CUSTOMS TARIFF. (RETURNS SHOWING, COMPARATIVELY, AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM ALTERATIONS OF RATES IN 1895-96, 1896-97, AND 1897-98.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898 Session I, H-37

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1898. NEW ZEALAND.

CUSTOMS TARIFF. (RETURNS SHOWING, COMPARATIVELY, AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM ALTERATIONS OF RATES IN 1895-96, 1896-97, AND 1897-98.)

Laid on the Table of the House of 'Representatives by Leave. "_'■■ • : '.'.,

Beturn showing Items on which there has been a Change of Bate. in the .Customs Tariff, with a Comparison of the Amount; of Duty paid from the Ist October,, 1895, to the 31st March, 1896, with what would have been paid if the former Bates of Duty had continued. [Note.—The Customs and Excise Duties Bill was finally repotted from Committee of the whole House on the 26th September, 1895. This return is commenced from Ist October, 1895, to fit in with the quarterly statistical returns.]

"_ * Estimated, t Included in " Oilmen's storesi"

Item. Amount of Duty paid, 1st October, 1895, to . 31st March, 1896. Duty payable if former Bate had continued. . Increase. Decrease. Alkali —Soda-ash Animals —Horses Apparel made to order ... Arms— Caps, percussion Cartridges, 10-24 bore £ £ ■■■ 238 £ £ 238 "*273 477 "300 273 177 „ n.o.e Cartridge-cases Firearms 1,136 231 143 656 9,683 240 • 683* . 174... 78*.. 492 7,262-.. 412* 453 57 65 164 2,421 240 Beer ... Belting, other than leather Beverages— Coffee-essence. + Limejuice, sweetened ... Unenumerated. t Boots, and shoes Brushware — Brooms N.o.e. Carpeting and druggeting Casks, empty ... 105 14,270 84 12,680 21 1,590 412 180 839 1,743 37 144 671 1,307 28 36 168 436 9

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Return showing the Items on which there has been a Change of Rate in the Customs Tariff, &c. — continued.

* Estimated. t Included in " Oilmen's stores." . , % Included in " Drugs and chemicals."

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Item. Amount of Duty paid, 1st October, 1895, to 31st Maroh, 1896. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decrease. Cigarettes Coffee, raw Cork, cut Cotton piece-goods Drapery —Laces ... ... .••-.' Drugs — Baking-powder, t Chemicals, druggists' sundries, and tinctures Essences, flavouring.+ Floorcloth and oilcloth ... Fruits— Bottled and preserved... Fresh, apples, &c. (Id. per lb.) ... Preserved in sulphurous acid ... Furniture and plate polish, t Gelatine and isinglass ... Glass— Mirrors Plate, bevelled „ other kinds Glassware £ 16,150 958 508 10,753 893 £ 15,253* 1,437 381 6,915* 851* £ 897 127 3,838 42 £ "479 6,661 4,608* 2,053 3,865 2,899 966 582 1,554 46 466 777 23 116 111 23 299* 224 75 408 260 396 1,595 79 94 245 156 297 1,196 163 104 99 399 79 11 Grease Grindery—Heel-plates ... ... Harness composition.t Hats and caps ... Instruments, musical, n.o.e. Iron-wire Fencing—• Barbed Plain Jellies, concentrated ... ... Lamps and lanterns Leather and leather belting ... ... Leather — Chamois Manufactures (22| per cent.) ... Liquorice.| ) Machinery—jAgricultural ... .., ... ... Dairying ... ... ... - ... Dredging ... Electric Flour-milling Gas-making ... ... ... Mining ... ... ... ... Portable and traction-engines ... Printing ! ... ... Eefrigerating Woodworking — Woollen-milling Unenumerated (5 per cent.) Malt,rice-malt Marble, dressed ... Matches, wax (Is. 2d., Is. 9d., 5s., 2s. 6d.)... Mats and matting Medicines, patent ... ; ... .... Metal— '- Manufactures ...( ••• Weighbridges Milk, preserved ... ... .... Millinery ... Oilmen's stores Onions 7,222 804 154 892 1,899 41 730 402 19 1 397 136 500* 559 b8 16 531 60 128 321 60 325 3,739 489 6,119 83 5,778 603 2,646 3,213 77 669 1,267* 31 648 - 1,444 201 77 223 632 10 82 402 19 1 397 136 2,646 3,213 "500 1,000... 559 66 16 531 "240 • 512 180 384 36* 260 4,172 367 ... 3,885 321 24 65 433 "l22 2,234 946* 152* 1,506 2,458 2,142 159 , . 941* 114* ■ 1,205 1,966* 1,836* 241* 5 38 301 492 306 "~M

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Return showing the Items on which there has been a Change of Rate in the Customs Tariff, &c.— continued.

