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Return showing the Items on which there has been a Change of Rate in the Customs Tariff, &c.— continued.

W. T. Glasgow, Department of Trade and Customs, Secretary and Inspector I Wellington, 19th September, 1898.

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Item. Amount of Duty paid, 1st October, 1895, to 31st March, 1896. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decn ase. Paints— Ground in oil Mixed ready for use ... Paper, wrapping-•• ... * Peel, candied and dried ... Perfumed spirits Photographic goods and chemicals Pickles ..-.- ... Pictures, paintings, &c. ... Picture-frames... Portmanteaux ... Saccharine Saddlery and harness Sauces £ 1,630 335 460 17 896 263 461 252 82 265 2 1,956 868 715 £ 1,304 268 430* 12* 627 252* 251* 189 62 212 1 1,871* 698* 571* 90 159,477* £ 326 67 30 5 269 11 210 63 20 53 1 85 170 144 £ Sausage-skins ... Sheepshears Spirits „ methylated, in bond Stationery Stone, granite ... Sulphur Tarpaulins Tea ... Tinctures (Excise) Tobacco-pipes ... Turpentine ..... Twine, binder ... Varnish and gold size ... Woodenware ... Woolpacks Woolpockets .. 166,411 141 7,165 123 22 33,162 3 1,280 5,873* 98 43 14 49,743 6,934 141 1,292 25 8 "90 43 16',581 768 1,729 99* 1,219* 369 291 3 512 1,729 99 1,707 493 488 124 291 Totals 326,558 318,872 35,326 27,640 • Estimated. Increase £35,326 Decrease 27,640 Net increase £7,686