Customs Act 1885 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO OCTAVO ET QUADRAGESIMQ

NON0

VICTORIA3 REGINB.

A.D. 1885.

No. 348.

An Act to repeal Act No. 34 of 1876, and to make

provisions in lieu thereof, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, November r ~ t h, 1885.1

HEREAS it is expedient to alter the duties of Customs Preamble.

W imposed in the Province of South Australia in manner here- inafter provided-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1, Act No. 34 of	1876, intituled "An Act to amend the Laws of	Repeal of e x i s t i ~ ~
Aot.

hereby indemnified, protected, and held harmless, against any lector of &1&~~ll8. action,

the Customs," is hereby repealed, except section 4 thereof, and so far as relates to anything lawfully done or commenced or contracted to

be done before the commencement of this Act, and except so far as

may be necessary to enable any punishment to be inflicted, or penalty enforced, for any act, matter, or thing contrary to the provisions of the said Act, and also except as to any duty, or arrears of 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or drawback due or payable at any time before the passing of this Act, under the provisions of the said Act hereby repealed.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 all other duties of Customs there shall be raised, Duties.

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 set forth in the Schedules hereto, and no others,

3, The Collector of Customs, and all officers of Customs are Indemnityta col,

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action, claim, or damage to which he or they might otherwise have been liable by reason of any refusal to deliver any goods imported into the said province after the eighteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, or in bond on that day without payment of the duties set forth in the Schedule hereto, or without payment of the duties authorised to be levied by any Act in force within the said province at the time of the coming into operation of this Act.

Repeal of aectiona 14,

16, and 16 of Act 196 4. Sections 14, 15, and 16, Part 111. of the G Custom Convention

of 1881.	Act, 1881," are hereby repealed: Provided always that the duties on spirits in case shallv becollected in the manneru povided by the Second Schedule thereunto attached, until the seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
Duties caargeab1e in
Northern Territory	5, The provisions of the schedule duties hereunto attached shall the Northern Territory of this province, except on goods enumerated in the Schedule referred to in the third section of Act 254 of 1882, intituled '' An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Levying and Collection of Customs and other Duties in the Northern
with certain excep-	be chargeable in respect of goods imported, not being animals, into
tions.
Territory," which will be chargeable with the duties referred to in such Schedule.
Duty on colonial

apirits. 6. The 17th and 18th sections of the Customs Convention Act,

4 1881," and section 46 of " The Distillation Act, 1884," are hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall be and may be cited as the 46th section of " The Distillation Act, 1884"-From and after the passing of this Act, the duty payable upon all spirits that may be distilled in the said province from grapes, fruit, wine, potatoes, roots, ox grain, or othcr produce, shall be Nine Shillings and Fourpence for every gallon; and such duty shall be paid upon the standard gallon measure of spirits of the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength

herein directed. than proof, and also upon any deficiencies ascertained in the manner I n the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

JAS. P. BOUCAUT, Deputy Governor.

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THE SCHEDULE.

Articlsa.	Rates.
s. d.

Acetic Acid; Cordials, not spirituous; Syrups. .. .. .. .. .. . per lb. or pint 0 3 W

Ale, Porter, Spruce, or other beer; Cider and Perry; Lime-

juice serated, and Limejuice Cordials, not spirituous.. per gallon 1 0

Animalf living, viz.-Horses, Mares, Gelding Colts and Fillies

over the age of six months, except in

saddle or harness .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. each 5 0

L 6

Horned Cattle, Cows, Oxen, Heifers,

Bulls, Steers, Calves over six months

old, except working bullocks in teams cach 2 6

L < Sheep each 0 3

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

b 6 Pigs each 2 0

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

Arrowroot; Fish, Dried, Preserved, and Salted (except in pickle or brine); Milk (Preserved) and compounds thcrcof; Paraffin and Mineral Wax; Pearl and Patent Barley; Patent Groats; Sago; Stearine; Tapioca; Vegetables Preserved ..................	per lb.	0	1
Bacon; Candied Fruits; Cheese; Chocolate; Cocoa, Manu- factured; Coffee (raw); Confectionery; Fruit, Ilried (except Dates, Currants, Raisins); Gunpowder, Sporting; Hams; Honey; Jams; Jellies; Mustard; Nuts (except Cocoanuts); Pork (in pickle); Pre- serves; Tea ..................................	per lb.	0	3