W. T. Glasgow, Department of Trade and Customs, Secretary and Inspector I Wellington, 19th September, 1898.

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Item. Amount of Duty paid, 1st October, 1895, to 31st March, 1896. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decn ase. Paints— Ground in oil Mixed ready for use ... Paper, wrapping-•• ... * Peel, candied and dried ... Perfumed spirits Photographic goods and chemicals Pickles ..-.- ... Pictures, paintings, &c. ... Picture-frames... Portmanteaux ... Saccharine Saddlery and harness Sauces £ 1,630 335 460 17 896 263 461 252 82 265 2 1,956 868 715 £ 1,304 268 430* 12* 627 252* 251* 189 62 212 1 1,871* 698* 571* 90 159,477* £ 326 67 30 5 269 11 210 63 20 53 1 85 170 144 £ Sausage-skins ... Sheepshears Spirits „ methylated, in bond Stationery Stone, granite ... Sulphur Tarpaulins Tea ... Tinctures (Excise) Tobacco-pipes ... Turpentine ..... Twine, binder ... Varnish and gold size ... Woodenware ... Woolpacks Woolpockets .. 166,411 141 7,165 123 22 33,162 3 1,280 5,873* 98 43 14 49,743 6,934 141 1,292 25 8 "90 43 16',581 768 1,729 99* 1,219* 369 291 3 512 1,729 99 1,707 493 488 124 291 Totals 326,558 318,872 35,326 27,640 • Estimated. Increase £35,326 Decrease 27,640 Net increase £7,686

H.—37.

Return showing the Articles on which the Rate of Duty was Changed by "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895"; the Amount of Duty paid from the 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897; with the Amount which would have been paid if the Rates of Duty had not been changed.

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Item. .mount of Duty paid in Year ending 31st March, 1897. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decrease. Alkali—Soda-ash Animals—Horses Apparel made to order ... Arms— Caps, percussion Cartridges, 10-24 bore £ £ 328 £ £ 328 "767 844 '"527 767 317 „ n.o.e. Cartridge-cases Firearms 1,380 397 165 876 18,339 258 831* 298 90* 657 13,754 1,494 549 99 75 219 4,585 258 Beer ... Belting other than leather Beverages— Coffee-essence Limejuice, sweetened ... Unenumerated Boots and shoes Brush ware— Brooms N.o.e. Carpeting and druggeting Casks, empty ... ... ... ... Cigarettes ... ... ... ... Coffee, raw Cork, cut Cotton piece-goods ... ... ... Drapery—Laces Drags— Baking-powder Chemicals, druggists' sundries, and tinctures Essences, flavouring Floorcloth and oilcloth ... Fruits— Bottled and preserved... Fresh, apples, &c. (Id. per lb.) ... Preserved in sulphurous acid Furniture and plate-polish Gelatine and isinglass ... Glass — Mirrors Plate, bevelled „ other kinds 1,140 283 148 28,804 302 1,820 6,166 193 36,052 2,159 1,114 30,639 4,406 855 226 118 25,604 242 1,456 4,625 145 34,000* 3,239 836 19,702* 4,200* 285 57 30 3,200 60 364 1,541 48 2,052 278 10,937 206 l',494 1,080 128 12,472 840 10,190 96 8,630* 427* 7,643 32 3,842 413 2,547 1,654 3,115 107 555 941 1,323 1,558 53 416 706 331 1,557 54 139 235 1,367 734 1,101 4,404 289 239 13,740 1,726 820 440 826 3,303 547 294 275 1,101 289 27 2,748 431 Glassware Grease Grindery —Heel-plates ... Hats and caps ... Instruments, musical, n.o.e. Iron-wire Fencing— r Barbed ... Plain Jellies, concentrated Lamps, lanterns Leather and leather belting Leather — Chamois Manufactures (22-J per cent.) ...' Liquorice Machinery— Agricultural ... Dairying Dredging ... .... 567 2,584 4,568 212 10,992 1,295 5,774 7,874 284 1,938 3,045* 283 646 1,523 5,774 7,874 103 2,186 376 77 1,943 282 26 243 94 941 57 76 941 57 76 * Estimated.

