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not otherwise enumerated, gilt, silvered or plated £1 195 6d, ditto polished or nickelled 19/9, ditto other kinds 5/8, needles, sewing, embroidery, darning, and crochet, also hooks and eyes, pins, and hairpins £1 98 11d, tools and implements for artisans, or for use in manufactures and agriculture, not otherwise specified, fish-hooks, and artificial flies, &c, free, pens (including weight of cards, boxes, &c.. 1 135 11d, false jewellery, with or without mixture of other materials, as bracelets, chains, &c., £2 5s 2d, steel beads £3 75 9d, machinery of all kinds, ploughs and harrows, cards for carding machines, combs, heckles and shuttles free, arms and ammunition, cannon, mortars, bombs, &c. free, guns and pistols and parts thereof, except unfinished gun barrels £1 95 11d, gun barrels unfinished free, swords and sabres, with or without sheaths 19/9, gunpowder and cartridges, with or without percussion caps free, shot 461, percussion caps for guns £3 15s id, paper spools and bobbins Per. d per kilo; Per. Iron for agricultural and mining 5% a v, other classes from 5 to 45% av, steel plates and bars free, agricul tural and mining 5%, other classes from 10% to 45% a v, hunting gunpowder 45%, ditto for cannon and small arms, prohibited medical instruments 45% a v; PR. Per roo kilo, iron, cast in pigs, and old iron 87 cts, pipes and ordinary manufactures, with coatings of lead, tin or zinc i peso 38 cts, fine manufactures, with coating of porcelain and ornamented with other metals 5 pesos So cts, forged, and steel in bars of all kinds, straps, axles, tires, troops, and springs for carriages 2 pesos 32 cts, ditto, in wire, nails, screws, and pipes 3 pesos 77 cts, ditto, in ordinary manufactures, with coating of lead, tin, or zinc, painted or varnished 3 pesos 68 cts, ditto, in fine mauufactures, with coating of porcelain and ornamented with other metals, and those not otherwise mentioned 7 pesos 25 cts, needles, pens, pieces for watches, and other like articles of iron and steel 110 pesos, knives, carving knives, razors, scissors for sewing, and pen knives 40 pesos, arms, side, and blades for same 87 pesos, arms, fire, portable, and parts 174 pesos, gunpowder per kilo 9 cs, machinery, and parts 5 pesos 98 cts, sewing machines, and parts 23 pesos; P. Per kilo, iron, cast, in lumps

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in sheets, not manufactured 4% a v, iron in lumps or sheets, tinned, galvanised, covered with zinc or lead, plain, painted, or prepared in any way 3 r, iron, wire-drawn 3 r, ditto covered with wood, silk, cotton, linen, or paper 300 r, iron nails of every description (including those with brass heads) 55 r, iron tubing 15 r, iron manufactures not otherwise mentioned, rough or painted 42 r, iron, manufactured, not otherwise distinguished, polished, gilded, varnished, enamelled, &c. 85 r, iron manufactures not otherwise classified, exceeding 100 kilos in weight 10 r, iron, wrought or in tubes 4% a v, iron, wrought, chains and cables, not otherwise specified 15 r, iron, wrought, manufactures, not otherwise classified, in the rough or painted 108 r iron, wrought, polished, gilded, varnished, or enamelled 200 r, iron, wrought, not otherwise specified, each article weighing more than 100 kilos 22 r, iron, wrought, tin wares 350 r, iron manufactures, wire-drawn 70 r, steel, cast, not otherwise mentioned 4% a v, steel springs for vehicles 30 r, steel wire 70 r, ditto for umbrella frames, round 20 r, other 35 r, steel cutlery, scissors 600 r, steel cutlery not otherwise mentioned 350 r, steel manufactured, not otherwise specified 240 r, implements and tools and separate pieces of machinery for industrial purposes (glass, crystal, or earthenware) 5 r, ditto, pieces for industrial purposes and for steam engines, not otherwise mentioned 25 r, ditto for agricul tural and gardening purposes 4 r, steam machinery up to 15 real horse power 20 r, ditto up to 50-horse power 15r, machinery, industrial, not