small arcs ; and have to express their hope that this may be amended.

Your Committee would further recommend that the duties which have been hitherto levied on whale and other fish oils and whalebone, of foreign fishing be abolished.

1stly. That the numerous whaling vessels fishing in these seas should be induced and encouraged to visit our port for supplies, to refit, and for the sale of their cargoes.

2ndly. That the duties hitherto derived from this source are small in amount, and afford no adequate compensation for the loss to the trade of the colony occasioned by their restrictive influence.

Your Committee therefore propose for the consideration of this Council the adoption of the following resolutions :-

1st. That it appears from all the information to be obtained on this subject, and from the experience of those most engaged in commerce in this colony, that a system of fixed duties will be most beneficial.

2nd. That this Council do submit to his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor the necessity for some such alteration in the system of levying customs duties as is embodied in this report, and do recommend that the same be forwarded to his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief for consideration by the General Assembly.

Wm. HICKSON,
Chairman of the Committee.
Council Chamber,
Wellington, 28th June, 1849.

SCHEDULE.

Ale, Beer, & Porter, in cask, per gal. 0 0 3
" in bottles, per doz. of 2 gallons 0 1 0
Arrowroot ........................ per cwt. 0 3 6
Barley, Pearl ..................... per lb. 0 0 0½
Biscuit and Bread ................. per 100 lbs. 0 1 6
Bricks ............................ per pair 0 0 0
Bran and Pollard .................. per bushel 0 0 1
Bricks, Bath ...................... per 100 0 2 0
Fire and other ................ per 1000 0 3 0
Butter, glass & stone, empty, per doz. 0 0 1
Candles ........................... per lb. 0 0 1
" tallow ................... do. 0 0 0½
" wax, composition, and sperm ... per lb. 0 0 1½
Canvas ............................ per bolt 0 3 0
Casks, empty ...................... per ton 0 2 6
Cement, Roman ..................... per cask 0 2 6
Chalk ............................. per ton 0 2 0
Cheese ............................ per lb. 0 0 0½
Chocolate and Cocoa ............... do. 0 0 1
Coals ............................. per ton 0 3 0
Coke .............................. per lb. 0 0 0½
Copper and composition sheathing, bolts and nails ... per lb. 0 0 1
Cordage, Europe .................... per cwt. 0 4 0
" Manila ................... do. 0 4 0
" Coir ..................... do. 0 3 0
Corks, bottling ................... per gross 0 0 3
Cotton, export .................... per lb. 0 0 0¼
" foreign .................. do. 0 0 3
" British or Colonial ...... per lb. 0 0 1¼
" fresh .................... per bushel 0 1 2
" per ton of 2000 lbs. 1 0 0
Ginger ............................ per lb. 0 0 1
Glass, Crown and Sheet ............ per 100 ft. 0 2 0
Glue .............................. per lb. 0 0 0¼
Grain, wheat, barley, oats, and rye ... per bushel 0 0 4
Hay ............................... per ton 0 8 0
Honey ............................. per lb. 0 0 1
Hops .............................. per lb. 0 0 1½
Iron, bar, bolt, rod, & hoop, per ton 1 5 0
" Nails .................... per cwt. 0 3 0
" Anchor, chains, and cable ... per ton 2 0 0
" Pots, and camp ovens ....... per cwt. 2 0 0
Junk .............................. per cwt. 0 1 6
Lard .............................. per lb. 0 0 0½
Leather, Sole ..................... per lb. 0 0 0¼
" Kip ...................... do. 0 0 1¼
" Calf ..................... do. 0 0 2
" Bastle ................. per doz. 0 0 9
" Kangaroo ................. do. 0 3 0
Lead, manufactured ............... per cwt. 0 2 0
Lemon Syrup, in bottles ........... per doz. 0 1 6
Lemon and Lime Juice .............. per gal. 0 0 9
Lucifer or Congreve Matches, per doz. 0 0 8
Macaroni and Vermicelli ........... per lb. 0 0 2
Maize ............................. per bushel 0 0 3
Mustard, in bulk .................. per lb. 0 0 1
" in 1lb. bottles .......... per doz. 0 1 0
" in ½lb. do. .............. do. 0 0 9
Nutmegs ........................... per lb. 0 0 6
Oakum ............................. per cwt. 0 3 0
Oatmeal ........................... per lb. 0 0 0¼
Oil, Linseed, Rape, Hemp, and Cocoa Nut, Castor, & Vegetable, do. 0 2 0
Paints, and White Lead ............ per cwt. 0 3 0
Peas, Split ....................... per bushel 0 1 3
Pepper, black ..................... per lb. 0 0 0½
" white .................... do. 0 0 0½
Pickles, in quart bottles .......... per doz. 0 1 6
" in pints .................. do. 0 0 9
Pipes ............................. per gross 0 0 4
Pitch, Coal ....................... per barrel 0 1 6
" Stockholm & American ..... do. 0 3 0
Provisions, Beef .................. per tierce 0 6 0
" do. ...................... per barrel 0 4 0
" Pork ..................... do. 0 5 0
Rice .............................. per cwt. 0 1 4
Rosin ............................. per barrel 0 2 0
Sage .............................. per cwt. 0 3 6
Salt, coarse ........................ do. 0 6 0
" fine ..................... do. 0 10 0
Saltpetre ........................ per cwt. 0 8 6
Slates, Ladies .................... per 1000 0 10 0
" Countess .................. do. 0 15 0
Soap, common ...................... per cwt. 0 5 0
" fancy .................... do. 0 6 0
Soda .............................. do. 0 2 4
Spades and Shovels ................ per doz. 0 3 0
Spices, Cassia and Cinnamon, per lb. 0 0 2
" Cloves ................... do. 0 0 3
" Mace ..................... do. 0 0 6
" Pimento .................. do. 0 0 2
Starch ............................ per cwt. 0 2 3
Steel ............................. do. 0 2 8
Stones, (heath) slabs and flag per ton 0 5 0
Stone, blue ....................... per lb. 0 0 1
Sugar, Refined and Candy .......... per cwt. 0 2 8
" Moist .................... do. 0 2 4
" Molasses ................. do. 0 1 2
Tar, Stockholm & Antwerp .......... per bar. 0 3 6
Tea ............................... per lb. 0 1 6
Tin-Plates ........................ per box of 1 cwt. 0 0 2
Turpentine ........................ per gal. 0 0 5