The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-03
NJ PACIFIC
Commercial AOOertlsrr.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 5.
ny

AN ACT 10 A1ne-d Al Ac; entitled " Al Act toiHereAse ths
Import Duties upon certain goods approved the @7tA
day Of September. A n. 1876
Be i; enacted by the Eing ard the Legislative Assembly
of the Hawaiian Islands IA the legislature ot the
Kingdom assembled
Sec. !. That Section ! q a. Act - incresse the import
duties on certain goods. APPROVED the 9th day q Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1876, be ard the same Is hereby amended
% read IS follows Section There shall be levied.
collected. and paid uPo1 tire ~foa9S-7g goods imported
into this Kingdom duties a. raiSrs1 IS follows, 70 Et
silks, satins. and silk velvet AID All articles Of which
silk shall form the principle material, ter Per cent,
Clothing ready made, and wearing apparel o. every
description. made up in whole or in part, ten Per cent;
Carriages OF all descriptions, ten per cent;
Hats and caps OF all kinds, ten per cent:
Linens. and all manufactures Of which asx. grass
cloth or s similar material shall form the principal
part. ten per cent:
Crockery and glassware Of every description. ten
per cent;
Drugs and medicines, patent and other. ten per cent;
Furniture Of all kinds, if upholstered or carved. manu-
featured IL whole or in part. ten peg cent
Millinery goods. beads, braids. bonnets, buttons, cor
sets. collars, sleeves and cuffs. edgings. flowers lartia-
ciall. feathers fancy, frtnges for clothing. and for
upholstery. ten per cent:
Gloves and mitts not otherwise provided for. ten per
cent.
Gimps for clothing. ten per cent:
Hoopskirts, ten per cent:
Hooks and eyes. ten per cent.
Insertions. laces. and lace goods Of all descriptions.
ten per cent;
Ribbons not otherwise provided for. ten per cent:
Silver plate, plated ware or gilt ware, ten per cent
Britannia ware and fancy metal ware, ten per cent;
Tea, ten per cent;
Matches of all kinds. ten per cent;
Cigarettes and all descriptions Of paper cigars, twenty
five per cent;
Jewelry and all descriptions Of metal. glas. or stone
beads, ten per cent;
Paintings, pictures, engrsvings, ststuary, bronzes, orns-
mental work Of metal, stone. marble, plaster OF Paris or
alabaster, and all limitations thereof, ten per cent:
Perfumery (other than that which pays a spirit duty.
powders, hair. tooth, nail and other toilet brushes,
ten per cent;
Pipes Csmokingl. pipe-stems. bowls ana fixtures, cigar
holders, twenty-five per cent;
Candles, ten per cent;
Candies, twenty-five per cent;
Peanut oil, twenty-five per cent;
Toys, ten per cent.
Firearms, ten per cent.
Ammunition, ten per cent;
Fireworks and fre-crackers, twenty-five per cent;
Watches and clocks, in whole or in part ten per cent;
Playing cards, ten per cent.
Sec. 2. That Section 2 of the said Act be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows Sec. .. There
shall be levied, collected and paid upon the following
goods imported into this Kingdom specific duties as
follows, to-wit
ION kid and sll other leather and skin gloves, three
dollars per dozen pairs;
On cigars and cheroots, ten dollars per thousand
On China tobacco, fifty cents per pound;
On camphor trunks, in nests of four, two dollars per
nest; and in nests of two, one dollar per nest;
On China mating, one dollar per roll;
On port. sherry, Madeira, and other wines of like nature
above eighteen per cent. of alcoholic strength; also on all
cordials, bitters and other articles of any name or descrip-
ton containing alcohol, or preserved in alcohol or spirits
above that rate of strength and below thirty per cent, un-
less otherwise provided for, two dollars per gallon;
On champagne, sparkling Moselle. and sparkling hook,
three dollars per dozen reputed quarts, and one dollar
and fifty cents per dozen reputed pints;
On claret, Rhine wine, and other light wines under eight
cen per cent, of alcoholic strength, not otherwise provided
for, forty cents per dozen reputed quarts. twenty cents
per dozen for reputed pints, and fifteen cents per gallon
if in bulk;
On ale, porter, cider, and all fermented drinks not
otherwise provided for, forty cents per dozen reputed
quarts, twenty cents per dozen reputed pints, and fifteen
cents per gallon if in bulk.
SEQ. 8. The provisions of this Act shall extend and
apply to all goods in bond at the time it shall come into
Approved this LIST day of August, A. D. 1873.
KALAKAUA r.