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Approximate Estimate of Returns from Proposed Alterations in Tariff— continued.

£212,000 Less estimated loss of revenue on goods made free .. 5,000 207,000 Primage duty .. .. .. .. .. 58,000 Total.. .. .. .. £265,000 {Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,400 copies), £3 7s.]

Authority: George Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Articles. Present E« a of Duty. Duty collected, 1887. Bate fixed by Resolution. Estimated Annual Increase of Revenue Drapery, made up „ not otherwise enumerated Furs Feathers Haberdashery Hats and caps Millinery, trimmed „ not otherwise enumerated Shirts Trousers Umbrellas, &c. Blankets, rugs, and shawls Hosiery, woollen Woollen piece goods Cotton, linen and silk piece goods „ counterpanes „ linen and silk manufactures 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. I 102,585 | Not specified 32 8,064 4,291 I 4,317 | Not specified Not specified 91G 2,525 5,921 12,033 2,814 Not specified Linen, 721; silk, 1,108 Nil . Nil Not specifie Nil 275 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Not specified 305 Not specified a 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. £ 44,600 Holland, rough brown Machinery Metal manufactures Bolts and nuts Brass cocks, &c. Boilers Ohafi-outters, &o. Grab-winches, &e. Fire-engines and hose.. Sas-pipes 3alvanised-iron manufactures .. ■ Tinware and tin stamped Japanned and lacquered metalware Zincware Iron and zinc tiles, &c. „ bridges and material „ gates, &c. „ plain galvanised sheet „ tanks, large „ tanks, small „ weighbridges „ barbed fencing wire „ pipes „ columns „ doors „ and wire-work Lawn-mowers Pumps Railway and tramway plant Sad irons Steam-engines and parts Waterworks pipes .. Oement Carriages, Bicycles, &c. Buggy shafts and carriage shafts, &o. 3ompleted parts of carriages, &c. Bags Free Free 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. Free Free Free Free Free 15 % and 2s. per cwt. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Is. per cwt. Free 4s. and Is. per ewt. Free 5s. each 2a. 6d. each Free Is. per cwt. Free Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Free Free Free 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 5 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 30s. per ton. 10s. each. 5s. each. 20 per cent. 2s. per cwt. 5 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 5 per cent. 2s. per barrel. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 5 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 15 per cent. 20 per cent. 19,000 } ■ ! Nil 14 Nil 487 50 Nil 22,150 15 per cent. Free Free Is. per barrel 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. Free 15 per cent. 15 per cent. Various Free Free Free Free Freo 15 per cent, and Free Free Not specified Nil Nil Not specified Not specified Nil Nil Nil Not specified Nil Nil 4,297 774 Nil Not specified Nil 149 Not specified 85 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Not specified Nil 100 1,000 Cartridges areenstone Marble, &c, not dressed „ dressed Photographic chemicals goods Farpaulins, &o. .. Wooden blocks 1,800