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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 18, 1940.
No. 1139.
Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council under section of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, 1931, Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, on the 17th October, 1940.
TOBACCO DUTIES RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED pursuant to section 4 of the Dutiable Com- modities Ordinance, 1981, as follows:-
That the DUTIES ON TOBACCO set forth in the Resolu- tion of the Legislative Council published as Government Notification No. 841 in the Gazette of the 26th July, 1940, be revoked with effect from 9 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 11th day of September, 1940, and that thereafter duty shall be payable on tobacco at the following rates per lb.-
DUTIES ON TOBACCO.
Duty shall be payable on tobacco at the following rates per lb.-
A.-on unmanufactured tobacco-
$
(1) unstripped tobacco containing-
(a) 10 per cent, or more of moisture by weight:
(i) tobacco of Empire origin
1.30
(ii) other tobacco
1.50
(b) less than 10 per cent. of moisture by weight :
(1) tobacco of Empire origin
1.35
(ii) other tobacco
1.55
(2) stripped tobacco containing—
(a) 10 per cem. or more of moisture by weight :
(i) tobacco of Empire origin
1.40
(ii) other tobacco
1.60
(b) less than 10 per cent, of moisture by weight:
(i) tobacco of Empire origin
1.50
(ii) other tobacco
1.70
B.-- on manufactured tobacco-
(1) eigars-
(i) of Empire origin and manufacture (11) of Empire manufacture only (iii) other eigars
3.00
ing
3.50
4.00
(2) cigarettes--
(i) of Empire origin and manufacture
2.20
(ii) of Empire manufacture only
2.60
(iii) other cigarettes
3.20
(3) other manufactured tobacco including snuff and
cigar cuttings-
(i) of Empire origin and manufacture
2.20
(ii) of Empire manufacture only
2.60
(iii) Chinese prepared tobacco
2.00
(iv) other varieties
3.20
C. BRAMALL BURGESS,
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
17th October, 1910.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.