elsewhere specified 15 r, anchors, chains, and other articles of metal for sailing and fishing purposes 12 r; R. Iron and steel, manufactured iron, cast and wrought in lumps, rods, round or square bars, also in any form not shaped for direct use, old iron, steel, cement, or cast in any form, not shaped for direct use, iron and steel rails of all kinds, and points, iron tires and hoop iron generally, free, black plates, sheet iron 1/1, tin-plate and other iron plates, polished, enamelled, or galvanised 1/10, steel plates and sheets polished or not 4/1, iron wire, black, polished, or coated with tin, copper, zinc or lead 2/04, steel wire and steel strings for musical instruments 8/2, wire gauze, coarse, containing four threads or less per centimetre and sieves thereof 2/51, other wire gauze and sieves thereof 6/5, iron and steel wares, coarse iron cast

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ings and parts of machines roughly cast, not further manufactured, partly filed, polished, turned or not free, iron castings ornamented, polished, enamelled or varnished, cast cooking utensils enamelled, also small cast articles ornamented or polished, varnished or bronzed, combined or not with other common materials 9/9. (NOTEThese articles, when gilt or silvered, will be charged at the rate of 19 6 per cwt.) Wrought iron wares (ferronerie), (a) beams and other coarse pieces of iron shaped for the construction of houses and bridges, ironwork for railway and other carriages, &c. 2'54, (6) other wrought iron wares (ferronerie) 2,0}, nails of cast or wrought iron and wire nails free, screws of iron and steel of all sizes, with or without nuts 41, pipes and tubes 2/104, springs for carriages and wagons 17, ships' anchors and chains 174, other iron chains of all sizes 2 o, gratings for gardens, courts, or balconies. not gilt or silvered 11:4, common articles of black sheet iron not polished, tinned, or enamelled, combined or not with cast iron 99, safes or boxes of iron or steel 10/24. common iron bedsteads, plain painted only, without ornaments other than those of cast mouldings, not gilt or silvered, also garden seats, &c. 11/4, superior iron bedsteads, painted, varnished. bronzed, &c., also iron furniture for rooms, gilt, silvered, upholstered or not 12/3 unenumerated articles of iron and steel, common not tinned, enamelled or polished, with the exception of tools, cutlery and machinery 12/3, unenumerated articies of iron or steel, semi-fine, plated or enamelled 61, articles of tin-plate of all kinds simply wrought, painted, enamelled, varnished or not, combined or not with common wood, but without ornamentation, and not gilt or silvered £1 45 5d, articles of tin-plate of all kinds, or of sheet iron finely wrought, painted, enamelled or galvanised, or even gilt or silvered, combined or not with other materials except precious metals, ivory or mother-of-pearl £2 os 8d, fine articles of iron and steel (except cutlery and surgical instruments), combined or not with other common materials £4 15 4d, extra fine articles of steel, ie, jewellery £4 15 3d, cast articles ornamented, polished, varnished or bronzed, mixed or not with other common materials 16 3, tools, agricultural, with or without handles free, scientific instruments and surgical apparatus free, common cutlery of iron or steel, com. mon scissors, in combination with wood, bone, horn or other common materials 82 per cwt, cutlery fine, of polished iron or steel, as knives, penknives, razors, scissors of all kinds, mounted in other materials, with the exception of gold and silver £3 1s, needles for knitting and crochets, and fish hooks, sewing needles of all sizes, including those for sewing machines £35s id, pins, hooks, and hair pins of iron £1 os 5d, arms and ammunition, side-arms other than those ornamented or mounted with materials paying a higher rate of duty £2 os 10d, firearms of all kinds and parts thereof, exclusive of arms of war £4 Is 4d, arms of war and parts