HC Deb 21 September 1915 vol 74 cc424-5

5. Resolved, That in addition to the duty of Excise now payable on chicory there shall, on and after the twenty-second day of September, nineteen hundred and fifteen, until the first day of August, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be charged the following additional duty, that is to say:—

£ s. d.
Chicory, raw or kiln-dried, the cwt. 0 6 7
and so in proportion for any less quantity; and in addition to the duty of Excise now payable on any article or substance prepared or manufactured for the purpose of being an imitation of or in any respect to resemble or to serve as a substitute for coffee or chicory, and on any mixture of any such article or substance with coffee or chicory, there shall, on and after the twenty-second day of September, nineteen hundred and fifteen, until the first day of August, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be charged the following additional duty, that is to say:—
£ s. d.
For every quarter of a pound of any such article, substance, or mixture 0 0 0¼

And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.—[The Chancellor of the Exchequer.]