EINANCIAL STATEMENT.

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B.—No. 2.

THE TAKIFF.

STATEMENT OE PROPOSED INCREASES AND DECREASES.

INCREASES: To come into Operation at once.

Di iTT. Present. Proposed. Bacon and Hams ... Beef and Pork (Salted Butter ... Cheese ... ... per lb. ... per cwt. ... per lb. Id. 2s. Id. Id. 3s. lid. 4s. 3d. 2d. 6s. Biscuits ... per cwt. Potted Meats Jams Fish (Potted and Preserved) ... Fish (Dried and Salted) Oysters (Preserved) ... per cubic foot ,, ... ,, ... per cwt. ... per cubic foot 2s. 6d. 2s. 6d. 2s. 6d. 2s. 2s. 6d. 5s. 5s. 5s. 4s. 5s. Flour ... Wheat ... Barley ... Maize ... ... per 100 lbs. ... ,, ... ,, ... j, Free Free Free Free Free Is. 9d. 9d. 9d. 9d. Oats ... « Hice M aizena Groats ... ... per cwt. ... per cubic oot ,, 2s. 2s. 6d. Is. Is. 2s. 2s. Hay ... Chaff ... ... per ton. ... ,, Free Free Free 10s. Ml. Eggs ... Cordage of per cubic foot ... per cwt. 3s. 2s. 6d. Is. 6s. Soap Blankets and Rugs... Leather (other than sole) Saddlery and Harness Furniture Doors and Sashes ... Timber (Sawn) Shingles, Laths, Palings, Rails, Posts ... ,, per cubic foot ... per lb. ... per cubic foot ,, ... each and per pai: ... per 100 feet 3s. Id. 2s. 6d. 3s. 6d. 5s. 2d. 4s. 9d. 2s. 2s. Doubled Is. Is. Various Wine (in bottle) ... per gallon 4s. 5s.