thereof, gunpowder of all kinds, cartridges, ball and shot prohibited, percussion caps, duty on material of which com. posed, machinery, cast-iron machinery of all kinds 38 per cwt. complete machinery of iron or steel, with the exception of steam engines and agricultural and industrial machinery, parts and fittings of machines weighing not more than 25 kilogrammes (about cut) 7/4, machinery for industrial and agricultural purposes free, ste: m engines, stationary or locomotive free, machines and complete parts of machines constructed of common metals other than iron and steel, or in the construction of which other metals than iron or steel preRus. dominate in weight 82; Rus. Iron, cast, in pigs, bars, and scrap 211, iron, wrought, and steel scrap 3/11, bars, shaped or not, and wrought iron of all kinds, excepting that mentioned below, also iren in blooms, puddled blooms, and mill bars 11. (NOTE.-Iron and steel rods less than in in thickness or width are regarded as wire.) In sheets and plates exceeding 18in in width, and all shaped iron or steel of more than 7in in thickness, also fine descriptions having a breadth or diameter of from in to in inclusive 5/11, rails for railways 4'11, tin plate and sheet iron coated with copper, zinc, or other common metal 13/10, cast iron manufactures, coarse iron castings, such as firebars, plates, pipes, beams, pillars, and cast iron appa tenances for railways and their rolling stock 5 11, enamelled cast iron utensils 9'4, cast iron articles moulded, turned, painted, polished, bronzed, tinned, &c., with or without parts of wood, copper, or bronze, also all unfinished articles of malleable cast iron 11/10, iron

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and steel smiths' work of all kinds, filed but not polished, such as anchors, nails not otherwise specified, hooks, bells, and mortars, and wrought iron appurtenances for railways and their rolling stock 8/10, iron and steel boiler work, such as boilers, tanks, boxes, pipes, bridges, and all articles of sheet iron or steel not otherwise specified II/10, finished articles of iron or steel not otherwise enumerated, with or without parts of copper, bronze, or wood, weighing more than five funt each 11/10, ditto weighing less than five funt each £1 45 7d, padlocks and other locks, as also screws of all kinds L1 19s 5d, manufactures of tin plate, also tinned galvanised and enamelled iron ware, not painted £1 7s rd, painted, gilt, or ornamented £2 145 2d, needle wire 1 195 5d per cwt gross, iron and steel wire, and all iron rods of less than inch in thickness 10/10, wire of less than inch in diameter, galvanised or tinned, wire nails, bolts, rivets &c., also strings for musical instruments, inclusive of the weight of the rollers on which wound, wire rigging, and submarine cables 1 98 7d, manufactures of iron and steel wire, and also wire covered with cotton, silk, or other threads, frames for parasols and umbrellas, bird cages, &c. 1 75 1d, needles, packing, harness, saddlers' and sail-makers' needles, also knitting needles 5 18s 3d,f sewing, and all other needles except those mentioned above £10 16s 9d, cutlery set in common materials, shears (except sheep shears), scissors, tweezers, and knife blades, finished or not £7 16s 2d, set in plated silver and other metallic compositions, ivory, whalebone, tortoiseshell, and mother-of-pearl, or in common materials, with ornaments of bronze, gold, silver, whalebone, tortoiseshell, ivory, and mother-of-pearl £15 125 4d, peasants' pocket knives set in common metal or other cheap materials £3 55. (NOTE.