B.—6a

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