HC Deb 22 April 1918 vol 105 c804

Resolved, 6. That in addition to the duty of Excise now payable for every gallon computed at proof of spirits distilled in the United Kingdom there shall, on and after the twenty-third day of April nineteen hundred and eighteen, be charged the following; duty (that is to say):—

For every gallon of spirits computed at proof 0 15 3

and so on 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,