No. 8, -
A n Act to amend the Laws of the Customs in South Australia.
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AS by an Act passed by the Governor of South
Preamble.Australia, with the advice and consent of t$e Legislative
W """"
Council thereof; bearing date the seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one,
"To amend the Laws of the Custonis in South Australia," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that there shall be raised and paid the several duties of Customs set forth in the schedule theretd annexed
:And, whercas it is expedient to alter the Customs duties thereby imposed and to substitute others in the place thereof-Be it therefore Enacted, by XIis Excellency the Lieuteaant-Governor of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. From and after the commencement hereof, the before recited Act
Repeal otNO.
4 , m hshall be, and the same is, excepting in so far as the same repeals or
Vict.alters any existing law, hereby repealed.
2. In lieu and instead of all other duties of Customs, there shall
Duties.be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto Her Majesty for the pub- lio uses of the Province, and support of the Government thereof, the several duties of Customs inserted, described, and w t forth in the Schedule hereto annexed.
3. This Act shall come iuto efEect immediately on the passing
commencement orthereof.
Act.4. The
G 3
Ordinance
No.
11 of1848, to be construed with this Act.
4. The Ordinance passed in the twenty-third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, 'L To amend the Laws of the Customs," so far as the same is not repealed or amended, shall be construed together with this Act as one Act.
SCHEDULE
ECHEDULE REFERRED TO.
TABLE OF DUTIES.
kpparel and Slops
...,...
3acon and I h m s
...,...,...
3ags and Sacks, Corn
...
Gnnnp, and returned
...,...
Beef and Pork
...
...
h e r , Porter, Ale, Cider, and Pcrry
Blacking
... ... ...
Boots and Shoes..
...
Article.
l I
...
Bran and Pollard
Cutlery and Ihrdware
... ... ...
Drapery, viz-Haberdashery, Hosiery, Millinery, Manu-
...
factures of Silk, Linen, Cotton, Wool, and Hair..
l
Per
Bread and Biscuit
...,. . . . . ...
Bottles lass and stone..
P ..,...
...
...
Bricks, fire and Bath
...
Butter
... ..., ...
ICandles
...
Canvas
...
Carts and Drays
...
...
Wheeled Waggons and Timber Carriages
Carriages
...-...
Casks, empty
...-.
Cement
..,...
Cheese.
...
...
Clocks and Watches
Coffee
...-...
Confectionery
... ... ...
...
Copper Sheathing and Nails
Manufactures
...
...
Cordage and Rope..
Corks
...
...
Corn, Meal, and Flour, viz.-Wheat
Barley
...
Oats
...
...
Maize and Millet
...
Peas, Beans, and Pulse hfwlt
...
...
Flour and Meal
Drugs
... .. ...
Earthenware and China
...
Fish, dry and pickled
...
.,...
Fruit, dried of all sorts..
...
...
Uaenumerated
Furniture
...,.
..,...
Glaas
... . . . ...
Glue
...
Gunpowder Grindery
... ... .... ...
Groceries and Oilmen's stores
...a..
Bides, Dressed Bopa
... ...
,Idi
...
Iron, viz.-Bar and Rod
...
Sheet
...
and Hoop....
P i g
ad valorem
CS I ( 4&
r1
gallon ad valorem
ri Ci Ci
1000 ad valorom
4 1 I' i ' C(
c<
6 ' I ( I' ' L
cwt.
ad valorem
6, CC l '
< I
quarter
U
ad valorem
cwt.
aa valorem
44 4' 'L l1 16 l<
IC
lb.
ad vnlorem ton
CC (6
Rate of Duty.
.5 per cent.
$6
5 per cent.
' l
5 per cent.
' C
5 per cent.
16 1 C 66 ' l
5 per cent.
IC
5 per cent.
Article. Per
Iron, viz,-Sledges, Anchors, Anvils, Plates, Cart-arm Moulds, and articles of Wrought Iron, heavy and in the roui:h
...
