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Table No. 13. Articles grouped in Classes for Purposes of Comparison under the Tariff of 1888.

1888-89. 1887-88. Articles. Value entered for Home Consumption. Duty. Value entered for Home Consumption. Duty. Apparel -. Collars and cuffs Furs Cotton dress-prints, &c. Cotton piece-goods Drapery Shawls Textile piece-goods, including woollens and linens Hosiery Millinery Feathers Haberdashery £276,976 4,472 896 696 £ 69,244 \ 1,118 I 224 J 174 J £125,520 £ 18,828 89,400 241,795 1,355 96,855 50,205 8,835 4,096 14,375 21,967 26,458 10,340 42,430 3,470 10,510 785 48,124 105,959 34,898 7,395 19,689 2,182 10,340 7,790 1,045 801 60,485 J 8,940 48,359 ) 271 J 19,371 10,041 1,767 I 1,174 j" 2,875 40,668 16,380 2,457 -" 564,027 84,604 54,040 40,233 8,106 6,035 . 27,307 4,096 Sewing-cotton, silks, and thread Blankets Hats and caps Bugs, woollen, cotton, opossum, &c. Umbrellas and parasols Materials for manufacture of Silks, &e. .. Calico Coloured cotton shirtings .. .. ) Union shirtings .. .. .. j Moleskin Corduroy Forfar dowlas, &c. Hessians Waterproof material Leather cloth Tailors' trimmings 2,068 8,486 694 2,102 42,760 3,519 20,876 10,360 22,780 460 4,207 6,414 1,554 3,417 69 631 12,081 7,773 85,084 1,166 34,031 10,759 832 "I Under textiles. 47,449 Boots and shoes, &o. Children's 0 to 3 .. Gum-boots .. .. £1,205,224 188,939 !£1,165,065 137,377 £85,345 1,039 4,652 17,069 | £116,550 11,655 £91,036 17,069 £116,550 11,655 Carriages, &c. 764 j Carriage materials, wooden .. £3,820 807 3,317 3,732 4,924 121 £3,053 1,462 (free) .. 828 \ 3,312 J 458 „ iron, <&c. Axle-arms and boxes, free .. J 10,502 458 £16,600 885 £19,157 Brassware Brass cocks, &c. Brass tubing, stamped Cutlery Iron pipes and fittings £2,285 340 107 13,195 6,120 5,920 14,550 74,775 113 625 35 2,180 115 710 730 35 1,648 299 1,486 1,266 1,096 3,184 868 230 457 68 Free 2,639 306 296 2,910\ 14,955 17 125 7 I 327 f 23 142 146 11 412 £1,227 184 10,527 1,805 4,702 i'579 Free. gas .. Metal manufactures Hardware, ironmongery, and holloware Copying-presses Iron doors for safes Mantelpieces Weighing-machines .. - Iron weighbridges Lawn-mowers Iron bridges and material Iron columns Galvanised-iron manufactures Corn-riddles and sieves Forges Rivets and washers Tacks Tinware Japanned ware Wire mattresses and webbing 104,973 14,574 807 15,746 Free. 121 796 ) 217 J 46 1,707 256 Iron, galvanised, corrugated .. „ plain sheet.. Iron, black sheet £131,912 23,896 £138,885 17,765 69,980 owt. 13,947 „ 14,200 „ 6,998 1,046 Free 97,160 cwt. 21,500 „ . 17,020 , 9,716 Free. 98,127 cwt. 8,044 135,680 cwt. 9,716