Customs Duties Act 1858
Customs Duties Act 1858
Customs Duties Act 1858
Customs Duties Act 1858
Public Act |
1858 No 72 |
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Date of assent |
21 August 1858 |
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Contents
An Act to alter the Duties of Customs.
preamble.
[Reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon, 21st August, 1858.]
Whereas it is expedient to alter the Duties of Customs payable on the importation of Goods, Wares, and Merchandize into the Colony of New Zealand.
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament Assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:—
I Duties chargeable to cease, and other duties to be charged in lieu thereof.
The Duties of Customs now chargeable on the importations of all Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, shall cease and determine, and in lieu thereof, the following Duties shall be charged on all such Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, imported into the Colony of New Zealand, or cleared from any Warehouse for home consumption, viz.—
| 1. | Ale, Beer, Cider, and Perry, in wood, the gallon | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ale, Beer, Cider, and Perry, in bottle, the gallon | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2. | Cigars and Snuff, the lb. | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3. | Coffee, Chicory, Cocoa, and Chocolate, the lb. | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4. | Cutlery, Hardware, Platedware, Holloware, and Ironmongery of all sorts, and Candles and Soap of all sorts, the cwt. | 0 | 3 | 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 Oilman’s Stores of all kinds, (measuring outside the packages), the cubic foot | 0 | 4 | 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 | 9 | 0 |
| 9. | Sugar, raw and refined, of all kinds, and Treacle, and Molasses, the lb. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10. | Tea, the lb. | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11. | Tobacco, the lb. | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12. | Wine, in wood and bottle, containing less than 25 per cent of alcohol of a specific gravity of’825 at the temperature of 60 degrees Farenheit’s thermometer, the gallon | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13. | Anchors and Chains, and Rod, Bolt, Bar, Sheet, Hoop, and Pig Iron and Nails, Sailcloth, Cordage, Twine, Cottonyarn, Bags, Sacks and Woolpacks, Spirits of Tar and Turpentine, Tobacco for Sheepwash, Nuts of all kinds, Powder fit only for blasting purposes, and all unenumerated Goods, Wares and Merchandise | Free. | ||
II Drawback on Wines for the consumption of Military and Naval Officers.
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: Provided always, if any such wines shall be subsequently sold in the said Colony, except for the use or consumption of any of Her Majesty’s Military or Naval Officers, as aforesaid, the same shall be forfeited and liable to seizure accordingly.
III Duties to be charged according to standard Imperial weights and measures.
All duties of Customs under this Act shall be charged and paid according to the standard Imperial Weights and Measures, and where such duties are charged according to any specified quantity, weight, or size, the same shall be chargeable on any greater or less quantity, weight, or size.
IV How to be levied and paid.
The Duties of Customs imposed by this Act shall be raised, levied, collected and paid under the provisions of “The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,”
and subject also to all such provisions and regulations as may for the time being be in force, for the collection management and receipt of the duties of import in the Colony of New Zealand.
V Commencement of Act.
This Act shall not come into operation until Her Majesty’s pleasure shall have been taken thereon, and the same shall have been confirmed by Her Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council, and a Proclamation of such confirmation having been given, shall have been made by the Governor.
VI Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Customs Duties Act, 1858.”