The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-27
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA.
Commercial Items-New ImPorts-Taxatson
In Victoria "A New Tarfn Tine O0Ao
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gOmMercial Items-New ImPorts-1"A@tic"
In Victoria A New Tariff = The colo
Market, &C., Sc.
By way Of Callao we have news rom Austrana, aa'eo
at SYDNEY ON June 9TH Melbourne May 3oth Adelaide,
Nay 18th; Bathurst, June a.
verca, notices The cargo of -four by the Ocean Wave
10. heen purchased by of the large mlers which
I the market in the hands ana the sudden rise
om s4o to 3 may be in part attributed to this circum
stance
Among articles of import may notice par
GELS Aberdeen granite in broad flags suitable for paving
purposes Already portions of the footpaths prn
eipal streets are formed of this imported material.
Mr.. Charles Newton effected a sale of teas lately ex
Aurora Pacifque Blair and other vessels The majority
Of the teas damaged The prices considering the
condition of the articles good lot of Cape four
bout 80 tons in bags also disposed of May alst
1877 10s per Aparce of Abertis tobacco realized
rom IL. I'd. to Is. 315d per h.
Messrs w. Dean Co. sold June 4h portions Of the
cargo ex Brilliant, Walter Hood aud other ships The
attendance fair but there want Of spirit The
following were the principal items:-1 inch pitch pine
boards with the 4h added $685. 3d. to 3ss 3D. per 100
feet DOORS from rs Cd. to 24s EACH galvanized and
gauge f34 los do; IL inch rough boards per super
fetal nch 23s Cd per 100 feet Ia inch do, POS to 26s
3D. white pine boards ongued and grooyed Us Cd per
sial feet; batess, 61a 2s, 24, and 3 at from
i'd. to sid per running foot; Roman cement, 23s to 24s
Melbourne papers OF May 3oth say:-The value of the
imports into the port of Melbourne for the week ending
Nay o. as declared at the Custom House, f196 $780,
that OF the exports for period f130 07. The
Of received through the Customs for the
same week f14 1855 13s. I'D.
BY the Eagle cleared at the Custom House, Melbourne,
to-day, for Liverpool large quantity OF soft goods was
yeshipped to England.
Il, To tba
proposed financial scheme of the Victoria government
by which the public debt of the colony is sought to be
paid o-First by duty Of ten per cent on all i'm
ported articles not subjected to taxation; second
by the establishment Of system of stamp duties third
BY increasing the rent of lands The Colonial Sec
rotary had expounded this scheme to the Legislative Coun
ell and it received with appearance Of support
On the following day the subject was brought under the
notice Of the Chamber of Commerce, at considerable
length, when the following resolution was adopted by
that body
That this committee have again to protest against FIRE.
quen alterations in fiscal taxation they necessarily
exercise most injurious effect upon the general inter
tsts Of this colony, in its commercial relations"
From the Melbourne Argus, May 20.]
The chief topic of conversation in mercantile circles
during the past two days has been the Colonial Secrea
Sys proposition OF ad vaorem duty OF ten per cent
all mpors, one means of repenshng the exchequer
Until the bill is before the public, and it is known
what articles fixed duty viii be imposed and what
rum ng adj valorem duty only general opinions be
elected There is large class in Melbourne with whom
at the first blush the assumed rather popular
form 1t burst up IN The buren holders Of heavy stocks
of goods for the most Of which the marke is only
beginning g. improve, like the contamination of hope
eo deferred and In effect they prepared to cad
little in the preamble than "a bill to reward the
perseverance of holders Of ketabe merchandise in
Victoria with bonus Of ten per cent" The reaction
to this appears to be- however general feeling OF
opposition to the bill
The grounds of this opposition several The evils
pf continual alterations in the tariff stand foremostin
golviDg every change is to do temporary dis
rupton in the system OF trade in the articles concerned
and renewed dstrust in the minds Of the home mer
chant regards market. is asserted and
little to doubt the assertion that the credit Of
this colony has suffered check especially in the
European markets. during the last year and half and
that the legitimate trade which it il undoubed nte
rest to foster with the markets Of the old world is not
Mkely 10 be revived and encouraged by continually shift
ing and changing tho fiscal charges imports. Ton
mage, plotage duties postage have all undergone
alteration, at least during the past twelve months and
goods in large quantities have frequently arrived here
which the shipper has based his calculations Of profit
state q fiscal charges that reported to him as
permanent but which has been since entirely swept
away by acts Of the government and almost forgotten
by the MACS Of traders.
the tax The experience of New South Wales and south
Australia here and the Cape of Good Hope and colo
MES in other parts Of the world appears to have liked
that be practically imposed Five cent Is held
to be the smuggling point Of colonial ad vaorem taxa
ton 'sa articles not hitherto taxed Brandy to-
baceo and other usual stocks in trade OF fiscal legs
tors surrounded by sort Of "preemptve right
to notice. from their creation through their various
stages to their annhiaon that smuggling in these
ticee except by deep laid scheme involving c2ta
time, and convenience, can never DO carried on any
The Argus, of Tuesday, May 90 makes favorable re-
port OF the gold market. 1t says
The gold market has opened for the week with brisk
business the buying price remaining at f3 lbs Cd TO f3
los per Several transactions Of large amoant
took place yesterday the buyers shipping by other
If the vessels about TO sail for London and Liverpool The
brokers complain Of the great hndrance TO business
caused by the working Of the Gold Export Duty bill.
parcel of gold sent down by the digger for sale in Mel
bourne is almost in effect locked up out OF the way OF
purchasers. cannot be obtained to 1t until
entry posted at the Custom House and even then the
gold cannot be removed except for the purpose OF being
taken board ship The bargain between the buyer
seller has be struck at the Treasury instead Of at
the brokers' Office htherto and the time occupied in
complying with the forms required by the authorities
OF itself serious item in the expense for which the seller
will suffer in the long The ultimate effect Of the
viii undoubtedly be to reduce the transactions
the metal in Melbourne the escort fee being in fact
protective duty Of Cd per ounce in favor of the broker
the diggipgs.
Mr.. Khun says, on May IS, the quantity Of gold re
ceiyed by escort for week ending 26h has only been
ceeded once in amount this year. and in comparing II
with the escorts within the months Of May In the prev
three years II exceeds any Of them BY TO- 0Ol
This is somewhat consoatory in the midst OF
present colonial financial difficulties.
Number Of persons arrived NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1,00e
Number that have left ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 256
Addition this week $50
LECTURE OF THE FAMOUS AMERIC AN BLooMER-
lFrom the Melbourne Argus, May II
On Tuesday evening last Mrs. Dexter deliver lee
ture at tho School of Arts " Nothing The lee
commenced by Observing that although her choice of
the part Of her hearers they had proessedly
to hear nothing yet she would endeavor to show that the
subject by so barren as might at 80 first
glance be supposed and that in fact, somethn ght
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