porate, with perpetual succession and a common seal. The governing body is a Council, the Members of which are elected by the ratepayers. Rates may be levied on all land within a municipality except that used for public purposes, for such amount between 6d. and 2s. 6d. in the £ (the common rate is 1s.), as may be decided upon by the Municipal Council. In 1884 there were 60 cities, towns, and boroughs, and 120 shires. The number of ratepayers was 226,060; the annual value of the rateable property was assessed at 8,098,8147., representing a value in fee simple of 103,795,8321.; the total income (including 372,2021. received from Government) was 1,129,168., and the expenditure was 1,211,2097. TARIFF OF VICTORIA. Import Duties. Class I.-Art and Mechanic Productions. Cards, playing, per doz. packs Stationery, manufactured, including account books, printed cheques, billheads, and other printed or ruled paper, blotting pads, sketch blocks, manifold writers, albums, and all klnds of jewel, dressing, and writing cases (excepting pens, penholders, pencils, pencilcases, and slates), 20 per cent. ad valorem. Musical instruments (including second hand), being pianofortes, organs, und all parts thereof, and harmoniums, including pianoforte actions made up (except action-work in separate pieces, including rails and keys), 25 per cent. ad valorem. Pipes, smoking, wooden, per gross clay, meerschaum, 25 per cent. ad valorem. Fireworks, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Clocks, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Watches, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Dynamite, per lb. Fuze, per coil of 24 feet or less, and in proportion for any greater quantity. 0 0 14 Bricks, fire, per 1,000 Gun-cotton, or other material used for exploding purposes, not otherwise specified, per lb. Lithofracteur, per lb.. Powder, blasting, per lb. sporting (except fine powder Shot, per lb.. ad valorem. Boilers (land and marine), brushware (except artists' brushes), machinery not otherwise enumerated (except machinery for carding, spinning, weaving, and finishing the manufacture of fibrous material, and cards for such machinery, sewing and printing machines and presses, machinery used in the manufacture of paper and for felting, including wire-cloth and felts, and machines for telegraphic purposes, and engines of which gas is the direct motive power), 25 per cent. ad valorem. 100 0.10 0 004 Saddles and harness and whips of any description, 25 per cent. ad valorem. 100 050 Window sashes, per pair 020 Furniture, including second-hand fur niture,† 25 per cent. ad valorem. 0 1 Springs, sofa, chair, and other furniture, 10 per cent. ad valorem. Acid, acetic, per pint or lb. 003 muriatic, per cwt. 050 nitric, per cwt. Blacking, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Acid, carbolic, per gallon See also under "Woodenware." i See also Metals, also Exemption L'st. Drugs: pure, per lb.. oxalic, per lb. picric, per lb. Aloes, per cwt. Ammonia, carbonate of, per liquid, per lb. Cannabis indica, per lb. Chlorodyne, 25 per cent. ad valorem. Cocculus indicus, per cwt. Faba amara, per cwt. Gelatine, per lb. See also under "Woodenware." † See also Exemption List. and gimp for furniture,reps, damasks and other material for covering furniture), 20 per cent. ad valorem Silks in the piece known as pongees, 10 per cent. ad valorem Tents and tarpaulins, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Drapery and haberdashery (see Orders 15, 16, and 19). Articles of apparel, whether wholly or partly made up (except hosiery), 25 per cent. ad valorem. Articles of artificial human hair manufactured, viz.: head dresses, hair plaits, hair plait stems, side pads, chignons, 25 per cent. ad valorem. Bonnets (except straw, chip, willow, tape, and braid, untrimmed), 25 per cent. ad valorem. Boots and shoes-present English sizes to be the standard (except children's, Nos. 0-3), viz.: Men's No. 6 and upwards, per dozen pairs £ s. d. 196606 1 13 0 1 1 0 17 0 19 0 16 0 11 06 0 Youths', Nos. 2-5, per dozen pairs Women's "lasting" and "stuff" boots, per dozen pairs Goloshes of all kinds, per dozen pairs Slippers-men's, women's, and children's, from No. 7 and upwards Frilling and ruffling, 25 per cent. ad valorem. Gloves, 20 per cent. ad valorem Hats (except straw, chip, willow, tape, Boys', youths', and men's, with a calico or other foundation or frame, and covered with felt, plush, silk, merino, velvet, or other material (unless otherwise specified), per dozen Dress hats per dozen 0 13 0 0 4 0 09 0 . 0 15 0 Boys' and youths' felt hats, in sizes up to and including 67 per dozen Men's felt hats and women's untrimmed felt of any size, and pith hats per dozen Caps, 25 per cent. ad valorem Hosiery (except of cotton, linen, and elastic stockings for surgical purposes, or otherwise specified), 20 per cent. ad valorem. Plaitings of all kinds, 25 per cent. ad valorem Ruchings, 25 per cent. ad valorem, Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades:Parasols and sunshades (plain) up to 18 inches in length of ribs, including covers made up wholly or in part of cotton, woollen, or other material not otherwise specified, each 0 12 0 Timber, hardwood, undressed (except undressed logs of any length of the size of 9 inches square or larger), per 100 superficial feet 1 4 0 003 8913 0 0 0 6 980 600 80 Timber, laths, per 1,000. Ditto, shingles, per 1,000 Ditto, palings, per 100 Ditto, rough