§ (1) In addition to the duties of Customs payable on beer of the descriptions called or similar to mum, spruce, or black beer, or Berlin white beer, or other preparations, whether fermented or not fermented, of a similar character imported into Great Britain or Ireland, there shall, as from the twelfth day of May, nineteen hundred and nine, be charged, levied, and paid the following duties (that is to say):—
§ For every thirty-six gallons thereof, where the worts thereof are or were before fermentation of a specific gravity—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Not exceeding one thousand two hundred and fifteen degrees | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Exceeding one thousand two hundred and fifteen degrees | 0 | 1 | 2 |
§ (2) In addition to the duties of Customs payable on any description of beer other than that specified in the preceding Subsection imported into Great Britain or Ireland, there shall, as from the twelfth day of May, nineteen hundred and nine, be charged, levied, and paid the following duty (that is to say):—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| For every thirty-six gallons where the worts thereof were before fermentation of a specific gravity of one thousand and forty-five degrees | 0 | 0 | 3 |
§ And so, as to both duty and drawback, in proportion for any difference in gravity.
§ (3) In addition to the drawback of Excise payable in respect of beer exported from the United Kingdom as merchandise or shipped for use as ship's stores, there shall be allowed and paid in respect of beer brewed in the United Kingdom, as from 825 the first day of November, nineteen hundred and nine—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| For every thirty-six gallons of beer of an original gravity of one thousand and fifty-five degrees, an allowance of | 0 | 0 | 3 |
§ Amendment made: In Subjection (2) to leave out the words "forty-five" ["one thousand and forty-five degrees"], and to insert instead thereof the words "fifty-five."—[Mr. Lloyd-George.]
§ Question, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.