The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

No. 5.

That the duties of Customs now chargeable on the articles
undermentioned, imported into Sortland and Ireland, shall
esti% and determine, and is lieu thereof the following
duties shall be charged, via,: _ . .

Spirits or strong watert, fur every gallon of such spirits or
strong waters, of any strength not exceeding the strength
of proof by Syke's hydrometer, and so in proportion for
any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and
for any greater or lets quantity than a gallon, %is. :
Spirits or strong waters, the pro use of any British
possessions in America, nut being sweetened spirits
or spirits mixed with any article so that the degree
of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by
such hydrometer.
s. d.
If imported into Scotland, the gallon 5 0
Ireland

Rum, the product of any British possession within the
limits of the Bast India Company's Charer, not
being sweetened spirits or spirits so mixed as afore-
said, in regard to which the oon litions of the act 4
Victoria, chap. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled.
5. d.
If imported into Scotland, the gallon
Ireland
' Rum shrub however sweetened, the produce of and
imported from such possessions, in regard to which
the conditions of the act 4th Victoria, chap. 8, have
or shall hove been fulfiileol, or the produce of and
imported from any British possession in America.
s. d.
If imported into Scotland, the gallon
Ireland

No. 6.

That in lieu of the present ad valorem rates of duties of
customs charged upon the importation into the United
Kingdom of the undermentioned articles nut being enu-
merated in the tariff, the following duties of customs shall
be charged thes eon viz : E. s. d.
Caoutchouo or Indiarubber, manufactures of,
the lb. 0 0 4
Coral negligees „ 0 1 0
Flock for paper stamen the cwt. 0 7 0
Fig cake
Gutts perch', manufactures of, not moulded,
such as bands, sheets, soles, tubing the cwt. 0 6 0
Articles moulded the lb. 0 0 2
Lucifers, of wood, in boxes containing not mere
than 100 matches the gross of boxes 0 0 2
In boxes containing more than 100 matches
the gross of boxes 0 0 3
Vesta of wax, in boxes not exceeding 1,000
matches the doz. boxes 0 0 6
In boxes exceeding 1,000 matches
the 1,000 matches 0 0 01
Mandioca flour the cwt. 0 0 4
Manna crimp „ 0 0 4
I Oilcloth for table covers the sq. yard 0 0 1
Paper, gilt, stained, coloured, embossed, and all
fancy kinds, not being paper hangings
the lb. 0 0 2

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Salacine the oz. 0 0 3
Sauces, not otherwise enumerated the tb. 0 0 1
Soy the gallon 0 0 6
Stearine

Veneers

lI.—EXCISE.
No. I.—EXCISE LICENSES.

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That from and after the sth of July, 1853, the duties of
excise payable under any act or acts now in force, for or in
respect of licenses to be granted in England, Scotland, and
Ireland respectively, to persons trading in or selling coffee,
tea, cocoanuts, chocolate, or pepper ; to dealers in or sellers
of tobacco or snuff ; to manufacturers of tobacco or snuff ;
to msltaters or makers of malt ; to brewers of beer for sale ,•
and to makers of soap respectively, shall severally cease and
determine; and in lieu thereof there shall be paid
for and in respect of the several licenses hereinafter men-
tioned the several rates and duties of excise hereinafter
specified, that is to say :
DEALERS IN COFFEE, &c.
Annual
License Duty.
s. d.
Foe and in respect of every license to be taken
out yearly by every person tradirg in or selling
coffee, tea, cocoa-nuts, chocolate, or pepper-1f
the house and premises at which any such trade
or business shell be authorised by such license
to be carried on shall not be of an annual value
exceeding 101 Oll 6
And if the annual value of such house and
premises shall exceed 101., then, in addition to
the duty aforesaid, for every twenty shillings,
and for soy fractional part of twenty shilling. of
the excess of such annual value above 101., the
further duty of 0 1 0
DEALERS IN TOBACCO AND SNUFF
For and in respect of every license to be taken
out yearly by every dealer in or seller of tobacco
or snuff—if the house and premises at which any
such trade or business shall be authorised by
such heelers to be carried on shall not be of an
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annual value exceeding 101 0 5 3
And if the annual value of such house and
premises shall exceed 101, then, in addition to
the duty aforesaid, for every twenty shilling.,
and for any fractional part of twenty shillings of
the excess of such annual value above 10/., the
further duty of 0 0 6
MANUFACTURERS OF TOBACCO OR
SNUFF.
For and in respect of every license to be taken
out yearly by every manufacturer of tobacco or
snuff :

If the tobacco entered for manufacture by the
person applying for such license, within the
year ending the sth day of July previous to tak-
ing out the same, shall not have exceeded 20,0001 b
weight 6 6 0
And if such tobacco shall have exceeded the
weight aforesaid, then fur every 20,0001 b. weight
thereof 6 6 0
And for any fractional part of 20,00016. over
and above the first, or any multiple of 20,0001 b •
weight of such tobacco, the further duty of 5 6 0
And every person who shall first become a ma-
nufacturer of tobacco or snuff, on taking oat such
license as afuresaid for that purpose, shall pay
the sum of 51. 65., and shall within ten days after
the sth day of July next, after taking out such
license, pay such further sum as with the said
sum of 51. ss. shall amount to the duty hereinbe-
fore mentioned, according to the quantity of to-
bacco entered fur manufacture by him within the
preceding year, or period for which such license
wu granted.