-Cutlery set in gold or silver pays as articles of gold or silver.) Scythes, sickles, chaff-cutters, and mowers, sheep shears, spades, rakes, hoes, forks, and shovels 13/9, tools of iron or steel not otherwise enumerated 13/94, machinery, &c., locomotives 198, tenders for locomotives, portable engines, and other steam engines, fire engines, and all other machinery and detached parts thereof 11/10, machinery and apparatus and detached parts thereof, composed wholly or principally of copper L1 98 7d, agricultural machinery as ploughs, harrows, &c. not worked by steam 4/11, scutching or harling machines for bruising liqueous parts of flax stalks, per poud £5 5s, platform cars and coal trucks, per axle £25 6s 8d, goods vans and cistern cars £38, 3rd class passenger vans £47 10s, 2nd and 3rd class composite carriage £52 5s, 2nd class carriages £56 4s 2d, 1st and 2nd class composite carriages £64 18s 4d, 1st class carriages £73 125 6d, 2-horse tram cars £53 165 8d, 1-horse tram cars 639 115 8d. (NOTE. -Duplicate parts of agricultural machinery and instruments pay duty according to the materials of which composed.) Weights and scales of every kind, with fittings L1 Is 8d,† instruments, surgical, mathematical, physical, &c. £3 58,* arms and ammunition, swords and sabres £11 165 5d, fire arms and appurtenances thereof £9 175,† shot 8/8,+ air guns, gunpowder, Sal. cannon, mortars, bombs, shells, &c. prohibited; Sal. Iron, bar, sheet, g w, per lb id, buckets, per doz £1 4s 8d, buckles, per gross, 2/6, bells for houses, per lb 7ld, beds, g w, ditto 2d, ditto with bronze, gw, ditto 94d, chains, g w, ditto 24d, cast iron for agricultural and domestic use, g w, ditto 2d, forged iron and in parts for domestic use, not denominated, g w, ditto 6d; guns, single barrel, each 7/94, double barrel 15/51, fine 18/61, fine double £1 175 old, breech-loaders £3 1s 9d, hooks and rings g w, per lb 7id, nails (3in.) and tacks, g w, ditto 3d, pumps for casks, per doz L1 178 old, steel g w. per lb 24d, tools and implements, g w, ditto 24d, ditto fine, g w, ditto 7d, scales 4in. per doz 18/61d, 8in. £1 75 94d, 12in. £3 148 ofd, 18ín £5 11s 1d, with marble slabs, each 18/61, safes and strong boxes, 25in. high, each £3 175 21d, safes, large (according to size), wire, g w, per lb 6d, weighing machines, to weigh 150 lbs, each 18/61, to weigh 250 lbs £1 10s 10 d. to weigh 500 lbs £3 1s 94d, screws, g w, per lb 6d; S. Iron, cast, in pigs, and old cast iron 91d, tubes, rough bars ("torchos") 1/5, iron and steel, wrought, old broken 1/0, rails 1/10, bars and hoops of all kinds 3/6, plates of not less than 6 millimetres in thickness and rivets 2/81, plates of less than 6 millimetres in thickness, also axle-trees, tires, plates, and springs for carriages 3/6, wire 2/8, wire gauze, not further manufactured 6/1, tubes 3/04, nails and screws, with or without brass heads 6/o. (NOTE.-Large

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pieces of iron and steel used for building purposes, and consisting of bars and plates riveted together, pay duty as bars, with an addition of 30%.) Iron wares, of cast-iron, common 251, fine, polished, or japanned, or with ornaments of common metals 4 9, of wrought iron, not otherwise specified, including japanned articles and wares, in combination with other metals 8/1, tin plates 5 71, ditto manufac tures thereof not otherwise specified 1 os 8d, iron and steel wares, needles, steel pens, watch works, and other similar articles of iron or steel £6 is id, table knives, carving knives, clasp knives, and pen knives £2 os 8d. scissors £4 115 5d, side-arins and parts thereof £4 35 4d, articles of steel not otherwise speci. fied 8,o. (NOTE.-Instruments, mathematical, physical, &c. are charged according to the material which predominates in weight.) Machines and machinery, agricultural machines 43d, locomotive engines and other motive machinery 9id, machinery for industrial purposes, and detached parts thereof 33, weighing machines 9 4, machinery of copper 9'9, arms and ammunition, side-arms £4 35 4d, fire arms, also barrels and other parts thereof £9 75 od, gunpowder for mining purposes 19 1, cartridges, ball 9 5, ditto other kinds 18 8, per cussion caps £2 195 9d. (NOTE.