Xlll
III. a.
EXTRACT
Erom the Return “ of the Lowest and Highest Rates of Import Duty levied by the “ Tariff of each Country in Europe and of the United States, upon some of “ the principal Articles of Merchandise, in each of the years 1860 and 1870; “ showing the per-centage Increase or Decrease of such Duties in the year « 1870.”
(Return to an Order of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 11th February, 1870.)
Austria.
Unit
of W eight or
Measure.
Lowest and Highest Rates of Import Duties.
I860. J 1870.
Description of Articles.
Per-centage Increase or Decrease in 1870.
Varns—cotton, of all kinds - Yarns—linen Yarns and thread—silk Yarns—woollen and worsted Cotton manufactures—piece goods
Xiinen manufactures—piece goods
Silk and half-silk manufactures— piece goods
Woollen and worsted manufactures ( —piece goods Hosiery—cotton
Hosiery—silk
Hosiery—woollen
Patent net - - -
Cotton lace - Ribbons—silk and velvet
Iron—unwrought and wrought :
Pig .
Bar ...
•}
-}
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
£
s.
d.
£
d.
Per cent.
From
0
10
8
From
0
8
2
Decrease -
24
To
1
6
9
To
0
15
3
32
From
0
5
3
From
0
1
6*
Decrease -
72
To
1
6
9
To
0
12
2
55
From
0
16
3
From
Free
Duty removed.
To
1
12
0
To
0
12
2
Decrease -
62
From
0
10
8
From
0
1
6*
Decrease -
86
To
1
6
9
To
0
12
2
55
From
4
5
4
From
1
12
6
Decrease -
62
To
10
13
4
To
4
11
5
57
From
1
12
0
From
0
12
2
Decrease -
62
To
10
13
4
To
6
1
11
43
From
0
2
9
From
0
1
1
Decrease -
60
To
0
4
9
To
0
2
2
54
From
5
6
8
From
1
16
7
Decrease -
66
To
10
13
4
To
5
1
7
52
8
0
0
3
0
11
Decrease -
62
From
0
2
9
From
0
1
1
Decrease -
60
To
0
4
9
To
0
2
2
54
8
0
0
3
11
1
Decrease -
56
Furniture
oa
1 Q
A
3
0
11
Decrease -
89
JLo
I Other kinds
6
1
11
>>
77
26
13
4
6
1
11
Decrease -
77
From
0
2
9
From
0
1
1
Decrease -
60
To
0
4
9
To
0
2
2
>3
55
0
0
10*
0
0
6
Decrease -
40
From
0
4
H
From
0
2
6*
40
To
0
10
8
To
0
3
6 2
J?
66