THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 15, 1936.
Scale of Tobacco Duties.
per pound weight.
A. On unmanufactured tobacco :
(1) If Unstripped:
(a) containing 10 pounds or more of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof:
(i) if of Empire Origin
(ii) other tobacco
(b) containing less than 10 pounds of moisture per 100 pounds weight:
(i) if of Empire Origin
(ii) other tobacco
(2) If Stripped:
(a) containing 10 pounds or more of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof:
(i) if of Empire Origin
(ii) other tobacco
(b) containing less than 10 pounds of moisture per 100 pounds weight
thereof:
(i) if of Empire Origin
(ii) other tobacco
$0.90
1.10
$1.00 1.20
$1.05
1.25
$1.15
1.35
B. On manufactured tobacco :
(1) Cigars :
(i) if of Empire Origin and manufacture..$ 2.00
(ii) if of Empire manufacture only
(iii) other cigars
(2) Cigarettes:
2.30
2.60
(i) if of Empire Origin and manufacture...$1.40
(ii) if of Empire manufacture only
1.60
(iii) other cigarettes
1.80
(3) Other manufactured tobacco including
snuff and cigar cuttings:
(i) if of Empire Origin and manufacture...$1.40
(ii) if of Empire manufacture only
1.60
(iii) on Chinese prepared tobacco
(iv) on other varieties
1.40
1.80
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The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
10. The Attorney General moved :----
1. That the By-law made by the Urban Council under section 3 of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, on the 18th day of February, 1936, be approved.
2. That the amendment to the Cattle, Swine, etc., by-laws made by the Urban Council under section 4 of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, on the 17th day of March, 1936, be approved.