§ 6. Resolved, That in lieu of the duties of Customs now payable on sugar imported into Great Britain or Ireland 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 (without prejudice to the continuance after the said first day of August of the duties now payable) the following duties:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Sugar of a polarisation exceeding 98 degrees, the cwt. | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Sugar of a polarisation not exceeding 76 degrees, the cwt. | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| and intermediate duties varying between 9s. 4d. and 4s. 6d. on sugar of a polarisation not exceeding 98 and exceeding 76 degrees; | |||
| Molasses (including all sugar and extracts from sugar which cannot be tested by the polariscope):— | |||
| if containing 70 per cent. or more of sweetening matter, the cwt. | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| if containing less than 70 per cent. and more than 50 per cent. of sweetening matter, the cwt. | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| if containing not more than 50 per cent. of sweetening matter, the cwt. | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Glucose:— | |||
| solid, the cwt. | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| liquid, the cwt. | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Saccharin (including substances of a like nature or use), the oz. | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| and so in proportion for any less quantity. |
§ 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.]