THE CUSTOMS TARIFF OF GREAT BRITAIN.
No protective duties are now levied on goods imported, Customs duties being charged solely for the sake of revenue. Formerly the articles subject to duty numbered nearly a thousand; now they are only twenty-two, the chief being tobacco, spirits, tea, and wine. The following is a complete list:
| Articles. | Duty. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Ale or beer, spec. gravity not exceeding 1065°, per bbl. | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ale or beer, spec. gravity not exceeding 1090°, per bbl. | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ale or beer, spec. gravity exceeding 1090°, per bbl. | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Beer, Mum, per bbl. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Beer, spruce, spec. gravity not exceeding 1190°, per bbl. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Beer, spruce, exceeding 1190°, per barrel | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Cards, playing, per doz. packs | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Chicory (raw or kiln-dried), cwt. | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Chicory (roasted or ground), lb. | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chloral hydrate, pound | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Chloroform, pound | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cocoa, pound | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cocoa, cwt., husks and shells | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cocoa paste and chocolate, pound | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Coffee, raw, cwt. | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Coffee, kiln-dried, roasted or ground, per pound | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Collodion, gallon | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Essence of spruce, 10 per cent. ad valorem Ethyl, iodide of, gallon | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ether, gallon | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Fruit, dried, cwt. | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Malt, per quarter | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Naphtha, purified, gallon | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Pickles, in vinegar, gallon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Plate, gold, ounce | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Plate, silver, ounce | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Spirits, brandy, Geneva, rum, etc., gallon | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Spirits, rum, from British Colonies, gallon | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Spirits, cologne water, gallon | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| Tea, pound | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured, lb. | 0 | 3 | 1¾ |
| Tobacco, containing less than ten per ct. of moisture, lb. | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Cavendish or Negro head | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Other manufactured tobacco | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Snuff, containing more than 13 per cent. of moisture, lb. | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Snuff, less than 13 per cent. of moisture, lb. | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Tobacco, cigars, pound | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Varnish, containing alcohol, gallon | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Vinegar, gallon | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wine, containing less than 26° proof spirit, gallon | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wine, containing more than 26° and less than 42 spirit, gallon | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Wine, for each additional degree of strength beyond 42°, gallon | 0 | 0 | 3 |