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Return showing the Articles on which the Rate of Duty was Changed by "The Customs an Excise Duties Act, 1895," &c.— continued.

W. T. Glasgow, Department of Trade and Customs, ■ - Secretary and Inspector. Wellington, 6th September, 1898. '

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Item. A paid n 'n 0 Y?a U r ty!Dufc yP^ ablei£ Increase. Decrease. Machinery— continued. Electric ... ... ... Flour-milling ... Gas-making ... Mining Portable and traction engines ... Printing Befrigerating Woodworking Woollen-milling Unenumerated (5 per cent.) Malt, rice malt Marble, dressed Matches, wax, Is. 2d. „ Is. 9d „ 5s. „ 2s. 6d. ... Mats and matting Medicines, patent Metal, manufactures of ... „ . weighbridges Milk, preserved Millinery Oilmen's stores Onions Paints, ground in oil „ mixed, ready for use Paper, wrapping Peel, candied and dried ... Perfumed spirits ... Photographic goods and chemicals Pickles Pictures, paintings, &c. ... Picture-frames... ... . ... Portmanteaux ... Saccharine Saddlery and harness ... Harness composition ... £ 602 211 1,243 3,052 656 290 867 222 382 251 145 801 1,455 337 2,977 141 1,201 11,931 2,387 444 4,041 7,518 1,224 318 3;, 336 ! 693 760 124 1,226 678 . 550 568 110 972 104 4,624 242 l>36 1,485 £ 2,'486 '"888 1,528 87 641 1,663 385 3,275 155 901 7,457 2,377* 340* 3,233 6,400* 1,180* 480 2,669 554 710* 164* 858 , 650* 300* 426 83 778 347 4,424* ..: 182 1,600* 1,200* 569 347,871* £ 602 211 3,052 656 290 867 251 58 160 300 4,474 .10 104 808 1,118 44 £ l','243 666 1,146 208 48 298 14 ,162 667 139 50 368 28 250 112 . 27 194 40 243 200 60 386 285 Sauces Sausage-skins ... Sheep-shears ... Spirits „ methylated, in bond Stationery Stone, granite ... Sulphur Tarpaulins Tea ... Tobacco-pipes ... Turpentine Twine, binder ... Varnish and gold size Woodenware ... Woolpacks Woolpockets Tinctures (Excise) 362,996 443 14,589 299 105 75,783 4,026 12,000 239 101 79 113,674 2,400* 2,115 200* 2,500* 914 5,131 12 15,125 443 2,589 60 26 1,626 569 "ioi 37,891 2,115 200 3,468 1,219 968 305 5,131 12 493 493 Totals 724,629 709,638 81,856 66,865 * Estimated. Increase ... ... ... Decrease ... £81,856 66,865 Net increase ... £14,991

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Return showing the Articles on which the Rate of Duty was Changed by "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895," the Amount of Duty paid from the 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898, with the Amount which would have been paid if the Rates of Duty had not been changed.

• Estimated."

