CO129-542-13 Tobacco taxation- suggested scale of duties 23-12-1932 - 25-10-1933 — Page 6

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C. O.

13720/1933 Hong Kong.

Mr. Delamunt. /7.x.33. Mr. Buckle

Mr.

Mr. Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

1875

106

Downing Street,

25

October, 1933.

Sir,

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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I have

etc. to ack. the

DRAFT.

HÙNG KÔNG

No.249

Gov.

encl. in (8)m original

2 dlö

FURTHER ACTION.

(6)

receipt of your despatch No. 417 of

the 27th July, regarding the difficulty

the

that exists in the way of granting of

^

drawback in Hong Kong in the case of

exports of manufactured tobacco made

partly of Empire grown leaf.

2. The Board of Customs and

Excise who have been consulted

in the matter, nave reported that

drawback is granted on manufactured

tobacco of mixei Empire and non-Empire

And that origin exported from this country,,

The

revenue system of control in operation

is briefly as follower set out in the following paragraphs.

3 A manufacturer is not permitted

to receive leaf or unmanufactured

tobacco except from an Excise or

Customs Warehouse, or from the premises

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