Cart-arms and Boxes, finished Chain, articles of Wrought Iron finishcd
...
...
Camp Ovens, Puts, Boilers, and Castings Manufactnres, unenumerated
...
...
mplements and Tools
lewcllery, Plate and Plated Goods
...
...
Lead, Pig, Sheet, and Shot
...
Munufwturcd
...
Leather
Lime and Lemon Juice, and Syrup of all sorts
...
Lucifers
... ., ...
Machinery
.. ' ...-.
...
Musical Instruments
Dil, Blt~ck
...
Sperm, Head Matter, or other fish or animal oil
...
Linseed, Rape, Hemp, and Cocoa Nut
...
Olive. Castor. and other vegetable oils v
...
Paints
...,..,..,.,,.,,...,...,...
...
Painters' Colors and Whiting
Paper
...
Perfumery
... ... ... ... ...
Pipes, Tobacco
...
...
Pitch and Tar
Potatoes
...
1....
Provisions and Preserved Meats
...
Rice
...
Rosin
... ...
Saddlery and Harness
...
Salt
Soap
...
Spices
...,...
Spirits or Strong Waters of all sorts, viz.-for every gallon of such Spirits or Strong Waters of any strength, not exceedina the strength LF proof' by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any grcatcr or less strength than the strength of r~roof, and fur any greater or less quantity than a gallon; also, perfumed Spirits, not being sweetened, or mixed with m y article, so that the degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained
...
by such Ilydrornctcr
Spirits, Cordials, or Strung Wntcrs, swcctonsd or mixed with apy article, so that the degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by . Sykes's hydrometer . Starch
...
...
Stationcry
Steel
... . . ...
Stones-Millstones
... .. .. ...a...
Grindstones
...
...
Roofing Slates
...
Slabs and Flag Stories
Tvmh ~ n d wrought Stones
... ...
...
...
&1arble, wrought ..,
...
Sugar, refined und candy
Macovado
...
Molasses
...
Tea
...
.,...
...
Tinware and Tin Places
...
Tobacco-Mar~nfacturd
Unmnnufactured
...
...
Cigars and Chcroots
... .,.... ... .. ..
Snuff
...
...
Sulphurod and tarred for Sheep-wash
...
Turpentine, Spirit of
Vinegar
...
,Wine
...
Wood, viz.--Posts and Rails, Handspikes and Poles
...
Pahng
...
shingles and Laths
...
:l ad valororn
cwt.
ad valorem barrel ad valorem
ton ad valorom
66
ad valorem
c l 64 c
m.
I L ( 6
lb.
~d valorem lb.
16
<c
6' l 1
Rate of Duty.
5 per cent.
( c 6 6 4 6 4 1 61 c6 ( c
11
l 6 I6 t c
1'
66 LL 11 4 6 4 l I4
l 4 c c
5 per cent.
5 per cent,
5 per cent.
-
5 per cont.
c<
5 per cent.
' 6 4 4 c c 66
4 1
l r .
'C U
5 per cent.
5 per cent.
a*
...
I
wood, viz.-Trends and SpokesOurs
...
Square Timber and Balks, Spars, Deals, Bat- tons, Quarterina, Planks, Boards, and sawn,
I
h e m , or split Timber of all kinds, not other-...
wise enumerated or described
'
001, manufartures of...
Zinc and manufactures of ditto
...
unenumerated articles, vil;.--Raw
...
...
I Manufactured
P e r Rate of Duty.
Animal4 living ,
Baggage of Passengers Books, printed
Bullion and Coin
Coals, Coke, and other Fuel Ranta and Trees
Seeds and Roote-Garden
Specimens illustrative of Natural History Pictures and Prints
100 100 feet
40 cubic feet ad valorem
I ( I I '6
5 per cent.
't
4 1 1:
Works of Art Wool Tallow
Skins and Hides (Raw) Bark
Gum
Bales for Wool Ora Bags.
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