§ Resolution reported,
§ 10. "That in addition to the duties of Customs now payable on tobacco imported into Great Britain or Ireland there shall, on and after the twenty-second day of September, nineteen hundren and fifteen, until the first day of August, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be charged the following additional duties, that is to say:—
£ | s. | d. | |
Upon tobacco unmanufactured, namely:— | |||
Containing 10 lbs. or more of moisture in every 100 lbs. | |||
weight thereof— | |||
Unstripped, the lb. | 0 | 2 | 0½ |
Stripped, the lb. | 0 | 2 | 0½ |
Upon tobacco manufactured, namely:— | |||
Cigars, the lb | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Cigarettes, the lb | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Cavendish or Negrohead, the lb. | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Cavendish or Negrohead, manufactured in bond, the lb. | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Other manufactured tobacco, the lb. | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Snuff containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. Weight thereof, the lb. | 0 | 2 | 2½ |
Snuff not containing more than 13 lbs. Of moisture in every 100 lbs. Weight thereof, the lb. | 0 | 2 | 8 |
§ 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."
§ Resolution agreed to.