H.—37.

Return showing the Articles on which the Rate of Duty was Changed by "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895"; the Amount of Duty paid from the 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897; with the Amount which would have been paid if the Rates of Duty had not been changed.

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Item. .mount of Duty paid in Year ending 31st March, 1897. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decrease. Alkali—Soda-ash Animals—Horses Apparel made to order ... Arms— Caps, percussion Cartridges, 10-24 bore £ £ 328 £ £ 328 "767 844 '"527 767 317 „ n.o.e. Cartridge-cases Firearms 1,380 397 165 876 18,339 258 831* 298 90* 657 13,754 1,494 549 99 75 219 4,585 258 Beer ... Belting other than leather Beverages— Coffee-essence Limejuice, sweetened ... Unenumerated Boots and shoes Brush ware— Brooms N.o.e. Carpeting and druggeting Casks, empty ... ... ... ... Cigarettes ... ... ... ... Coffee, raw Cork, cut Cotton piece-goods ... ... ... Drapery—Laces Drags— Baking-powder Chemicals, druggists' sundries, and tinctures Essences, flavouring Floorcloth and oilcloth ... Fruits— Bottled and preserved... Fresh, apples, &c. (Id. per lb.) ... Preserved in sulphurous acid Furniture and plate-polish Gelatine and isinglass ... Glass — Mirrors Plate, bevelled „ other kinds 1,140 283 148 28,804 302 1,820 6,166 193 36,052 2,159 1,114 30,639 4,406 855 226 118 25,604 242 1,456 4,625 145 34,000* 3,239 836 19,702* 4,200* 285 57 30 3,200 60 364 1,541 48 2,052 278 10,937 206 l',494 1,080 128 12,472 840 10,190 96 8,630* 427* 7,643 32 3,842 413 2,547 1,654 3,115 107 555 941 1,323 1,558 53 416 706 331 1,557 54 139 235 1,367 734 1,101 4,404 289 239 13,740 1,726 820 440 826 3,303 547 294 275 1,101 289 27 2,748 431 Glassware Grease Grindery —Heel-plates ... Hats and caps ... Instruments, musical, n.o.e. Iron-wire Fencing— r Barbed ... Plain Jellies, concentrated Lamps, lanterns Leather and leather belting Leather — Chamois Manufactures (22-J per cent.) ...' Liquorice Machinery— Agricultural ... Dairying Dredging ... .... 567 2,584 4,568 212 10,992 1,295 5,774 7,874 284 1,938 3,045* 283 646 1,523 5,774 7,874 103 2,186 376 77 1,943 282 26 243 94 941 57 76 941 57 76 * Estimated.