New Zealand Gazette – 1864 – No. 47

Page 442

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Short Title.
I. The Short Title of this Act shall be "The New Customs Duties
Act 1864."

Repeal of existing
Tariff.
II. The Duties of Customs chargeable upon goods wares and
merchandize imported into the Colony of New Zealand shall cease and
determine from and after the 8th day of December 1864.

New Tariff.
III. From and after the Eighth day of December One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Sixty-four in lieu of such duties the following
duties of Customs shall be charged on all goods wares and merchandize
hereinafter specified imported into the Colony of New Zealand or
cleared from any warehouse for home consumption that is to say:-

£ s. d.

  1. Ale Beer Cider and Perry in wood—the gallon . 0 0 9
    Ale Beer Cider and Perry in bottle—the gallon . 0 1 6
  2. Cigars and Snuff—the lb. . 0 4 6
  3. Coffee Chicory Cocoa and Chocolate—the lb. . 0 0 3
  4. Cutlery Hardware Platedware Holloware and Iron-
    mongery of all sorts and Candles and Soap of all
    sorts—the cwt. . 0 4 0
  5. Fire Arms of every description—each . 0 5 0
  6. Gunpowder—the lb. . 0 0 3
  7. Manufactures of Silk Cotton Linen and Woollen and
    all Articles manufactured therefrom Drapery
    Haberdashery Hosiery Millinery Furs Hats Boots
    Shoes Confectionery Bottled Fruits Dried Fruits
    Mustard Olive Oil Pickles Preserves Sauces Spices
    and Oilmen's Stores of all kinds (measuring outside
    the packages)—the cubic foot . 0 5 0
  8. Spirits and Strong Waters of every kind sweetened
    or otherwise of any strength not exceeding the
    strength of proof by Syke's Hydrometer and so
    on in proportion for any greater strength than
    the strength of proof—the gallon . 0 12 0
  9. Sugar raw and refined of all kinds and Treacle and
    Molasses—the lb. . 0 0 1
  10. Tea—the lb. . 0 0 6
  11. Tobacco—the lb. . 0 2 6
  12. Wine in wood containing less than twenty-five per
    cent. of alcohol of a specific gravity of ·825 at the
    temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit's ther-
    mometer—the gallon . 0 4 0
  13. Wine in bottle containing less than 25 per cent. of
    alcohol of a specific gravity of ·825 at the tempera-
    ture of 60 degrees Fahrenheit's Thermometer—the
    gallon . 0 5 0
  14. Anchors and Chains and Rod Bolt Bar Sheet Hoop
    and Pig Iron and Nails Sail Cloth Cordage Twine
    Cotton Yarn Bags Sacks and Wool-packs Spirits
    of Tar and Turpentine Tobacco for Sheepwash
    Nuts of all kinds Powder fit only for blasting
    purposes and all uninumerated Goods Wares and
    Merchandize . Free

Drawback allowed on
wines &c. for troops.
IV. A drawback of the whole of such duties shall be allowed for
wines intended for the consumption of the Officers of Her Majesty's
Troops in the Colony of New Zealand and of the Officers of Her
Majesty's Navy serving on board any of Her Majesty's Ships in the
seas adjoining thereto or such wines may be landed on first importation
or delivered out of bond free of duty subject in all cases to such
regulations as the Governor shall from time to time prescribe: Pro-
vided always that if any such wines shall be subsequently sold in the
said Colony except for the use or consumption of any of Her Majesty's



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💰 Publication of The New Customs Duties Act, 1864 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
9 December 1864
Customs duties, Tariff schedule, Import duties, Spirits, Wine, Legislation