It reads "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1955, and in supersession of the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Rev enue and Insurance) No. 115/67 Central Excise, dated the 8th June, 1967, the Central Government hereby exempts matches specified in column (2) of the Table below, falling "under Item No. 38 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and cleared by any manufacturer for home consumption, from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon as is in excess of the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said table: 128 TABLE Category Description of matches Rate (Rs per gross of boxes 50 mat ches each) 1.