MEMORANDUM.
37783
RECR
EG 20 NOV 09.
SUGAR.
Proposed change in consumption tax and alterations with
regard to Formosan sugar,
The vernacular press states that the Government
proposes shortly to alter the consumption tax on sugar.
The new rates are tentatively given as follows:-
Class 1.
Below No.11 Dutch standard. per 100 kin Y.300
#
2.
#
15
#
H
5.00
#
3.
#
18
#
#
#
7.00
#
4.
21
#
#
#
8.00
#
5.
14
26
#
#4
"!
9.00
體
6.
#
#
#
#
over
10.00
The present rates it will be rememberedare:-
Class 1.
Below No.8 Dutch Standard
#
2.
From No.8 to No.15
#
"
3.
From 15 to 20
#
4.
over 20
100 kin Y.3.00
5.50
8.50
10.00.
It will be seen therefore on comparing the sug-
gested rates with the present ones that not only have
6 classes been substituted for 4 but that the rates
have been reduced, especially that the rate for sugar
below No.15 has been decreased by 50 sen per 100 kin.
It has for long been declared that the Formosa
Authorities
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