-Arms and munitions of war, under which are included pistols, revolvers, guns, and carbines which have a calibre of over 7 millimetres, as also their ammunition, are prohibited to be imported except by special permission of the Government.) Sn. Velocipedes 15% a v, iron, cast, pig, ballast, and lump iron free, beams, columns, lamp posts, railings, grates, hearth plates and weights 61d, firegrates, stoves, and chimneys, also cast pots, mortars, and mangers not enamelled, glazed or tinned 1/1, tables, sofas, chairs, foot scrapers, spittoons, parts of doors, candelabra, press-irons, and flat irons, and all not specified cast-iron wares enamelled, glazed or tinned 4.61, fire-irons, coffee and sausage mills, copying presses, umbrella stands, flower stands and other similar household articles 8'6, fine, as flower vases, busts, fruit dishes, lamps, candlesticks, medallions, paper-holders, watch stands, trays, &c. 14/1, buttons 86, iron wrought and steel anchors, chains and cables, with links of 2-9th of an inch and more in diameter, grappling irons, armlets, rudder irons and ships' keels, iron and steel bars, sheets, hoops, bolts, railings, round or square, angle and T-iron and wire, plates coated or not with tin, zinc or lead, galvanised, perforated or not, but not further manufactured, also plate of 1-9th inch and above in thickness partly manufactured, rails for railways, railway chairs, spikes, bolts, &c., also springs free, iron safes and bedsteads 10% a v; small chains of less than 2-9th inch in diameter 58, screws and nails of all kinds exceeding 4-9th inch in diameter free, shoe nails 311, nails of 13 of an inch long and above 1 81, nails of less than 1 of an inch long, also tacks and French nails 86, nails, brass-headed 199, other wrought iron or steel wares not particularly specified, gilt or silvered L1 19s 6d, polished, lacquered or nickelled 199, other kinds 86, wire gauze 86, manufactures of tin-plate not otherwise specified as materials, wrought, of which composed, steel unmanufactured free, cutlery, razors with or without cases £1 135 4d, penknives £3 6s 7d, clasp knives, sailors or common working knives 7 11, table knives and other sorts not particularly specified, with silver, plated or ivory handles £3 6s 7d, with handles of other materials 13 7, scissors other than garden, tailors' or clothworkers' scissors, unpolished 13/7 polished £1 135 4d, instruments, surgical, mathematical, &c., tool garden and tailors' shears, machinery, steam engines and parts of railway carriages, including springs free, thimbles 199, hooks and eyes 1611, pins and needles 1 25 7d, knitting needles 14 1, fish. hooks free, arms and ammunition fire-arms of all kinds £1 8s 3d, shot 3/11, gunpowder and cartridges 69, percusSz. sion caps £3 75 9d; Sz. Iron and steel, iron or steel in pigs or blooms, old, broken and scrap iron, &c. 9d per ton, iron, wrought, sheet, drawn, rails for railways, weighing less than 15 kilos per linear metre, special iron having a maximum transverse section of less than 6 centimetres, circular iron less than 7 centimetres thick, iron for wire not otherwise mentioned, square and plate iron, less than 36 centimetres in transverse section 8}d, sheet-iron scaled, even when two angles only per sheet are cut off, the angles cut off having the form of a right-angled triangle, with two sides equal and the third 10 centimetres, 7ld, articles of wrought iron, malleable cast iron and steel, common, un

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prepared, turned, filed, finished, tarred, even combined with wood 2/10, polished, enamelled 6/1. (NOTE. -All iron plates of 25 centimetres or more in width are treated as sheet iron.) Sheet iron neither pierced nor riveted 1,6. Wire (including rods of a maximum diameter of 9 millimetres) coated or not with lead, tin, zinc, copper or nickel 1/7, cast iron or steel wares, very coarse and in the rough 1/o, other manufactures of cast iron 2/04, wrought iron or steel wares, tubes and pipes in the rough 3d, very coarse wares in the rough, as rough tools, ploughshares, axles for carriages, anvils, tubes and pipes of all sorts, riveted, soldered or galvanised, railway chairs, points, and crossings for railways, coupling