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(2.) Before delivery from any manufacturing wan-house tiiere shall be paid to and for the use of His Majesty a duty on such articles in accordance with the following scale, that is to say :— On perfumed spirit ... ... ... ... 20s. the liquid gallon. On toilet preparations which are subject to 16s. the liquid gallon on importation ... ... ... 12s. the liquid gallon. On toilet preparations which are subject to 25 per cent, duty on importation ... ... ... 6s. the liquid gallon. On culinary and flavouring essences ... ... 12s. the liquid gallon. On medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wines or wines mixed with food) containing more than 50 per cent, of proof spirit ... ... ... 9d. the pound. Medicinal preparations (excepting medicated wines or wines mixed with food) containing 50 per cent, of proof spirit or less ... ... ... Free. (3.) The Minister of Customs may prohibit the manufacture of any article included under the foregoing headings, if in his judgment such manufacture is detrimental to the revenue derived from the duty on spirits. Resolved, That all orders and decisions of the Minister of Customs issued under the authority of the Customs and Excise Duties Ace, 1895, and published in the Gazette, classifying articles as " .Minor articles, required in the making-Tip of apparel, boots, shoes, hats, caps, saddlery, umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades," or as '.' Articles and materials which are suited only for, and are to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods within the colony/ shall remain in full force and virtue (except where otherwise provided in these resolutions or in the Schedules thereto) until cancelled or modified by a subsequent order or decision of the Minister of Customs. Resolved, That in the case of tea grown in anypart of the British dominions and imported into New Zealand after the sixteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, or entered for home consumption after that day, the same duties shall be payable as if the words " five pounds " were substituted for the words "one pound" in section 9 of the Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903, and that the said section be amended accordingly. Resolved, That these resolutions shall not extend to any of the islands situated within the boundaries set forth in the Schedule to the Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901, and that, until otherwise determined by any Act to be passed or by other lawful authority, the duties and exemptions now in force in those islands shall continue to be paid and allowed. Resolved, That nothing in these resolutions shall be so construed or shall so operate as to conflict with the schedule of Customs duties and exemptions contained in the Order in Council made by the Governor on the seventh day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, for the purpose of carrying into effect a certain treaty therein referred to, and made between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of certain colonies in South Africa.

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