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Item. Amount of Duty paid Year ending 31st Maroh, 1898. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decrease. Alkali—rSoda-ash.. ... .';... Animal —Horses ... Apparel made to order Arms-TT-Caps, percussion Cartridges, 10 to 24 bore £ 456 £ £ 456 691 613 "378 691 235 : .„ n.o.e. Cartridge-cases ... .... Firaarms .... 3,671 539 282 1,111 18,853 206 2,210* 404 155* 833 13,760 1,765 1,461 135 127 278 5,093 206 Beer... ..2 Belting other than leather . ... Beverages— . . Coffee essence... Limejuice, sweetened... Unenumerated Boots and shoes Brushware, brooms 1,765 .„ n.o.e. Carpeting and druggeting Casks,, empty ..... Cigarettes Coffee, raw .... Cork, cut Cotton piece-goods Drapery—Laces Drugs— Baking-powder Chemicals, druggists' sundries, and tinctures Essences, flavouring Floorcloth and oilcloth ... Fruits, bottled and preserved „ fresh: Apples, &c. (Id. per lb.) „ preserved in sulphurous acid Furniture and plate polish Gelatine and isinglass ... Glass— '• Mirrors Plate, bevelled „ other kinds Glassware 1,025 161 143 27,077 405 1,814 5,919 434 41,634 2,179 1,414 36,131 5,803 769 129 115 24,069 323 1,451 4,442 325 39,283* 3,269 1,060 19,940* 5,430* 256 32 28 3,008 82 363 1,477 109 2,351 1,090 354 16,191 373 123 13,781 1,016 11,266 2,325 2,928 159 624714 92 9,353* 501* 8,870 1,860 1,464 80 469 536 31 4,428 515 2,396 465 1,464 79 155 178 1,432 749 1,114 5,240 363 185 17,301 1,939 862 449 . 837 3,927 570300 277 1,313 363 21 3,461 484 Grease Grindery, heel-plates Hats and caps... Instruments, musical, n.o.e. Iron-wire fencing, barbed ... ... „ plain Jellies, concentrated Lamps, lanterns, &c. Leather and leather belting „ . chamois „. : I manufactures per cent.) Liquorice Machinery— ■ Agricultural ... Dairying ....,' Dredging Electric ... Flour-milling ... ... Gas-making ... ... ... ... Mining ... ... ' ... ... Portable and traction engines ... Printing ... ... ; ... Refrigerating ... ... ..,. - 689 3,199 3,908 89 1,847 446 164 13,840 1,455 . 6,014. 6,309 . 344.. . 2,397 2,605* 67 . 1,642.. 410 , 345 8Q2 1,303 22 205 36 6,014 6,309 895 299 222 1,296 201 850 5,377620 909691 1,700 895 299 222 1,296 ' 201 850 5,377 620 909 691

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Return showing the Articles on which the Rate of Duty was Changed by "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895," &c.— continued.

Department of Trade and Customs, W. T. Glasgow, Wellington, 6th September, 1898. Secretary and Inspector,

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,325 copies), £6 10s.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington. —1898,

Price 6d.]

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Item. Linount of Duty paid Year ending 31st Maroh, 1898. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Machinery— continued. Woodworking Woollen-milling Unenumerated (5 per cent.) Malt, rice malt Marble, dressed Matches, wax, Is. 2d. ... Is. 9d 5s 2s. 6d. ... Mats and matting Medicines, patent Metal, manufactures of ... „ weighbridges Milk, preserved Millinery Oilmen's stores Onions Paints, ground, in oil „ mixed, ready for use Paper, wrapping Peel, candied and dried ... Perfumed spirits Photographic goods and chemicals Pickles Pictures, paintings, &c. ... Picture-frames Portmanteaux ... Saccharine Saddlery and harness Harness composition ... 222 632 384 103 980 1,282 271 1,922 63 1,473 14,083 1,824 392 3,574 7,993 1,159 518 3,845 1,041 940 130 1,669 675 741 657 165 761 172 5,332 280 2,167 1,728 888 2,528 64 784 1,466 309 2,113 69 1,103 8,801 1,818* 297* 2,859 6,697* 1,120* 777* 3,076 833 894* 179* 1,167 646* 404* 493 124 608 573 5,027* 210 1,638* 1,399* 804 370,912* 384 39 196 370 5,282 6 95 715 1,296 39 666 1,896 184 38 191 6 259 769 208 46 502 29 337 164 41 153 49 401 305 70 529 329 Sauces Sausage-skins ... Sheepshears Spirits „ methylated, in bond Stationery Stone, granite ... Sulphur Tarpaulins Tea Tinctures (Excise) Tobacco-pipes ... Turpentine Twine, binder ... Varnish and gold size Woodenware ... Woolpacks Woolpockets ... 387,039 469 14,926 476 106 75,375 905 4,098 12,172 381 62 80 113,062 16,127 469 2,754 95 26 804 "62 37,687 2,461* 2,161 194* 2,574 1,114 4,324 8 905 1,637 2*,161 194 3,707 1,486 1,133 372 4,324 8 778,461 746,292 97,789 65,620 * Estimated. Increase Decrease ! £97,789 65,620 Net increase ... £32,169