Finance Act, 1900

Part I.

Customs and Excise.

[S. 1 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]

Addition to duties on tobacco.

26 & 27 Vict. c. 7.

2.[2] (1) In addition to the duties of Customs payable on tobacco imported into Great Britain or Ireland there shall    .   .   .   . be charged, levied, and paid, the following duties (that is to say):—

£

s.

d.

Tobacco manufactured, viz.:—

Cigars - - - - - -

the lb.

0

0

6

Cavendish or Negrohead - -

the lb.

0

0

6

Cavendish or Negrohead, manufactured in bond - - -

the lb.

0

0

5

Other manufactured tobacco -

the lb.

0

0

5

Snuff containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof - - - -

the lb.

0

0

5

Snuff not containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof - -

the lb.

0

0

6

Tobacco, unmanufactured, viz.:—

Containing 10 lbs. or more of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof - - - - -

the lb.

0

0

4

Containing less than 10 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof - - - -

the lb.

0

0

4

(2) Drawback allowed under section one of the Manufactured Tobacco Act, 1863, as extended by any subsequent Act, on tobacco exported from Great Britain or Ireland, or deposited in a bonded or Queen's warehouse shall, as from the sixth day of May nineteen hundred until the first day of October nineteen hundred and one, be allowed at the rate of [1] three shillings and a penny upon every pound weight.

[2 These additional duties, which as imposed were temporary, were made permanent by 7 Edw. 7. c. 13. s. 2.]

[1 But see now 4 Edw. 7. s. 3 (1), sched., and 6 Edw. 7. c, 8, s. 2 (2), sched. 1, rearranging tobacco drawbacks.]