H.—37.

Return showing the Articles on which the Rate of Duty was Changed by "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1895," &c.— continued.

Department of Trade and Customs, W. T. Glasgow, Wellington, 6th September, 1898. Secretary and Inspector,

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,325 copies), £6 10s.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington. —1898,

Price 6d.]

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Item. Linount of Duty paid Year ending 31st Maroh, 1898. Duty payable if former Rate had continued. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Machinery— continued. Woodworking Woollen-milling Unenumerated (5 per cent.) Malt, rice malt Marble, dressed Matches, wax, Is. 2d. ... Is. 9d 5s 2s. 6d. ... Mats and matting Medicines, patent Metal, manufactures of ... „ weighbridges Milk, preserved Millinery Oilmen's stores Onions 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 Harness composition ... 222 632 384 103 980 1,282 271 1,922 63 1,473 14,083 1,824 392 3,574 7,993 1,159 518 3,845 1,041 940 130 1,669 675 741 657 165 761 172 5,332 280 2,167 1,728 888 2,528 64 784 1,466 309 2,113 69 1,103 8,801 1,818* 297* 2,859 6,697* 1,120* 777* 3,076 833 894* 179* 1,167 646* 404* 493 124 608 573 5,027* 210 1,638* 1,399* 804 370,912* 384 39 196 370 5,282 6 95 715 1,296 39 666 1,896 184 38 191 6 259 769 208 46 502 29 337 164 41 153 49 401 305 70 529 329 Sauces 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 ... 387,039 469 14,926 476 106 75,375 905 4,098 12,172 381 62 80 113,062 16,127 469 2,754 95 26 804 "62 37,687 2,461* 2,161 194* 2,574 1,114 4,324 8 905 1,637 2*,161 194 3,707 1,486 1,133 372 4,324 8 778,461 746,292 97,789 65,620 * Estimated. Increase Decrease ! £97,789 65,620 Net increase ... £32,169