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No. 16.
The Commonwealth of Australia.
CUSTOMS TARIFF (SOUTH AFRICAN PREFERENCE).
No. 17 of 1906.
An Act relating to Preferential Duties of Customs on certain Goods the produce or manufacture of the British Colonies or Protectorates in South Africa which are included within the South African Customs Union.
[Assented to 12th October 1906.]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:--
1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (South African Pre- Short title. ference) 1906.
British
2. From and after the first day of October One thousand nine hundred Rates of and six at nine o'clock in the forenoon according to the standard time in the duty on State of Victoria, Duties of Customs on the dutiable goods specified in the goods from Schedule shall, when those goods are imported from and are the produce or South Afri manufacture of any of the British South African Colonies or Protectorates can Colonies which are included within the South African Customs Union, be in accordance or Protec- with the rates of duty specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule. torates. Provided that nothing in this Act shall have the effect of imposing any duty on any goods which are free of or exempt from duty under the Customs Tariff 1902.
3. The rates of duty specified in the fourth column of the Schedule shall Time from
be charged, collected and paid to the King for the use of the Commonwealth, which duties
on all goods subject to those rates imported into Australia after nine o'clock are to apply. in the forenoon on the first day of October One thousand nine hundred and six, or imported into Australia before that time and not entered for home consumption until after that time.
British manufactures
Foreign
Totals
214,724 42-7 328,100 57.3
572,924
326,495 242,026 42.6
568,521
57.4
NOTE. Printing paper which is exempt under section 4 (b) of Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act has not been taken into consideration.
SCHEDULE COMPARING IMPORTS OF 1905 WITH 1904, AND SHOWING RELATIVE PERCENTAGES.
Whence,
1905.
1904.
THE SCHEDULE,
"N.E.I." means not elsewhere included in the Schedule or the Customs Tariff
1902.
"Proof" has reference to spirit of a strength equal to that of pure ethyl alcohol compounded with distilled water, so that the resultant mixture at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit has a specific gravity of 0·9198 as compared with that of distilled water at the same temperature.
IMPORT DUTIES ON GOODS PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED IN THE BRITISH COLONIES OR PROTECTORATES WHICH ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION.
Ist Column.
2nd Colomn.
3rd Column.
Value of Importa. Percentage. Value of Imports. Percentage.
No. of Item
in the Customs
Tariff 1902.
Dutiable Goods.
Rates of Duty under the Customs
Tariff 1902,
4th Column,
Rates of Duty ander this Schedule.
Free.
Frea
£
£
United Kingdom
British Possessione
Foreign countries, viz. :—
-
7,795,284 60.76
7,982,340 60.05
Angora hair
2,912,379 22.71
3,047,354 22.92
Div. XI. (e)
Diamonds, unset
14
Butter and cheese
America
18
1,439,491
Germany
Other foreign countries -
Totals -
Grand totals
11.22 277,467 2.16 404,236 3.15
2,121,194
12,828,857
16.53
1,520,916 11.44 308,804 2.33 432,288 3.26
2,262,002 17.03
13,291,696
23 (D)
Fodder
24
Confectionery, n.e.i., including bon-bons and mixed packets of confectionery containing trinkets (gross weight), sugar candy, cachous and fruits crystallized or candied
Hay and chaff
Free
Free
per lb.
3d.
2d.
-
23.(c)
23 (P)
W beat
Bran Flour
Grain :-
22
Oats
22
per lb.
per cental
2s. 6d.
per cwt.
1.
per cental
14.
6d.
per cental
Is. 6d.
per cental
per coutal
2s. 6d.
1s.
Rates imposed by the Customs
Tariff 1902, less 25 per cent.
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Ist Column.
No. of Item
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