COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES COLLECTED DURING THE YEARS 1887 AND 1889.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1890 Session I, B-23

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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES COLLECTED DURING THE YEARS 1887 AND 1889.

Laid on the Table by the Hon. E. Mitchelson, with the Leave of the Rouse.

Comparative Table of Customs Duties collected during the Years 1887 and 1889.

1890. NEW ZEALAND.

1887. 1889. Articles. Rate. Duty collected. Increase in 1889. Decrease in 1889. Rate. Duty collected. Lcid— Acetic Tartaric .erated and mineral waters Jkali — Soda ash ,, carbonate „ bicarbonate „ crystals .pparel and slops _rms — Sporting Pistols, &c. Gaps (percussion) Cartridges Cartridge-cases Powder (sporting) Shot Sacon and hams— Hams Sags and sacks — Plour-bags Unenumerated Sagging Sasket- and wickerware .. Seer— Bottled Bulk Siscuits— Eancy Plain Slacking Slacklead due .. ... ■ Soots and shoes.. Srassware Sricks (fire) .rush-ware and brooms .. Suckets and tubs — Iron Wood landles Sards (playing) Sarpeting and druggeting Jarriages and carts Perambulators Bicycles and tricycles .. Sarriage materials lement 'heese Shicory Shinaware Sider and perry — Bottled In wood 6d. per gal. Id. per lb. free .. 2s. per cwt. Is. Is. 15 per cent. .. 15 15 Is. per 1,000 .. various Is. per 1,000 .. 6d. per lb. 10s. per cwt. .. 2d. per lb. free 15 per cent. .. free Is. 6d. per gal. Is. 3d. £ 219 749 6 213 823 25,952 977 21 378 85 50 1,249 1,654 24 "l49 20,305 1,762 ljd. per lb. Id. 20 per cent. .. Is. per cwt. .. Is. Is. 2s. 25 per cent. .. 15 15 Is. per 1,000 .. 15 per cent. .. 15 6d. per lb. 10s. per cwt. .. 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 15 and 20 per cnt. 15 per cent. .. 20 Is. 6d. per gal. Is. 6d. „ £ 495 313 238 191 42 206 1,009 82,556 850 25 335 429 129 1,412 1,749 14 169 749 73 150 19,242 1,310 £ 276 "238 191 36 "l86 56,604* 4 344 79 163 95 169 600 73 150 £ 436 7 127 4310 1,063 446 2d. per lb. 3s. per cwt. 15 per cent. .. 15 Id. per lb. various 15 per cent. .. free 15 per cent. 315 25 481 361 621 15,720 275 2d. per lb. 3s. per cwt. 20 per cent. 20 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. .. 20 20 20 101 10 412 257 876 21,746 726 32 1,868 255 6,026 451 32 759 214 15 69 104 1*109 15 15 lid. per lb. .. 6d. per pack .. 15 per cent. 15 free 15 per cent. .. free Is. per barrel .. free 3d. per lb. 15 per cent. .. 182 8 8,140 1,217 2,647 622 "l52 25 20 2d. per lb. 6d. per pack .. 15 per cent. 20 20 20 20 2s. per barrel .. 20 per cent. .. 3d. per lb. 20 per cent. .. Is. 6d. per gal. Is. 6d. „ 20 per cent. .. 283 31 8,215 962 4,440 630 233 453 35 10,289 7 53 1,-567 101 23 75 1,793 8 233 301 35 - 5,992 7 "255 4,297 95 1,214 "353 42; Is. 6d. per gal. Is. 3d. 15 per cent. .. 68 17 784 21 5 1,256 47 12 472 Hocks ..

