§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, the next Resolution he bad to propose to the Committee related to the Duties on Wine. It was a Resolution of adjustment, and provided for a relative increase of the duties on the stronger kinds of wine, in consequence of the increase on spirits.
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24. Resolved,
That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs chargeable on the articles undermentioned on and alter the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the following Duties of Customs shall, on and after that date, be charged thereon on importation into Great Britain and Ireland, and without any allowance for drawback, namely,
§ [See next page for Table of Duties of Customs.]
§ House resumed.
§ Resolutions to he reported To morrow.
§ House adjourned at half after Two o'clock.
815| Containing less than the following Rates of Proof Spirit, verified by Sykes' Hydrometer, namely, | If Imported in Bottles, and containing less than 40 degrees. | |||||||||
| 18 | 26 | 40 | 45 | |||||||
| degrees. | degrees. | degrees. | degrees. | |||||||
| Wine, of or from Foreign Countries— | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. |
| Red the gallon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| White the gallon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| Lees of such Wine the gallon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| Wine, the growth and produce of any British possession— | ||||||||||
| Red the gallon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| White the gallon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| Lees of such Wine the gallon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 |