Barley ............................................ per bushel 0 9

Butter; Cornflour; Maizena; Peaflour; and Split Peas .. per lb. 0 1

Biscuits; Blue; Candles; Currants; Raisins; Dates; Fish

(Paste); Fruit (Pulp); Glue; Macaroni and Ver-

micelli; Meat Preserved; Pepper; Spices; Starch.. per lb. 0 2

Cards, Playing ..................................... per dozen packs 6 (t

Cement ............................................ per barrel 2 0

Chicory, including kiln dried (except green root) .......... per lb. 0 6

Chicory, green root .................................. per ton 60 0

Coffee, roast or ground .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. per lb. 0 4

Coffee, and substitutes therefor mixed with Chicory or Coffee	per lb.	0	6
Cordage, viz., Coir rope ..............................	per cwt.	4 0

Hemp, being Bolt Rope, Europe Rope, Fishing Lines, (other than cotton or fancy), Log Lines, Marline, Manila Jute and Flax (when tarred), Rattlins, Spun Yarn, Whale Lines, and all other hempen cordage (except galvanized and other iron and steel cordage). ..................................	per cwt.	8	0
Manila Jute and Flax, except when tarred, and all

other white lines ............................ per cwt. 8 0

Galvanized and iron.. .......................... per cwt. 3 0

Steel Wire, not being fencing wire.. .............. per ton 20 0

Doors and Frames (except iron doors) .................. each 4 0

Fruit, bottled; Oil, salad; Pickles; Sauces. ............. per dozen quarts 3 D

L&	L 6	6 6	b b	$1	.............. per dozen pints 1 6
U	L 6	L4	b b
..............

" per dozen smaller l 0

fresh ........................................ per bushel 0 9

Galvanized Iron-Corrugated, Unmanufactured .......... per ton 30 0

Glucose ............................................ per cwt, 6 0

Hops .............................................. per lb. 0 6

Iron Columns. Girders, Pipes, Tubes; Oatmeal .. .. .. .. . per ton 40 0

Lead, Pipe and Sheet; Shot. ....................,......	per cwt.	2	6
Malt

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a. d.

Malt .. .. .. . ... . .. , . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .,. .. ., .. .. . per bushel 2 0

Marble, Slate, Stone for building (Unwrought) .. . .. . .. .. per cubic foot 0 6

Matches and Vestas (except Safety Matches), for boxes

containing 100 matches or under .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . per gross 1 0

Ditto (ditto), for each additional 100 or part thereof . .. .. . per gross 1 0

Nails .........................,,,..............,.., per cwt. 2 0

Naphtha, .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ,. .. ,, ,. .. .. .. . per gallon 0 6

Oats .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. ., ., .. . . per bushel 0 3

Oils (except Kerosine, per gallon, 3d., Cod, Seal, and

v Whale,free) ............................,....... pergallon O 6

Onions ..,.........,.........,....,.............,.. per cwt. 1 0

Opium .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. ., .. ,. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . . per lb. 20 O

Paints, Mixed or Dry .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . per cwt. 2 0

Paper-Wrapping (Brown and Whitey Brown), Tissue and

Blotting. .. ., .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. ,, .. .. .. , ,, .. per cwt. 8 4

Paper Rags .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . ,. .. per cwt. 5 0

Plaster of Paris. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . per barrel 3 0

Potatoes. .. ., . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . per cwt. 0 6

Rice and Rice Flour; Sugar; Treacle, and Molasses .. .. .. per cwt. 3 0

Sarsaparilla (not containing more than 25 per cent. of proof

spirit). .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . per gallon 4 0

Sashes, all kinds of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. per pair 4 0

Salt .. .. . .. ,, .. . ., .. . . .. .. .. . + .. ,. . . .. ,. .. . .. .. .. . per ton 25 0

Soap (except Fancy Soaps) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. per ton ?0 0

Soda Ash ; Soda Crystals. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., . .. .. .. per ton 20 0

Spirits (on all kinds), the strength of which can be ascertained

by Sykes's hydrometer... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. . the proof gall. 14 0

Spirits, perfumed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,, .. the proof gall. 20 0

Spirits and Spirituous Compounds (on all), the strength of

which cannot be ascertained by Sykes's hydrometcr.. .. the liquid gall. 14 O

Spirits, Methylated .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. thc liquid gall. 2 0

Timber, viz. :-Battens, Ueals, Planks, Quartering, Spars. . per 40 cubic ft. 2 6

"	Boards, 8 to 14, rough or planed, tongued or grooved per 100 sup. ft.	1	6
"