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,-•,■ 1887. 1889. Articles. Increase in 1889. Decrease in 1889. Rate. Duty collected. Eate. Duty collected. £ 2,906 76 £ 2,297 £ £ 609 76 Cocoa and chocolate Cocoa beans Coffee— Raw Boasted Combs 3d. per lb. Id. „ 3d. per lb. free Confectionery Copperwaro Cordage Corks (cut) Cotton (piece-goods) Cutlery Boors Drapery Drugs, see Medicines, patent .. Druggists' wares „ cream of tartar Earthenware Eggs .. Electroplatedware Fancy goods Feathers (ornamental), .sec Millinery Fireworks FishDried, pickled, and salted Potted and preserved Flour Flowers (artificial) Fruits — Bottled Dried (unenumerated) Currants Raisins Fresh Pulp Furniture and upholstery Casaliers and chandeliers Glass— Plato Window Glassware Grain and pulse— Barley Beans and peas Linseed Maize Malt Peas (split) Peanuts 3d. „ 5d. „ under Brushware (15 per cent. .. \ 2d. per lb. .. 15 per cent. .. 5s. per cwt. 15 per cent. .. 15 15 2s. each 15 per cent. 15 15 Id. per lb. 15 per cent. free 15 per cent. 15 15 free 4,757 32 1,500 1,007 37 864 464 2,814 2.080 18 102,585 5,660 3,805 361 4,617 3d. per lb. 5d. ,, 20 per cent. 2d. per lb. 3d. „ 20 per cent. .. 20 15 10 20 2s. each 20 per cent. 15 15 Id. per lb. 20 per cent. 20 20 20 25 20 3,753 44 118 1,628 396 42 1,246 489 11,852 3,610 1 56,519 1,950 3,829 888 7,151 7 1,339 13,870 979 139 12 118 483 5 382 25 9,038 1,570 1,004 17 46,066* 3,710 903 10,325 32 24 527 2,534 7 436 3,545 947 139 2s. per cwt. Id. per lb. Is. per 1001b. .. 15 per cent. .. 273 4,928 1,016 61 10s. per cwt. .. 2d. per lb. Is. per 1001b. .. 20 per cent. .. 987 5,836 22 148 714 908 "994 87 Is. per doz. Id. and 2d. per lb. 2d. per lb. 2d. free 18 3,732 20,512 8,590 20 2d. per lb. 2d. „ 2d. „ id. „ lid. „ 25 per cent. 20 543 3,558 19,676 8,967 3,647 14 4,061 113 525 377 3,647 14 "l74 836 15 per cent. 15 4'992 252 "831 139 15 2s. per 100ft. .. 15 per cent. 816 1,609 2,039 15 2s. per 100ft. .. 15 per cent. 870 1,302 2,292 54 253 "367 9d. per cental.. 9d. 9(1. 9d. 2s. per bushel.. Is. per cwt. 9d. per cental.. 115 19 2 3 94 68 49 2s. per cental .. 9d. 9d. 9d 2s. per bushel.. 2s. per cwt. 9d. per cental.. (6s. per cwt. .. 12s. 9d. per cental.. 9d. 20 per cent. 20 (15 . .. (20 3 16 9 8 102 89 37 12,500 12 7 5 8 21 112 3 12 Rice id. per lb. 10,936 1 i 1,576 Wheat Unenumerated Grindery Haberdashery 9d. per cental.. 9d. 15 per cent. 15 218 12 287 8,064 8 55 2,996* 572 24,078 218 4 232 5,068 Hardware and ironmongery 15 19,308 > 5,342 Hats and caps — Straw Felt and other materials Holloware Hops Hosiery Indiarubber goods Ink (writing) Instruments (musical) Iron— Bolts and nuts Galvanised (corrugated) Castings Galvanised (plain sheet) Gates and posts Galvanised hoop Tanks 15 15 15 6d. per lb. 15 per cent. .. 15 15 15 1,806 2,484 400 1,283 5,921 51 224 5,947 20 20 20 6d. per lb. 20 per cent. 20 20 20 and 15 per cent. 20 per cent. .. 2s. per cwt. 20 per cent. .. Is. 6d. per cwt. 20 per cent. Is. 6d. per cwt. 10s. each 5s. „ (Is. per cwt. .. \ 2s. (20 per cent. .. 25 -, 4,112 6,544 571 1,302 11,570 146 399 6,493 2,306 4,060 171 19 5,649* 95 175 546 free 2s. per cwt. free .. 12 \ 926 383 15,137 6 1,309 5 298 892 84 5,802 3,860 894 355 383 2,211 6 1,309 4s. per cwt. free .. 5s. each 2s. 6d. each .. 14 298 405 • 34 9 487 50 Wire (fencing) Is. per cwt. 7-, 039 1 3,517 Galvanised manufactures Pipes— Cast Wrought free 5 5 819 563 355 819 563

