226582-1936-Minutes-No-5 — Page 7

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.