Customs Act 1853 (SA)

No. 8,

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An Act to amend the Laws of the Customs in South Australia.

.I AS by an Act passed by the Governor of South Preamble.

W """" Australia, with the advice and consent of t$e Legislative	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 shall be, and the same is, excepting in so far as the same repeals or Vict. alters any existing law, hereby repealed. Repeal ot NO. 4, m h

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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 wt forth in the Schedule hereto annexed.

3. This Act shall come iuto efEect immediately on the passing commencement or

thereof. Act.

4. The

Ordinance No. 11 of

1848, to be construed	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November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, 'L To amend the Laws of the Customs," so far as the same is not repealed or amended, shall be construed together with this Act as one Act.
with this Act.

SCHEDULE

ECHEDULE REFERRED TO.

TABLE OF DUTIES.

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Article. Per Rate of Duty.

kpparel and Slops ...........................................,... ad valorem .5 per cent.

CS $6

3acon and I h m s .............................,...,..............

I(

3ags and Sacks, Corn ............................................. 4&

Gnnnp, and returned ....................,........ r1

Beef and Pork ....................................................

her, Porter, Ale, Cider, and Pcrry .......................... gallon

Blacking ............................. ... ............................... ad valorem ri

Boots and Shoes.. .................................................... Ci

Bread and Biscuit ....................,. .... ....................

Ci

Bottles	lass and stone.. ..,........................................
P

Bricks, fire and Bath ............................... ... ......... 1000

Butter ..................... ....., ...................................... I ad valorom 5 per cent. l '

41

Candles ..............................................................	I'
l	Canvas ..............................................................	' i
I	Carts and Drays ...................................................	C(

Wheeled Waggons and Timber Carriages .....................

c<

Carriages ...............................................-............	'	6
Casks, empty ......................................................-.	I (
Cement ..,..........................................................	I'
Cheese. .................................................................	' L

Clocks and Watches ................................................

Coffee ..........................................................-...... cwt.

Confectionery ...... ... ............................................. ad valorem 5 per cent. C '

6,

Copper Sheathing and Nails ..................................

CC

Manufactures ...................................................... ' l

Cordage and Rope.. ................................................

< I

Corks ..............................................

Corn, Meal, and Flour, viz.-Wheat ........................... quarter

Barley ........................... U

Oats .............................

Maize and Millet ............

Peas, Beans, and Pulse ......

hfwlt ...........................

Flour and Meal ...............

Bran and Pollard ............

Cutlery and Ihrdware ....................... . . . .................. ad valorem 5 per cent.

Drapery, viz-Haberdashery, Hosiery, Millinery, Manu- 16

factures of Silk, Linen, Cotton, Wool, and Hair.. .......

1C

Drugs ........................... .. ....................................

66

Earthenware and China .......................................... l '

Fish, dry and pickled ............................. ., ............

Fruit, dried of all sorts.. ........................................... cwt.

Uaenumerated ..................... aa valorem 5 per cent.

44 IC

Furniture .................,. .., .....................................

4'

Glaas .................... . . . ........................................

'L

Glue .................................................................. l1

Gunpowder ............................ .... ........................

16

Grindery ............................................................

l<

Groceries and Oilmen's stores .................................a..	IC
Bides, Dressed .................................................

Bopa ............................................................... , lb.

Idi .................................................................... ad vnlorem 5 per cent.

Iron, viz.-Bar and Rod ........................................ ton CC

Sheet and Hoop. .................................... (6

Pig .................................................

Article. Per Rate of Duty.

Iron, viz,-Sledges, Anchors, Anvils, Plates, Cart-arm

Moulds, and articles of Wrought Iron, heavy

and in the roui:h ................................ 5 per cent.

Cart-arms and Boxes, finished Chain, articles ( c

of Wrought Iron finishcd ........................ 6 6

Camp Ovens, Puts, Boilers, and Castings ......

4 6

Manufactnres, unenumerated .................... 4 1

mplements and Tools .............................................

61

lewcllery, Plate and Plated Goods .............................. c6

Lead, Pig, Sheet, and Shot .....................................

( c

Munufwturcd ................................................

11

Leather ..............................................................

Lime and Lemon Juice, and Syrup of all sorts ............... l 6

Lucifers ................. . ........................................... , I6

Machinery .. ' .....................................................-.

t c

Musical Instruments ................................................

1'

Dil,	Blt~ck ............................................................	66
Sperm, Head Matter, or other fish or animal oil ......	LL
Linseed, Rape, Hemp, and Cocoa Nut ..................	11

Olive. Castor. and other vegetable oils .................. v

4 6

Paints .........................,..,..,.,,.,,........,.....,............ 4 l

Painters' Colors and Whiting ....................................

I4

Paper ................................................................ l 4

Perfumery ................... ...... ........... ..... ...................

c c

Pipes, Tobacco ....................................................

Pitch and Tar ......................................................... :l

Potatoes .......................................................... 1. ... ad valororn 5 per cent.

Provisions and Preserved Meats ................................. cwt.

Rice .................................................................... ad valorem 5 per cent,

Rosin ............................................................... barrel

Saddlery and Harness ............................................. ad valorem 5 per cent. -

Salt ..................................................................... ton

Soap .................................................................. ad valorom 5 per cont.

66 c<

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 ................................................................. ad valorem 5 per cent.

c l ' 6

Stationcry ............................................................ 64 4 4

Steel ............................ .. ................................

c c c

Stones-Millstones ....................... . . . . ..........a....... 66

Grindstones ................................................ 4 1

Roofing Slates ............................................

l r .

Slabs and Flag Stories ...................................

'C

Tvmh ~ n d wrought Stones ..................... .........

U

&1arble, wrought ........................... .., ...........

Sugar, refined und candy .......................................... m.

Macovado ...................................................	I L
Molasses ......................................................	( 6

Tea ...................................... ., ............................. lb.

Tinware and Tin Places .......................................... ~d valorem 5 per cent.

Tobacco-Mar~nfacturd .......................................... lb. 16

Unmnnufactured ....................................... <c

Cigars and Chcroots ..... .,.... ........... . . . . ...

6'

Snuff ................................................... l 1

Sulphurod and tarred for Sheep-wash ............

Turpentine, Spirit of ............................................. 5 per cent. a*

Vinegar .............................................................. ,

Wine .................................................................

Wood, viz.--Posts and Rails, Handspikes and Poles .....

Pahng ...............................................

shingles and Laths ................................

Per Rate of Duty.

I wood, viz.-Trends and Spokes .............................. 100

Ours ...................................................

100 feet

Square Timber and Balks, Spars, Deals, Bat-

tons, Quarterina, Planks, Boards, and sawn,

h e m, or split Timber of all kinds, not other-

I wise enumerated or described .................. 40 cubic feet

' 001, manufartures of ............................................ ad valorem 5 per cent.

Zinc and manufactures of ditto .................................	I(	't
I I	4 1

unenumerated articles, vil;.--Raw .............................

'6 1:

..................

I Manufactured

Animal4 living , Works of Art

Baggage of Passengers	Wool
Books, printed	Tallow
Bullion and Coin	Skins and Hides (Raw)
Coals, Coke, and other Fuel	Bark
Ranta and Trees	Gum
Seeds and Roote-Garden	Bales for Wool
Specimens illustrative of Natural History	Ora Bags.
Pictures and Prints

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