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'-*»' 1889. 1887. Article. Increase in 1889. Decrease in 1889. Rate. Duty collected. Rate. Duty collected. Isinglass Jams, &c. Jewellery Lamps and lanterns Lead — Pipe Sheet Manufactures.. Leather Boot uppers Manufactures Chamois Lime-juice Linen (piece-goods) Machinery— Engines (steam) Boilers Parts of Flourmill Sawmill Spinning and weaving .. Wool- and hay-pressing Unenumerated Marble — Wrought Unwrought Matches and vestas fi 15 per cent. .. lid. per lb. 15 per cent. 15 £ 137 2,425 2,809 1,222 15 per cent. 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 15 £ 139 1,426 4,491 1,185 £ 2 1*682 £ 999 37 3s. 6d. per cwt. free 20 3s. 6d. per cwt. Is. 6d. 15 per cent. various 20 percent. f 20 (15 . 20 20 7 984 7 2,550 389 2,201 102 144 1,475 984 7 544 13 various 15 per cent. 15 2,006 445 922 56 1 ) 1,381 15 per cent. 15 „ "201 721 744 57 free 20 20 20 20 20 „ ■ .. 20 20 20 206 202 146 218 29 450 6 2,510 206 202 146 218 29 450 6 2,510 25 per cent. 7,700 20 5 various J* 15 per cent. .. 1 20 15 479 16 11,668 242 749 636 479 16 3,968 Mats and rugs 15 388 ] J 603 Matting MealLinseed Maizena and cornflour.. Oaten Unenumerated MeatsPotted and preserved .. Salted Medicine (patent) Milk (preserved) Millinery Mustard Nails 15 421 215 Is. per cental. Is. Is. Is. 6 290 2 21 Is. per cental .. -Jd. per lb. Is. per cental.. Is. 1 473 1 26 "l83 5 1 5 15 per cent. free under Drugs .. 15 per cent. 15 Id. per lb. 2s. and 3s. per cwt. 6d. per gal. 194 20 per cent. 20 " „ 25 20 20 2d. per lb. 2s. and 3s. per cwt. 6d. per gal. 154 3 7,694 1,397 4,458 1,261 3,328 40 3 7,694 1,477 4,317 759 3,083 141 502 245 80 Naphtha NutsAlmonds Unenumerated OilCastor in bottle Chinese Colza Kerosene Linseed Olive Paraffin Petroleum Salad Unenumerated „ in bottle Oil- and floor-cloth 9 21 12 2d. and 3d. per lb. 2d. per lb. 5S4 505 2d. and 3d. per lb. 2d. per lb. 305 434 279 71 6d. per gal. 15 per cent. .. 6d. per gal. 6d. 6d. 6d. free Od. per gal. 6d. 15 per cent. .. 6d. per gal. 15 per cent. .. 15 1,781 45 235 483 22,452 3,170 6d. per gal. 15 per cent. 6d. per gal. 6d Od. 6d. Od. 6d. 6d. 15 per cent. 6d. per gal. 15 per cent. 15 (15 . ( 20 40s. per lb. 15 per cent. 2,470 137 113 351 31,003 4,726 567 12 219 547 1,822 104 3,683 1,445 1,030 7,577 651 689 92 '' 122 132 8,551 1,556 567 4 211 8 8 625 1,184 149 2,760 "638 78 "923 4,5 Oilmen's stores 15 3,329 1 854 Opium Paintings and engravings Paints and colours — Ground in oil Mixed Paper — 20s. per lb. 15 per cent. 4,425 480 3,152 175 free 2s. per cwt "ll9 2s. per cwt. 4s. 2,019 230 2,019 111 Bags 5s. 1,731 f 7s. 6d. per cwt. {25 per cent. .. 15 4s. and 5s.' per cwt. 5d. per lb. 3d. „ 25 per cent. 20 2s."per doz. pts. 15 per cent. 15 243 857 2,323 1,414 I 631 Hangings Wrapping PeelCandied Dried Perfumery " Photographic goods Pickles.. Picture frames and mouldings Pipes (tobacco) .. 15 per cent. 2s. and 2s. 6d. per cwt. 3d. per lb. free 25 per cent. .. free .. j9d. per doz. pts. 15 per cent. 15 2,785 1,066 "348 462 1,366 581 1,213 744 -495 894 813 1,778 iJ213 785 _ "972 228 585 603 865 495 309 210 -913

