8.—23.

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

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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