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Resolved:
That, in lieu of the duties of Customs now payable on Tobacco, there shall, on and after the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, be charged, levied, and paid upon Tobacco imported into Great Britain or Ireland the duties (that is to say):
| Tobacco, manufactured, viz.:— | |||
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Cigars the pound | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cavendish or Negrohead the pound | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Cavendish or Negrohead, manufactured in bond the pound | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Other manufactured tobacco, the pound | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Snuff containing more than thirteen pounds of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof, the pound | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Snuff not containing more than thirteen pounds of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof the pound | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured, viz.:— | |||
| Containing ten pounds or more of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Containing less than ten pounds of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof the pound | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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And the drawback allowed under Section I. of the Manufactured Tobacco Act, 1863, on Tobacco exported from Great Britain or Ireland, or deposited in a bonded or Queen's warehouse as by law provided, shall, on or after the said sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, be allowed at the rate of Two Shillings and Nine pence upon every pound weight instead of three shillings and three pence as in the said section.