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,_,' 1887. 1889. Articles. Increase in 1889. Decrease ill 1889. Rate. Duty collected. Rate. Duty collected. Plaster of Paris Plate, of silver Platedwaro Portmanteaux and travelling-bags Potatoes Provisions (preserved) Pumps Putty .. Railway plant Rugs (opossum, &c.) Saccharine Saddlery and harness Is. per cask .. 15 per cent. 15 15 free £ 26 199 726 102 free 20 per cent. 20 20 20 20 20 2s. per cwt. 20 percent. .. 20 5s. per oz. 15 and 20 per cent. 10s. per ton .. 3s. per doz. pts. 20 per cent. 25 20 £ 251 1,814 345 16 350 311 213 54 320 6 3,679 £ 52 1,088 243 16 350 311 213 54 95 6 627 £ 26 15 per cent. .. 225 15 per cent. 3,052 Salt .. free 2s. per doz. pts. free 15 per cent. .. 15 *L605 4,831 1,723 927 17,618 48 4,831 118 927 17,510* 19 Sauces Sausage-skins Silks Skins (furs and pelts) Soap— Common Fancy Spices Spirits— 2s. 6d. per cwt. 25 per cent. 3d. and Id. per lb. 1,108 29 246 1,415 2,184 5s. per cwt. 25 per cent. 4d.and2d.perlb. 50 1,227 2,669 190 188 485 Brandy 14s. 6d. per gal. 80,713 (15s. per gal. .. 116s. 16s. (15s. ties. (15s. (16s. Is. 21s. j 15s. (16s. j 15s. (16s. 15s. (15s. 116s. 15 per cent. .. 2d. per lb. 15 per cent. .. - 20 25 lid. per'lb. .. 20 per cent. 47,074 17,708 270 1,486 22,300 485 3,000 150 1,361 21,970 1,574 128,728 32,609 1,775 13 2,779 156 6,120 3,729 157 0,200 30 71 t r 15,913 Bitters and cordials 14s. 6d. 521 251 Geneva Gin .. 14s. 6d. 39,153 1 i 15,367 14s. 6d. 8,320 4,775 Methylated .. Perfumed free 21s. per gal. .. 1,' 254 150 107 Rum Whisky 14s. 6d. per gal. 14s. 6d. 27,386 173,138 \ j 3,842 11,801 Spirits of wine 14s. 6d. 2,958 1,183 Unenumerated 14s. Od. 3,549 757 Sponges Starch 15 per cent. 3s. per cwt. 145 935 11 5,185 Stationery 15 per cent. 6,711 i 3,375 Stearine Stone (wrought) Sugar — Raw Refined Glucose Molasses and treacle Sulphur Tarpaulins and tents Tea Textile piece-goods, unenumerated Id. per lb. free .. 207 237 71 id. per lb. id id. „ id. . Is. per cwt. free .. 4d. per lb. 15 per cent, un head (2s. per 100ft... (4s. various free 15 per cent, f 2s. per lb. (3s. 6d. per lb. 6s. per lb. 6s. „ 6s. „ 15 per cent, free .. 6d. per gal. 15 per cent. 15 15 6d. per gal. 2,614 101,282 1,563 1,552 126 Jd. per lb. id. „ id. „ id. „ 6d. per cwt. .. 15 per cent. 6d. per lb. 20 per cent. 483 98,771 1,261 1,942 135 114 92,406 6,341 390 9 114 12,151 6,341* 2,131 2,511 302 80|255 der various ings 1,335 136 430 2s. per 100ft. .. 4s. various 15 per cent. .. 25 2s. per lb. 3s. 6d. per lb. .. 7s. „ .. 7s. „ 7s. 20 per cent. .. 20 Od. per gal. 20 per cent. 15 20 Is. 6d. per gal. 2,387 150 435 144 1,844 2,004 198,447 18,609 14,709 910 545 10 1,048 2,047 467 2,701 1,630 1,052 14 Timber.. Posts, rails, &o. Shafts, spokes, &c. Tinware 305 1,117 197,709 16,993 9,850 878 435 144 1,539 887 738 1,616 4,859 32 110 10 411 1,356 1 Tobacco Cigars Cigarettes Snuff Toys .. Tramway plant Turpentine Twine .. „ reaper-and-binder Umbrellas and parasols Varnish Vegetables — Fresh Preserved Vinegar Watches - .. Wax .. Whiting and chalk Wine — In wood jreo .. 15 per cent. Od. per gal. 15 per cent, under Stearine Is. per cwt. 637 691 1,090 916 655 20 per cent. .." 20 6d. per gal. 20 per cent. lid. per lb. Is. per cwt. 191 80 1,735 3,241 1,370 488 L845 975. 191 2 "629 78 2,321 a, 149 "586 92 1,370* 557 69 5s. 6d. per gal. 17,551 6s. per gal. 16,383 1,168

