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

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H. S. McKellar, Customs Department, Secretary and Inspector. Wellington, 15th August, 1890.

>V 1887. 1889. Article. Increase in 1887. Decrease in 1889. Rate. Duty collected. Duty collected. Rate. Wine — continued. Bottled Sparkling Australian Woodenware Woollens blankets Woolpacks 5s. 6d. per gal. 6s. 6d. „ 4s. 6d. „ 15 per cent. 15 15 2s. 6d. and Is. 3d. per dozen under Woollens £ I 5,347 2,458 6,105 582 I 12,033 2,525 4,883 6s. per gal. 9s 5s. 15 per cent. 20 20 2s. 6d. and 6d. per dozen 20 per cent. £ 4,573 2,691 7,997 1,410 21,662 3,140 2,972 £ 233 1,892 828 9,629* 615 £ 774 1,909 Yarn .. .Zinc— Perforated (sheet) Manufactures 882 882 15 per cent. 15 76 3 25 25 121 69 45 66 Total increase of Customs duties in 1889 (after deduction of drawbacks from 1889 totals), exclusive of primage Primage 128,479 55,888 £184,307 56,604 Total including primage Apparel Drapery Haberdashery Hosiery Silks Textiles Woollens 46,066 5,068 5,649 17,510 6,341 9,029 Total increase in above items grouped 95,733 51,134 j £44,599 Excise— Tobacco Cigars and cigarettes Is. per lb. Is. „ 445 344 Is. per lb. Is. 6d. per lb. .. 1,167 410 722 06 789 £1,577 £788 * These figures represent increase a: ijoods for duty, some of the amounts are nd decrease under not reliable for pur] trade return poses of coin] headings, but, owing to change! >arison. in the mode of entering