Architraves, Mouldings, Skirtings... .. .. .. . .. .. .. per 100 lin. ft. 1 6

6 6	Laths	.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .	.. .. .. , ....	per 1,000	1 0
''

Shingles .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. . .. .. . per 1,000 0 6

Palings ................................,..... per 100 0 6

Tobacco, viz., manufactured .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. per lb. 2 6

6 6	Cigars ......................................	per lb.	6 0
Sheepwash ................,..........,,.....	per lb.	0 3
"

Snuff'.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. , ., .. .. ,. ,, per lb. 6 0

"

Unmanufactured .. .. .. .. ., ,. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . per lb. 1 6

Turpentine and Varnish. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. ., .. .. ,. , per gallon 0 6

Vinegar.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. ,, .. .. .. .. .. . per gallon O 9

Wine, if not containing more than 35 per cent. of proof spirit per gallon 6 0

Wine, Sparkling .. , ,. .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. per gallon 10 0

NOTE.-^ all cases where duty is charged at per gallon, one dozen reputed quart bottles will be taken as two gallons, and one damn reputed pint bottles as ono gallon: provided that this regulation shall not come into force until after the 17th day of October 1886.

Air Bricks; Albums; Apparel and Slops (except Mole] Clothing and Imitations therenf); Archery Materials; Basketware; Bedsteads; Beer - Engines; Bellows (except Bellows with Forges); Bells (all kinds); Blacking (including Boot Gloss, Harness Dressing and Rlack Lead); Bent Wood and Joinery; Aloeks 1 15 per centum

and Pulleys, except Sheaves; Boots and Shoes (except	ad valorem
Women's and Children's Lasting and Stuff); Boot and )	Slipper Uppers; Boot Laces;. Bolts and Nuts over
+inch diameter;jj Boring Rods; Bread Cutters; Bricks
(except Bath); Bright Wireware; Britannia Metal-

ware; British Plate; Hrooms and Brushware;	1
Buckets hnd Tubs (all kinds of); Bird Cages; Candle
Moulds; Candlesticks; Carpets and Carpeting; Carpet	I Bags

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Articles. Rates.

Bags and Portmanteaux; Carriages, Carts,Wagons, and'

all Vehicles; Castings not enumerated (except Plough

and Scarifier shares); Chaffcutters; Chemicals, Drugs,

and Druggistsmare unenumerated; China, Stone, and

Earthenware; Clocks; Copying and Embossing Presses;

Corncrushers; Couplings for Ghaftings; Crab

Winches; Drapery, including Laces, Fringes, and

Embroideries, Haberdashery, Small Wares Unenu-

merated, Hosiery, Oloves, Hats, Caps, and Wool

(Berlin and Knitting) (except (:laths, Tweeds, Esta-

menes, Serges, and Woollen Piece Goods); Dumb

Bells; Engines and parts, except Gas Engines and

Pressure Gauges; Fancy Goods; Fancy Soaps and

Perfumery; Feathers and Flowers (Artificial);

Felloes; Fenders and Fireirons; Fireworks; Floor

and Oil Cloth; Furniture; Furs; Gelatine; Gilt

Mouldings; Glass; Glassware; Grates, Stoves, and

Ovens, and parts thereof (except Campovens); EEar-

ness and Saddlery, made up (except Saddlers'

Housing@, Bindings, Gilt Mounting in sets; Harness

Furniture plated in sets, and Whip Sockets); Hay-

presses; Horsepowers and parts; Instruments,

Musical; Iron Brackets, Doors, Gates, and Galvanized 15 per centum

Iron Manufactures; Iron Lasts and Iron Kibbles;

ud vrslorem

Japannedware; Lamps, Lampware, and Gasalicrs, or parts thereof; Leather unenumerated; Leggings; Machines, Washing, and Mangles; Mandrels (black- smiths'); Mantelpieces; Marble, Slate, Stone (Wrought); Mats and Matting; Metal Services. Spoons and Forks (except Steel Table Forks); Millbands (Leather); Millinery; Nevada and Nickel Silverware; Oil, Nedicinal and Perfumed; Picture Frames; Plate and I'latedware (except Gilt Mountings for Saddlery, and Harness Furniture Plated in sets); Plummer Blocks and Brasses; Refrigerators; Sails (new); Safes, Iron; Quilts (other tha.n cotton) and Rugs; Sashweights; Scrapers; Silke, and Manufac- tures thereof, containing 5 per cent. of silk (except Mill and Sewing); Stationery, Manufactured; Labels, Posting and Handbills, and Printcd Paper Bags; Shafting, cold-rolled or turned; Tarpaulins and Tents; Tiles; Tinware; Tiring plates; Tobacconistsware;

Trosghing; Umbrellas and Parasols; Velvets (Silk);

Watches; Wheels; Wickerware; Woodwarc; Wringcrs; Weighbridges, over 20cwt.; Wool- presses; Whim Bows; Wine Presses; Whim Mountings.. .................................. J

Jewellery ...................................... 20 per centum ad odorem.

