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LEGIS

COUNCIL

Meeting to be held on Monday, 16th March, 1964, at 2.30 p.m.

ORDER OF BUSINESS

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 26TH FEBRUARY, 1964.

PAPERS TO BE LATD.

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.

(1) Resolution regarding the Report of the Select Committee on

the Estimates for 1964-65.

The Colonial Secretary to move the following resolution 1-

Resolved that the Report of the Select Committee, to which

was referred the draft Estimates of Revenue and ExpenditurE for 1964-65, be adopted.

(2) Dutiable Commodities Ordiranes.

The Financial Secretary to move the following resolution :-

Resolved, in exercise of the power conferred by section 4 of

the Duttable Commodities Ordinance, 1963, as follows →

THAT that part of the Resolution of the Legislative Counci). published as Legal Notification No. 123 in the Gazette of 11th October, 1963 which imposed duties on tobacco be revoked with effect from 2 o'clock P.M, on Wednesday, the 26th day of February, 1964, and that thereafter duty sha11 be payable on tobacco at the following rates per pound

A.- on UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO

(1) unstripped tobacco containing

(a) 10 per cent or more of moisture by weight (1) tobacco of Commonwealth origin

$5.70

(11) other tobacco

6.00

(b) less than 10 per cent of moisture by weight

(1) tobacco of Commonwealth origin (11) other tobacco

5.73

6.03

(2)

stripped tobacco containing

(a) 10 per cent or more of moisture by weight (1) tobacco of Commonwealth origin

5.05

(ii) other tobacco ********

6.15

(b) less than 10 per cent of moisture by weight

(1) tobacco of Commonwealth origin (ii) other tobacco

6,00

6.30

B. on MANUFACTURLD TOBACCO

H

(1) 01gars

(1) of Commonwealth origin and manufacture (a) of Commonwealth manufacture only

6.75

7.50

(111) other cigars

9.25

F.7.0.