Customs Act 1870 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO ET TRICESIMO QUARTO

VICTORIB REGINB.

A. D. 1570,

No. 10.

An Act to amend the Laws o f the Customs in South Australia.

[Assented to, 12th October, 1870.j.

HEREAS it is expedient to alter the dutics of Customs im- Preamble.

posed in the Province of South Australia, in manner herein- after provided-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and ITIousc of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Act No. 6 of 1863, intituled "An Act to amend the Laws of :/ft&Of A"

the Customs in South Australia," is hereby repealed, except so far as rdates to anything lttwfully done, or commenced, or contracted to be done before the commencemeut of this Act, and except so far as may be necessary to enable any punishment to be inflicted or penalty enforced for anything contrary to the provisions of the said Act, and also except as to any arrears of duty, or duty, or drawback due or payable at any time before the passing of this Act under the provisions of the said Act hereby repealed.

2. I n lieu of and instead of all other duties of Customs, there Duties.

shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto Her Majesty for the uses of the said Province and support of the Government thereof, the several duties of Customs inscrteci, described, and set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed, and no other: Provided always that

the duties on spirits in case shall be collected in the manner provided by the said Act hereby repealed until the expiration of six calendar

months from the passing of this &4ct.

N 3. The

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Indemnit to Col-	3. The Collector of Customs, and all officers of Customs in the said Province, shall not be liable to and are hereby indemnified and protected against any action, claim, or damages to which he or they might otherwise have beell liable by reason of any refusal to deliver any goods imported into the said Province after the seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventv, or in bond on that day, without payment of the duties by this Act authorized to be levied, or without payment of the duties authorized to be levied by
lector of B ustoms.
any Act in force within the said Province at the time of thc coming
into operation of this Act.

Bonded Warehouses 4.

The proprietor or occupier of any bonded warehouse, or baggage warehouse, which has heretofore been or shall hereafter be appointed for the free warehousing and securing of goods under the provisions of a The Customs Act, 1864," shall pay for each and every year, or proportional part of a year, after the coming into operation of this Act, during which such appointment shall be in force, the sum of

to pay fee-

Fifty Pounds, or a proportional part thereof, for each bonded ware-

house situated in Adelaide or Port Adelaide, and Twenty Pounds

for cach bonded warehouse in any other part of the said Province.

In the name m d on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent to

this Act.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

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Taray Act.-1870.

2 3. d.

Turpentine, per gallon., ................... , . . , ,..................... 0 0 3

Vinegar, per gallon ........,....	,	................................... 0 0 Q
Wood-

Posts and rails, handspikes and p d e ~, per hundred .................... 0 1 6

Palings, per hundred ........................................... 0 0 6

Shingles, per thousand ...................... .. .. .. ............ 0 0 6

Laths, per thousand.. ........................................... 0 1 0

Trenails and apokes, in the rough, per hundred ..................	0 0	2
Square timber and balke, battens, cedar in Icgs, dcal, jarrah, planks, quartering, spars, and sawn, hewn, and split timber, not otherwise

cuumcrated, per 40 cubic feet ................................ 0 2 6

10s. per gal. or 40s. for each reputed 4-gal. case, or 30s. for each reputed

Spirits, or strong waters of any kind or strength, not escccding 2-gal, casr, when said

tho strcngth of proof by Sykes's Bydrometer, and so ,a,,s, rpspectively, do not on, in proportion, for any greater ltrength than the1 contain more than the re- strength of proof ..............................	l puted contents, and so on	\part of a gal.
for each reputed gal, or

S S. 8.

Spirits, spirituous compounds (including bitters, &c,), cordials, or strong waters

sweetened or mixed with nny article so that the degree of strength

thereof cannot be ascertained by Sykes's Hydrometer, per gallon.. .... 0 10 0

Spirits, namely, wine, containing moro than 35 per cent. of proof spirit in

proportion to strength, per gaLlon ........................ 0 1 0 0

Wine, not containing more than 35 per cent. of proof fipirit (in wood), per]

gallon ...........	,	.	.......................................
L( or for six reputed 1 S quart bottles.
6 C or for twelvereputed

pint bottles. .

