per lb. 6s. 6d. per gallon 4s. 6d. per gallon 5s, 6d. per gallon Free 3s. per cwt. 2d. per lb. Free Nil 201 Not specifi c 80,255 2,458 6,105 22,898 Nil 25 315 Nil Not specified Not specified Not specified Nil Not specified 1,500 Not specified Nil 273 Is. per gallon 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 6d. per lb. 8s. per gallon 5s. per gallon 6s. per gallon 20 per cent. 3s. per cwt. 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 3d. per lb. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 3d. per lb. 10s. per cwt. 34,000 3,000 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free 2s. per cwt. Id. per lb. 15 per cent. Freo Free Jd. per lb. ljd. per lb. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Id. per lb. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Is. per cwt. Id. per lb. 9d. per dozen pints Free 15 per cent. Jd. per lb. and 15 p.c. 4,928 88 Nil Nil Not specified 2,425 194 1,477 759 Not specified Not specified 68 Not specified 585 Nil Not specified 10,936 Not specified Not specified Nil 1,605 78 4,425 27,721 1,117 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 1*3. per lb. Jd. per lb. Id. per lb. 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 2s. per cwt. 2d. per lb. 2s. per dozen pints 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 6s. per 1001b. 4s. per 1001b. 2s. per 1001b. £1 per ton 20 per cent. 20 per cent. £2 per lb. 7s. per lb. 2s. 6d. per lb. 24,550 Freo 2s. per dozen pints 15 per cent. 20s. per lb. 6s. per lb. 2s. per lb. 6,750

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Approximate Estimate of Returns from Proposed Alterations in Tariff— continued.

Articles. I Present Kate of Duty. Duty collected, 1887. Bate fixed by Besolution. Estimated Annual Increase ol Revenue. Blacking and boot gloss Black lead Blue Candles Furniture, knife and plate powder and polish ©lue and size Matches, wooden 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Id. per lb. ljd. and Jd. per lb. £ 481 361 621 8,140 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 2d. per lb. 2d. per lb. Free Free 25 per cent, 25 per cant. Free 2s. per cwt. Free i Free 3s. 6d. per cwt. Not specified Nil 15 per cent. ljd. per lb. Is. per gross of boxes 2s. per gross of boxes 6d. per gallon 4s. per cwt. 2s. per cwt. 20 per cent. 5s. per cwt. | 7,700 | „ wax Olive oil, in bulk Paints and colours mixed ready for use Paints and colours ground in oil Sausage skins .. Soap, common „ powder, extract of soap, dry soap, and soft soap Nil 119 Nil Nil 246 13,850 Starch Stearine Varnish Washing powder Wax, paraffin, mineral, vegetable, and Japanese Brooms and brushes Brushware Bellows, except forge Buckets.and tubs of wood Cabinetware Furniture Mantelpieces Upholstery Wire mattresses and webbing Desks and dressing-cases 15 per cent. Id. per lb. Id. per lb. 6d. per gallon 15 per cent. Not specified 935 267 655 Not specified 20 per cent. 2d. per lb. ljd. per lb, Is. 6d. per gallon 20 per eent. Fancy goods and toys Id. per lb. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free Free 15 per cent. Free Not specified 1,064 45 Nil 190 Not specified 4,992 Not specified Not specified Not specified Not specified I 10,325 1 1 435 I Nil Not specified 5,947 Nil Nil Not specified Nil Not specified Not specified 15,720 445 3,052 Not specified Id. per lb. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 6d. per lb. 3d. per lb. 2d. per lb. Id. per lb. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. £1 per ton 3d. per lb. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 25 per cent. 15 per cent. 25 per cent. 7,350 Fireworks Magic lanterns Musical instruments .. „ for public worship.. Statues, statuettes, casts, and bronzes .. Walkingsticks Baskets and wickerware Hair brushes and combs Oil, perfumed Boots, &c. Boot and shoe vamps and uppers Harness and saddlery .. „ oil, &c. Leather .. .. .. J 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 3s. to 12s. doz. pair 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Id. per lb. 2,928 J 12,650 Portmanteaus, &c. Filters Fish paste Chaff Acetic acid Cod-livor oil, refined Glycerine, refined Patent and proprietary medicines Pearl ash, &c. Sarsaparilla Jd. per lb. 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. Free Gd. per gallon Free Free 102 Nil Not specified Nil 219 Nil Nil Not specified Nil Not specified Nil \ 6 I 6,711 224 1,731 1,066 ' Not specified Not specified 864 ] Nil Nil Nil Nil 4,617 Nil 1,214 25,952 Not specified Not specified 2,950 Soda ash and carbonate Stationery, manufactured Ink Paper bags Paper, wrapping 15 per cent. Free 14s. 6d. per gallon Free { Is. per cwt. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 5s. per cwt. 2s. per cwt. 2s. 6d. per cwt. 15 per cent. Is. per cwt. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 7s. 6a. the cwt. 4s. the cwt. 5s. the cwt. 25 per eent. 5s. the cwt. 10s. the cwt. 7s. 6d. the cwt. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 3,600 Pictorial calendars, &c. Cordage, coir .. .. \ „ white lines .. .. \ „ other kinds Twine, seaming, &o. .. Drainage pipes and tiles .. Earthen tiles „ gas-retorts Earthenware, &c. Firebricks and fireclay good3 .. Chinaware, &c. Apparel .. .. .. Bonnets, trimmed Collars and cuffs 5s. per cwt. Free Free Free Free 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 2,650

