§
Resolved,
3. That in lies of the duties of Customs now payable on sugar imported into Great Britain or Ire and there shall, on and after the twenty-third day of April nineteen hundred and eighteen, be charged the following duties:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Sugar of a polarisation exceeding 98 degrees | the cwt. | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Sugar of a polarisation not exceeding 76 degrees | the cwt. | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| and intermediate duties varying between 25s. 8d. and l2s. 4d. 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 polariscope):— | ||||
| if containing 70 per cent. or more of sweetening matter | the cwt. | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| if containing leas than 70 percent. and more than 50 per cent. of sweetening matter | the cwt. | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| if containing not more than 50 per cent. of sweetening matter | the cwt. | 0 | 5 | 8½ |
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Glucose:— | ||||
| Solid | the cwt. | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Liquid | the cwt. | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| Saccharin (including substances of a like nature or use) | the oz. | 0 | 8 | 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.