§
Resolved,
That, on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, in lieu of the duties of customs theretofore chargeable on wines, there shall be charged the following duties of customs on wines imported into the United Kingdom, that is to say—
TABLE. | ||
Part I. | ||
Description of Wine | Rate of Duty per gallon | |
s. | d. | |
Not exceeding 25 degrees proof spirit | 6 | 0 |
Exceeding 25 degrees proof spirit and not exceeding 42 degrees proof spirit | 12 | 0 |
For every degree or fraction of a degree above 42 degrees proof spirit, an additional duty | 1 | 0 |
Sparkling, an additional duty | 12 | 6 |
Still, in bottle, an additional duty | 2 | 0 |
Part II. | ||
Exceeding 27 degrees proof spirit and not exceeding 42 degrees proof spirit | 8 | 0 |
For every degree or fraction of adegree above 42 degrees proof spirit an additional duty | 0 | 8 |
Sparkling, an additional duty | 6 | 3 |
Still, in bottle, an additional duty | 1 | 0 |
§ And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Re- solution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913."