Progress report no. 2. : spirits and the distillation of spirits. / Royal Commission on Customs and Excise Tariffs

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Australia. Royal Commission on Customs and Excise Tariffs
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ROYAL COMMISSION ON CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TARIFFS. PROGRESS REPORT NO. 2. SPIRITS AND THE DISTILLATION OF SPIRITS. 1
INDEX. 3
PROGRESS REPORT—NO. 2. SECTION I.—COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS. 5
SECTION II.—PROTECTION TO DISTILLING INDUSTRY UNDER STATE AND COMMONWEALTH TARIFFS COMPARED. 7
SECTION III.—INTERNATIONAL TARIFFS COMPARED. 7
SECTION IV.—MAGNITUDE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE DISTILLING INDUSTRY. 7
SECTION V.—IMPORTATION AND PRODUCTION OF SPIRIT. 8
SECTION VI.—DISTILLATION IN VICTORIA. 9
SECTION VII.—DISTILLATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 15
SECTION VIII.—DISTILLATION IN QUEENSLAND. 17
SECTION IX.—DISTILLATION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 19
SECTION X.—DISTILLATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 21
SECTION XI.—DISTILLATION IN TASMANIA. 22
SECTION XII.—CHEAP AND INFERIOR SPIRITS. 22
SECTION XIII.—PREJUDICE AGAINST AUSTRALIAN SPIRIT. 24
SECTION XIV.—COST OF MATERIAL AND LABOUR IN AUSTRALIA AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM COMPARED. 25
SECTION XV.—BY-PRODUCTS AND THEIR DISPOSAL. 25
SECTION XVI.—OVERSEA FREIGHT CHARGES. 26
SECTION XVII.—DUMPING. 26
SECTION XVIII.—ALLOWANCE AND BONUS ON OVERSEA SPIRIT. 26
SECTION XIX.—MODE OF CALCULATING RATE OF PROTECTION. 27
SECTION XX.—REVENUE ASPECT. 28
SECTION XXI.—PRICE TO CONSUMERS. 28
SECTION XXII.—CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SPIRITS. 28
SECTION XXIII.—METHODS OF PRODUCTION. 31
SECTION XXIV.—TIME FOR MATURING SPIRIT. 33
SECTION XXV.—THE BLENDING OF SPIRITS. 34
SECTION XXVI.—ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH OE SPIRIT. 35
ESSENCES. SECTION XXVIII.—ARTIFICIAL ETHERS AND FLAVOURING 36
SECTION XXVII.—EQUALIZATION OF STANDARDS. 36
SECTION XXIX.—ANALYSIS OF SPIRIT TO DETERMINE A STANDARD. 37
SECTION XXX.—PROOF AND UNDER PROOF. 37
SECTION XXXI.—OBSCURATION TEST AND CALCULATION. 38
SECTION XXXII.—METHODS OF GAUGING SPIRITS. 38
SECTION XXXIII.—NAMES AND MARKS ON CASKS CONTAINING SPIRITS IN BOND. 39
SECTION XXXIV.—LABELS AND CERTIFICATES. 40
SECTION XXXV.—CONCLUSIONS. 41
APPENDIX A. SPIRITS. Commonwealth of Australia. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE REVENUE DERIVED FROM SPIRITS IN EACH OF THE STATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1899-1905 INCLUSIVE. 45
APPENDIX B. RETURN SHOWING PRODUCTION OF SPIRITS IN THE SEVERAL STATES FOR THE YEARS 1899-1905 INCLUSIVE. 45
APPENDIX C. 46
APPENDIX D. 46

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Australia. Royal Commission on Customs and Excise Tariffs, author and Australia. Parliament. issuing body. Progress report no. 2. : spirits and the distillation of spirits [Melbourne], Victoria: Printed and published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria, 1906. Web. 25 April 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2341786172>

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Australia. Royal Commission on Customs and Excise Tariffs, author & Australia. Parliament. issuing body. 1906, Progress report no. 2. : spirits and the distillation of spirits Printed and published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria, [Melbourne], Victoria viewed 25 April 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2341786172

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