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Return showing the Loss of Revenue sustained upon Importations into New Zealand from 1st January, 1891, to 31st December, 1910, owing to Remissions in Tariff.

W. B. Montgomery, Secretary of Customs. Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 6th[September, 1911.

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Reduced Tariff Rate Items. Ypproximate Duty remitted. From To Belting, other than leather Candlis Carriages, car-chassis Coffee, raw Cotton piece-goods .. .. Cream of tartar Drugs, chemicals, &o. .. Fruits, dried Glass, plate, other kinds Glass, window Iron pipes and fittings.. Laces Linen piecegnode Machinery, Bgricultural, dairying, gasniaking, mining, wood-working, and w>ollen-mi'ling Mate ea Mustard .. .. O.ls, kerosene.. Oils, other kinds Paperhangings Bice Salt .. Sheep-shears .. Spines, unground Sugar Tea .. Turpentine Wax, paraffin, and stearine Wire fencii'g .. Wool packs All other items Loss through drawback 20 per cent, ad valorem 2d. per lb. 20 per cent. 3d. per lb. .. "" 20 per cent, and 10 per cent. Id. per lb. 40 per cent, and 25 per cent. 2rl. per lb. 15 per cent. .. • 29. per 100 sup. ft... 5 per cent. 25 . 1 :: " .. 20 . ■ / ■ " '.. 5 per*cent. and 20 per cent. Free ljd. perlb. Free 20 per oent. ad valorem • Free £ 43,749 90,744 112,586 41,536 194,652 21 ,549 113,219 396,507 18,553 17,248 26,790 10,697 22,430 95,228 - 20 per cent. Free Is. 4d. and 2s. per gross boxes 2d. per lb. 6d. per gallon Gd. 15 per cent. 4s. per cwt. 10s. per ton 20 per cent. 2d. per lb. id. . 6(1. „ 6d. per gallon ljd. per lb. Is. and 2s. per cwt. 2a. 63. per dozen Various Is. and Iβ. 4d. per gross boxes Free .. .. 13,276 1,500 1,073,159 .46,912 22,717 201,085 83,864 9,343 16,930 752,453 1,357,361 40,962 52,076 183,953 82,313 142,154 86,500 5,322,048 2d. per lb. and free Free Id. per lb. and jd. per lb. .. Free Various Total ..