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Approximate Estimate of Returns from Proposed Alterations in Tariff— continued.

£212,000 Less estimated loss of revenue on goods made free .. 5,000 207,000 Primage duty .. .. .. .. .. 58,000 Total.. .. .. .. £265,000 {Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,400 copies), £3 7s.]

Authority: George Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Articles. Present E« a of Duty. Duty collected, 1887. Bate fixed by Resolution. Estimated Annual Increase of Revenue Drapery, made up „ not otherwise enumerated Furs Feathers Haberdashery Hats and caps Millinery, trimmed „ not otherwise enumerated Shirts Trousers Umbrellas, &c. Blankets, rugs, and shawls Hosiery, woollen Woollen piece goods Cotton, linen and silk piece goods „ counterpanes „ linen and silk manufactures 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. I 102,585 | Not specified 32 8,064 4,291 I 4,317 | Not specified Not specified 91G 2,525 5,921 12,033 2,814 Not specified Linen, 721; silk, 1,108 Nil . Nil Not specifie Nil 275 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Not specified 305 Not specified a 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. £ 44,600 Holland, rough brown Machinery Metal manufactures Bolts and nuts Brass cocks, &c. Boilers Ohafi-outters, &o. Grab-winches, &e. Fire-engines and hose.. Sas-pipes 3alvanised-iron manufactures .. ■ Tinware and tin stamped Japanned and lacquered metalware Zincware Iron and zinc tiles, &c. „ bridges and material „ gates, &c. „ plain galvanised sheet „ tanks, large „ tanks, small „ weighbridges „ barbed fencing wire „ pipes „ columns „ doors „ and wire-work Lawn-mowers Pumps Railway and tramway plant Sad irons Steam-engines and parts Waterworks pipes .. Oement Carriages, Bicycles, &c. Buggy shafts and carriage shafts, &o. 3ompleted parts of carriages, &c. Bags Free Free 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. Free Free Free Free Free 15 % and 2s. per cwt. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Is. per cwt. Free 4s. and Is. per ewt. Free 5s. each 2a. 6d. each Free Is. per cwt. Free Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free Free Free 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 5 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 30s. per ton. 10s. each. 5s. each. 20 per cent. 2s. per cwt. 5 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 5 per cent. 2s. per barrel. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 5 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 19,000 } ■ ! Nil 14 Nil 487 50 Nil 22,150 15 per cent. Free Free Is. per barrel 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Various Free Free Free Free Freo 15 per cent, and Free Free Not specified Nil Nil Not specified Not specified Nil Nil Nil Not specified Nil Nil 4,297 774 Nil Not specified Nil 149 Not specified 85 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Not specified Nil 100 1,000 Cartridges areenstone Marble, &c, not dressed „ dressed Photographic chemicals goods Farpaulins, &o. .. Wooden blocks 1,800