Free List.

Acid, Citric, Muriatic, Tartaric	Bark, for Tanning
American Leather Cloth	Bass, Hair, and Bristle~r, and other material

Anchors of every description for brushmaking

Animals Living, not enumerated	Black Sand
Antifouling Cornposition	Blasting Powder, Dynamite, and Litho-

Antimony, in ingots fracteur

Anvils	Block and Pulley Sheaves
Arsenic	Roneblack

ArtistsJ Colors, Canvas, and Pallet Knives Bones

Asphalt	Bone Manure
Atlases	Bookbinding Cloth
Backs, Wooden, for Brushes	Books, Printed
Bagging, Forfar and Hessians	Boot Elastic
Baga, Sacks, and Woolpacks	Boot Hooks
Ballast, not being stone, enumerated	Bottles, Ordinary and Pickle

Bottles,

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Bottles, Indiarubber	Glass Stoppers, Ordinary
Brass, Sheet and Rolled	Glycerine
Bricks, Bath	Gold Leaf
Brimstone, Crude, and Flour of Sulphur	Grains, viz.-Flour, Gram, Beans, Peas,

Buckles, not Plated	Bran, Pollard, Wheat, Maize, and
Bulbs and Seeds, Garden	Grain unenumerated (except by sea)

Bunting, in the piece	Grindstones
Camera, Photographic	Guano and other Manures
Campovens and Covers	Gum Arabic
Cane	Gutta Yercha
Canvas	Hair, Seating and Unmanufactured
Canvas Hose	Hames, not Plated and part Plated
Capsules, Bottle	Hardware, not enumerated

Cardboards, Strawboads, and Millboards Harness, Minor Articles and Mountings

(Plain) (cxcept Plated)

Carriage Trimmings	Harvest Twines
Casks and Cases for dry goods and pack-	Hatters' Materials

ages in which goods are ordinarily	Hemp and Hcmp Packing
imported, and Empty Returns	Hides and Skins, Raw

Chain Cables and Traces, not Galvanized	Holystones
Chalk	Hollowware
Charts	Hooks, Butchers', Reaping, and Shark
Coal, Lignite, and Coke	Horseshoes
Cocoa Nibs	Hose, Indiarubber
Coin, Specie, and Bullion	Imitation Cane
Coir Yarn	Indiarubber Stamps, Erasers, Anti-

Combined Mower and Binder rattlers, and Buffers

Currycombs Ink and Ink Powders

Copper and Yellow Metal Sheathing, Iron, Bar and Rod, Galvanized Sheet

and Nails for same l'lain, Girder-plates Unrnanufac-

Copper Wire, Thread-covered	tured, Hoop, Ore, Pig, l'latea, Rails
Copperas	for Rail and Tramways, Scrap,
Corks, Cut, and Cork	Sheet, Tubing cased with brass,
Cotton, Raw, Waste, and Wick	Wire, Wire Galvanized, Wire-
Cotton Goods, in the piece (except Vel-	netting of all kinds, and Wrought-

vets and Velveteens, to he con-	iron Tubes and Pipes, under 6in,
sidered as unenumerated articles)	diameter, Iron and Steel Fencing

Cotton Thlead, Sewing	and Standards (except Fancy
Cream of Tartar	Fencing and Standards, Fringes,
Crucibles	Friezes, and Ralustrading)

Demonstration Chalk Irons, Hatters', Italian, Smoothing, Cloth

Detonators Manufacturers' and Tailors'

Diamonds, Glaziers' and Mining	Ivory
Door Knobs, Braas, Glass, and China	Jacks, Lifting

Dyestuffs, being Anilyne Dyes, Ui- Jute

chrome, Dyewoods, Dyewood Ex- Knife Powder and Sharpeners

tracts, Indigo, and Spirits of Salts Knives, Putty, Shoemakers', Hay, and

Earth Scoops Saddlers'

%W	Lead Ore, Pig and Scrap
Emery Cloth, Powder, and Paper	Leather, Fatent, Enamelled, Kid, Hog-