spokes and felloes (except hickory) and sawn pickets, per 100 Varnish, including lithographic, per gallon Wickerware, 25 per cent. ad valorem Woodenware, including bellows, picture frames, and wooden hames, turnery, (except billiard balls in the rough), staves, shaped or dressed, and casks, and finished timber not otherwise enumerated (except artists' materials, engravers' boxwood, shafts and poles in the rough, ash oars, gilt mouldings, and beadings used in the manufacture of picture frames of wood or other materials, but not ornamental composition mouldings in the white not gilt), 25 per cent. ad valorem Oil and paste-furniture, 20 per cent. ad valorem 002 002 002 Grease-Antifriction, 10 per cent. ad valorem Leather Calf and kid, 7 per cent. ad valorem Patent and coloured fancy leathers, 10 per cent. ad valorem All other leathers (except crust or rough-tanned hog-skins, calf and goat, and shumach-tanned sheep), 20 per cent. ad valorem Cut into shapes, including elastic-side uppers and Wellington legs, clogs, and pattens, 20 per cent. ad valorem Leatherware, or articles made up of leather, or any manufacture of which leather is the most valuable part, including whips of any description, and trunks and portmanteaus, 25 per cent. ad valorem Stearine, per lb. Soap-perfumed and toilet, per lb. Oils-animal and vegetable, other than black, cocoanut, cod, or palm,* per gallon. mineral, refined, of which the point of ignition is above 80° Fahr., colza and olive, in bulk, per gallon. including castor or cod liver when refined or for medicinal purposes, in bottles of a quart or less than a quart, quarts per dozen Ditto, pints per dozen Ditto, -pints and smaller sizes, per dozen 0 1 0 0 0 6 Class V.-Minerals and Metals. Coal and charcoal, ground*, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Bottles, glass or stone, containing a reputed quart or any less quantity of spirits (not perfumed), wine, ale, porter, or other beer, and bottles containing aërated or mineral waters, per dozen Bottles containing pickles, per dozen Brownware and tiles, 20 per cent. ad valorem Chinaware and porcelain (except photographic and telegraphic materials), per cubic foot Earthenware (except photographic and telegraphic materials), per cubic foot. 0 1 4 See also Exemption List. 026 Glass bottles for aërated waters and medicines, per cubic foot Chimneys, shades, and globes, and all other glassware not being cut, engraved, etched, or ground, per cubic foot Glass shades and globes, and other glassware, cut, engraved, etched, or ground, per cubic foot Marble and stone-wrought (except slate slabs not wholly manufactured, lithographic stones, and stones for milling and grinding purposes), 20 per cent. ad valorem Gold leaf, 10 per cent. ad valorem plate of, per oz. troy Jewellery (except cameos and precious stones unset), viz. : Rings of gold, finished or unfinished, Chains of gold, unfinished (except machine-made chains for fringes), per dwt. troy All other jewellery, whether manufactured wholly or in part, not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent. ad valorem Silver leaf, 10 per cent. ad valorem plate of, per oz. troy Copperware, not otherwise enumerated, 25 per cent. ad valorem Lead-sheet and piping, per cwt. cranks and tires in the rough, and patent roller bushes for block making: Metal ware, plated and mixed (except door handles, locks, shaft tips, stump and finger joints, and slot irons used in carriage building, harness mountings, and plated hames, 20 per cent. ad valcrem Nails-iron, except for trunks and grindery, per cwt. horseshoe, per cwt. Pipes, cast iron, flanged, spigot, and faucet, knees and elbows, the ton Types-brass, typeholders, ornamental rolls and line fillets, for bookbinders, 10 per cent. ad valorem £ s. d. 006 010 026 080 04 0 03 0 01 0 020 0 26 Exemptions. Works of art; all surgical instruments appliances; agricultural instruments known othe reapers and binders; all carriages and vehicles used in the conveyance of passengers a goods across the frontier which have been registere with the officers of customs nearest the place whe such carriage or other vehicle may ply or pass, an in such manner as the Commissioner may by an order from time to time approve; all mind articles of mixed or undescribed materials used i the making up of saddlery; ships' fittings; furni ture, second-hand, accompanying any passenger which has been in such passenger's own use, up t 50%. in value, and which is not imported for sale *all minor articles of mixed or undescribed materials used in the making up of apparel, booth and shoes, hats, umbrellas, parasols, or sunshades olives, fresh; rice imported into any bonded ware house and manufactured into starch thereing spirits mixed with essential oils, so as to be unfit for human consumption, to be used in the manu facture of soap, provided the mixing is performed in the presence of an officer of Customs; charcoal (animal), ground; candle nuts; oil, black; oil, cocoas nut; oil, cod; oil, palm; all packages in which goods are ordinarily imported, not otherwise enumerated; all packages, second-hand, in which ships' stores have been imported; goods imported for the use of Her Majesty's Government; passengers' baggage being cabin furniture and personal luggage. 200 CharlesJosephLa Trobe! 15 July, 1851... 5 May, 1854 John Vesey Fitzgerald 8 May, 1854... 22 June, 1854 Foster (acting) SirCharles Hotham, K.C.B. 22 June, 1854... 31 Dec., 1855 |