Drapery, Cotton, Linen, and Woollejz Goods.

Blanket8	Moleskin clothing
Cotton, linen, and woollen goods in the piece,	Towcls

either plain or mixed, except cnrpoting Woollen Rugs

Counterpanes and shcets

China, Earthen, and Glassware.

Earthenware, not otherwiso enumerated	Sheet glass
Pipes, drain	Stoneware
R a t o glass	A11 china and glassware

1.012 and &on Mamfactures.

Agricultural implements	Nails, screws, and tacks
Axles, arms, and boxes	Sewing machines
Horse shoes	Tools
Iron, galvanized, unmanufactured

Lead.

Sheet	Pig
Pipe

dlisceZZaanaorsa.

Accoutrements	Indiarubber goods
Asphalte	Lasts and shoemakers' pegs
Axe handles	Lithographic goods not otherwise enumerated

Boarde-in the rough, except cedar Nets-fishing

Boards-planed,	tongued, and grooved	Oakum
Branbags	Orebag

Bristles-bass	and brnshmaking materials	Woolpacks
Cocoanuts	Oars
Cordage	Paintings
Corks	Paperhangings
Cornsacks	Plumbers' ware
Engravings	Rattans and osiers
Flock	Ship chandlery

Furs-unmanufactured	Shot
Gold leaf	Slates and slate dabs
Grindery riot otherwise enumerated	Tinfoil
Grindstone8	Tools and handles of wood
Gum	Twine, exoept sewing
Gunnybags	Works of art
Gunpowder-Sporting	Materials used by hatteresilk plush

Hair-seating Felt hoods

Hog~kins, saddlers' unpolished ironmongery, and

minor articles used i n making saddlery and

harness Oitmen'o

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Tarif Act.-1 870.

Oilmen's Stores.

Fish, dried cr pickled	Red lead
l'aints, dry	Varnish
Paints, mixed	White lead
Putty	Whiting

Provisio~s.

Butter	Vegetables prescrvcd
Salt beef	Lard
Salt pork	Frcsh fruit and vcgc'tables

Stn tiorcery.

Indiarubber Ink -writing Paper bags

ON ALL IMPORTED GOODS, NOT OTHERWISE ENUDIEK.4TED, AN AD VALOI~EM DU~I'P O F $10 PER OEKT.

FREE LIST.-ARTICLES EXEXPTED FROM THE PAYMENT O F IMPORT DUTIES.

Anirnnls, living Grain (conti~~ncd)-

Antimony, in ingot	Gram
Bagging and forfnr	Wheat

Bark, for tanning	Guano and other manures
13czantine, or fancy cotton shirting	Hidss and slrins-ram
nlnstiug pomdcr	Iron-bar, rod, sheet, plate, hoop and pig
Bluestone	Mai ble and stonc-unwrought
Boolcs, printcd and scwn, or slitchcd, and not	Materials used iu boot and slrucrnaking-

bcing books of forms, or account booka Boot elastica

Bottlcs	Kid skins
Bran	I'atcnt enamelled leather in the hide and akin

B~icks, fire Mrnt-fre&

Bullion and coin	Paper, printing, in reams, uncut
Canvas	Passcngcrs' luggage
Casks, empty	Pitch and rcsin
Caustic soda	Plants and trees
Ccmcat, Portland and Roman	Printing ink
Chaff	Quiclisilver
Chain cables	Scotch twilled shirting
Coals	Seeds, garden and grass-not enumerated aa

Cocoa nibs liablc to duty

Copper and yellow mctal sheathing, and nails'for Sewing twine

fastening the same Shooks and staves

Cordage, unserviceable	Specimens of Eatural History
Pelt	Steel
Fibre, cocoa	Tallow
Flour	Tar
Fuse	Tin, block and shtets
Grain-	Unsmelted ores

Barley	Wirc
Beanv and peas	Wool
Maize	Zinc-sheet and ingot
Oats

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