HC Deb 26 May 1909 vol 5 cc1351-2

3. "That in lieu of the duties of Customs now payable on tobacco imported into Great Britain or Ireland there shall on and after the 30th day of April, 1909, be charged the following duties (that is to say):—

s. d.
Upon tobacco unmanufactured, viz.: Containing ten pounds or more of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof-
Unstripped the lb. 3 8
Stripped the lb. 3
Containing less than ten pounds of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof-
Unstripped the lb. 4 1
Stripped the lb. 4 1½.
Upon tobacco manufactured, viz.:
Cigars the lb. 7 0
Cigarettes the lb. 5 8
Cavendish or Negrohead the lb. 5 4
Cavendish or Negrohead manufactured in bond the lb. 4 8
s. d.
Other manufactured tobacco the lb. 4 8
Snuff containing more than thirteen pounds of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof the lb. 4 5
Snuff not containing more than thirteen pounds of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof the lb. 5 4

4. "That in lieu of the duties of Excise now payable on tobacco grown in Ireland there shall on and after the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and nine, De charged the following duties (that is to Say):—

Upon tobacco unmanufactured, viz.:—
s. d.
Tobacco containing ten pounds or more of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof the lb. 3 6
Tobacco containing less than ten pounds of moisture in every one hundred pounds weight thereof the lb. 3 11
Upon tobacco manufactured, viz.:—
Cavendish or Negrohead manufactured in bond the lb. 4 8

and that duties of Excise at the same rates shall be charged on tobacco grown in England or Scotland, and that there shall be charged on a licence to be taken out annually by every person growing, cultivating, or curing tobacco in England or Scotland an Excise duty of five shillings."

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