Engineers' Machine Tools	skin, Levant, Morocco, Roans, Skivers,
Engines, Gas, Portable, and Traction	and imitations thereof

Eyeglasses and Spectacles (except gold Limejuice

and silver), and Scientific Instru-	Linen Goods, in the piece
mcnts	Linseed

Eyelets, Eyelet Punches, and Webbing	Lint
Fish, Fresh	Lithographic Stones
Felt, Sheathing and Paper, Roofing	Machinery (except Engines and Shaft-

Fibre, Cocoa	ing) for Carding, Spinning, Wear-
Fireclay	ing, and Finishing M anufac1,ures of
Flannels, and Crimean and Union Shirt-	Fibrous Material, and Cards for

ings, in the piece such Machinery; Machinery used in

Flax	manufacture of Paper and for Felt-
Flock, Cotton and Woollen	ing; and Roller Machinery and
Forks, Hay and Digging	Machinery connected therewith not
Fuse	enumerated, for Flour-milling pur-
Ginger, Green	poses; and Hydraulic Presses

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Magnets	Scythes and Handles
Maps	Seeds, Grass
Measuring Tapes	Sewing-machines and Slabs
Meat, Fresh, except Pork	Sewing Twine and Silk, Shop and Cord
Metal Picture Cords	Shears
Metal, Lustre	Sheep Ear Labels
Millbands, except leather	Sheep Dip
Mill Silk	Shoemakers' Nails, sparrow-bill, wrought

Millstones	and cast tips, bright and black mal.
Moleskin Clothing, and imitations	hobs, wrought hobs, nuggets, Hun-
Mops	garians, cut sprigs, steel bills, and
Muntz Metal	brass rivets

Music	Shoe Pegs and Pegwood
Myrobalans	Shovels and Spades
Needles, Packing, Sail, and Upholsterers'	Sicklcs
Nets, Fishing	Sieves
Newspapers, Printed	Slates, School
Nuts, viz., Cocoanuts	Sock Lining
Oakum and Junk	Soda, Caustic, Nitrate, Silicate, Car-

Oars bonate, and Bi-Carbonate

Oil (Cloth)	Solder
Oil, Cod, Whale, Seal	epecimens of Natural History
Oil of Rhodium	Spirit Levels
Oil Baize	Steel, Bar, Rod, Sheet, and Fencing Wire,

Oil Cake and Plough and Scarifier Shares

Oil of Lenlon	Strychnine
Oil of Peppermint	Sulphate of Ammonia
Ores	Sumach and Valonia
Osiers	Surveyors' Chains
Paint Boxes, Toy	Sulphate of Magnesia
Paintings and Engravings for Public In-	Sulphate of Copper

stitutions Tanks, Iron, except Galvanized

Paper - Copying, Felt, Marble, Red Telephones

Glazed, Plaid, Printing, and Timbcr-Balks, Logs, Posts and Rails,

?Vriting, except Faint Lined Sleepers (Kdway), square over

Paper Fasteners	4in. thick, Trenails and Spokes in
Patent Roller Composition	the rough, Clear Pine, Staves in
Pencils, Carpenters' and Slate	the rough, Sawn Hickory

Pcneloye Canvas Tin-Block, Ingot, Sheet, Plater, and

Phosphorus Tin Plates decorated

Picture Cards, School

Tinfoil
Pitch, Tar, and Resin	Tools and Tool Handles
Plants and Trees	Transfers

Potash, Canadian	Tubing, Metal, except Iron
Yrecious Stones (unset)	Type

Prin~ing Presses and Machines Umbrella Parts

Punching Machinery	Vegetables, Fresh
Putty	Vegetable Wax
Quickdver	Veneers, Wood
Quinine	Washers, Raw hide
Rabbit Traps	Webbing (Boot)
Raddle	Whiting
Rattans	Wire of all kinds, except Gold, Silver,

Razor Strops and Plated

Rice Offal	Wire Strainers
Royal Cord	Wooden Hoops for Casks
Saddlers' Ironmongery, not Plated	Wooden Rims for Sieves
Sal Ammoniac	Wool, Washed and Greasy
Salt, Rock	Works of Art for Public Institutione
Saltpetre	Yarn, Angora, Wool, and Cotton
Scales, Balances, and Weights	Zinc-Sheet, Ingot, and Perforated

On all imported good8 not included in the foregoing

Schedules, an ed valoram duty of. . .. .. .. .. .. . . . . Ten per centnm.

Adelaide : By authority, E. SPILLER., Government Prfntsr,