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>V 1887. 1889. Article. Increase in 1887. Decrease in 1889. Rate. Duty collected. Duty collected. Rate. Wine — continued. Bottled Sparkling Australian Woodenware Woollens blankets Woolpacks 5s. 6d. per gal. 6s. 6d. „ 4s. 6d. „ 15 per cent. 15 15 2s. 6d. and Is. 3d. per dozen under Woollens £ I 5,347 2,458 6,105 582 I 12,033 2,525 4,883 6s. per gal. 9s 5s. 15 per cent. 20 20 2s. 6d. and 6d. per dozen 20 per cent. £ 4,573 2,691 7,997 1,410 21,662 3,140 2,972 £ 233 1,892 828 9,629* 615 £ 774 1,909 Yarn .. .Zinc— Perforated (sheet) Manufactures 882 882 15 per cent. 15 76 3 25 25 121 69 45 66 Total increase of Customs duties in 1889 (after deduction of drawbacks from 1889 totals), exclusive of primage Primage 128,479 55,888 £184,307 56,604 Total including primage Apparel Drapery Haberdashery Hosiery Silks Textiles Woollens 46,066 5,068 5,649 17,510 6,341 9,029 Total increase in above items grouped 95,733 51,134 j £44,599 Excise— Tobacco Cigars and cigarettes Is. per lb. Is. „ 445 344 Is. per lb. Is. 6d. per lb. .. 1,167 410 722 06 789 £1,577 £788 * These figures represent increase a: ijoods for duty, some of the amounts are nd decrease under not reliable for pur] trade return poses of coin] headings, but, owing to change! >arison. in the mode of entering