irons, &c. 1/2, common rough turned, filed, planed or dressed with preservative paint, tarred or tinned, in combination with wood or not 2/10, fine, painted, polished, varnished or enamelled combined or not with other materials 8/2, ditto coated with nickel 12/2, lamp stands of cast iron 26 shears for cutting hedges 36. (NOTE-Articles composed partly of cast and partly of wrought iron are chargeable under the foregoing categories, according as the cast or wrought iron predominates in the weight.) Girders, bridges and detached parts thereof not otherwise specified 17, cutlery of all kinds 16/3, instruments, surgical, mathematical and astronomical 6/6, agricultural implements, such as ploughs, harrows, &c. 6% a v, engraved cylinders and plates for printing 1/71, cylinders and plates for printing not engraved old, machinery of all sorts (except locomotives) and finished parts thereof 1/7, detached parts of machines in the rough 9id, locomotives 17, arms of all sorts and finished parts thereof L1 os 4d, detached parts of arms in the rough 4/01, fire-pumps mounted on wheels 6% a v, children's T. sewing machines 1/7, automatic gas-lighters 17; T. All kinds 8% a v, USC. the importation of revolvers is prohibited; USC. Iron, steel, and manufactures, from d to 2d per kilog, other from sd to 4/2, powder, coarse and ordinary powder for mines, in barrels or otherwise packed, gross weight exceeding 2 kilogs, 5d, fine-grained powder in tins, &c, 26, as fireworks 2/11; Ur. Ingots, bars, or per kilo, bars galvanized, sheets, also steel bars or sheets, o'15 per kilo, wire, wire galvanized 8 cs, articles of iron and steel not otherwise enumerated, per 100 kilos, kilo, doz, per doz pairs, each, gross, centimetre, set, 30 cs, agricultural implements, per doz, each, Ven. kilo, 8 cs; Ven. 1st class, machinery for making and distributing gas, for sugar mills and accessories, agriculture, mining, weaving, saw mills, foundries, and arts and trades not specified, printing presses, type and accessories, fish hooks, fire engines, agricultural implements, bridges with accessories for public use or agricultural enterprise, ploughs, harrows, hoes, axes, shovels, pickaxes, machetas, billhooks, pruning knives, and other farm tools, wire for fencing, or not manufactured or galvanised, 2nd class, iron, unmanufactured, round, square, bar, plate, sheet and other forms, boat and launch anchors, hoops, pipes, pumps, 3rd class, iron articles, for domestic use, anchors for ships, adzes, anvils, balusters, balconies, boilers, busts, cannon, wire cloth, columns, flower-pots, forges, furniture, frying pans, hatchets, jacks, kitchen ranges, kettles, mortars, nails, ore, pots, post, rivets, scales, chains for vessels, iron edifices (in pieces), roofing, steelyards, stewpans, statues, stools, sieves, tacks, urns, knitting needles, 4th class, iron (manufactured, not specified), awls, augers, bridle bits, bells, bolts, curry combs, compasses, chisels, helmet straps, drills, files, girandoles, hinges, hammers, locks, lanterns, lamps, levels, meat covers, pincers, padlocks, spoons, instruments for arts and trades, ordinary knives for fishermen, shoemakers, saddlers, gardeners, tobacconists, hunters, &c., saws, trays, trowels, tinware, sword blades, 5th class, frames for glasses, filings, images, inkstands, jack knives, pocket knives and forks, paper knives, paper weights, razors, scissors, instruments (surgical, anatomical, dental, mathematical, and other scientific), musical instruments, and parts not specified, 6th class, iron articles, gilt or plated, buckles, gun nipples, hairpins, needles, thimbles, 7th class, carbines, muskets, pistols, swords, sabres, sword blades, gun locks, gridirons, window grating, fine hunting knives, poinards; 3rd class, steel, unmanufactured; 4th class, steel, manu factured (not specified); 6th class, steel, for crinolines, bustles, &c., 2nd class, iron wire, galvanized (manufactured); 3rd class, ungalvanized; 4th class, steel wire, manufactured (not specified),