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CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Resolutions from the Committee of Ways and Means. Resolved, That all duties of Customs, and all exemptions from such duties, a specified in the Schedules to the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888, the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895, the Customs Duties Amendment Act, 1900, and the Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903, and also all duties imposed by His Excellency the Governor under section 17 of the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888, be repealed, and that there shall be levied, collected, and paid to and for the use of His Majesty on all goods imported into New Zealand after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, or entered for home consumption 'after that date, the several duties of Customs mentioned in Schedules A and B. Resolved, That the goods mentioned in Schedule B shall, except as otherwise provided for in that Schedule or in Schedule E, be exempt from duties of Customs if imported into New Zealand after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, or if entered for home consumption after that date. Resolved, That any goods delivered upon a deposit or other security of duty on or before the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be liable to the duties in force at the time of such delivery. Resolved, That there shall be levied, collected, and paid to the use of His Majesty on all goods specified in Schedules C, D, and E, and not being the produce or manufacture of some part of the British dominions, if imported into New Zealand after the respective dates hereinafter specified in this resolution, or entered for home consumption after the said dates, in addition to the duties (if any) authorised under Schedules A and B, the duties of Customs following, that is to say:— (1.) On the articles specified in Schedule C, if so imported or entered after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, an amount equal to the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A : (2.) On the articles specified in Schedule D, Part I, if so imported or entered after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, an amount equal to one-half of the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A, except so far as otherwise provided in the said Schedule 1), Part I. (3.) On the articles specified in Schedule D, Part 11, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, an amount equal to onehalf of the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A : (4.) On the articles specified in Schedule D, Part 111, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, an amount equal to twenty per centum of the amount payable on these articles under Schedule A : (o.) On the articles specified in Schedule E, Part I, if so imported or entered after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, duties of Customs equal to twenty per centum of the value for duty as defined by the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882. or its amendments : (6.) On the articles specified in Schedule E, Part 11, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, duties of Customs equal to twenty per centum of the value for duty as defined by the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882, or its amendments : (7.) On the articles specified in Schedule E, Part 111, if so imported or entered after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, duties of Customs equal to ten per centum of the value for duty as defined by the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882, or its amendments. Resolved, That section 9 of the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895, be repealed, and that the following provisions be substituted therefor as from the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven :— (1.) The articles in which spirit is a necessary ingredient, permitted to be manufactured in any warehouse or place of security approved and appointed under section 26 of the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882 (hereinafter called manufacturing warehouse), shall be limited to the following articles when made under such conditions, in such quantities, and according to such formulae as may from time to time be approved by the Minister of Customs, that is to say : Perfumed spirit, spirituous preparations for the toilet, culinary or flavouring essences, and medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wine or wine mixed with food).

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