The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-10 00:00:00

PROPOSED DUTIES ON SUGAR, TEA, &c

The following resolutions will be proposed in
Committee of Ways and Means to-morrow, by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer :-
1. That in lieu of the duties of Customs now
chargeable on the following articles imported into
Great Britain and Ireland, the following duties
shall be charged until the 31st day of March, 1860,
inclusive (that is to say) :
Sugar, viz.:—
Candy brown or white refined sugar, or sugar
rendered by any process equal in quality
thereto the cwt. 18 4
White clayed sugar, or sugar rendered by any
process equal in quality to white clayed,
not being refined, or equal in quality to re-
fined
Yellow muscovado and brown clayed sugar,
or sugar rendered by any process equal in
quality to yellow Muscovadoor brown clayed,
and not equal to white clayed the cwt 13 10
Brown muscovado or any other sugar, not
being equal in quality to yellow muscovado
or brown clayed sugar the cwt. 12 8
Molasses the cwt. 5 0
Cherries, dried
Comfits, dry
Confectionary
Ginger, preserved...
Marmalade .
Plums preserved in sugar
Succades, including all fruit and
vegetables preserved in sugar,
not otherwise enumerated J
the pound 1 5
Tea
2. That the following drawbacks shall be allowed
on the exportation to foreign parts, or on removal
to the Isle of Man, for consumption there, of the
several descript;ons of refined sugar hereinafter
mentioned, until the 31st day of March, 1860, in-
clusive (that is to say) :
Upon refined sugar in loaf, complete or whole, a. d.
or lumps duly refined, having been per-
fectly clarified and thoroughly dried in the
stove, and being of an uniform whiteness
throughout, or sugar candy, or sugar re-
fined by the oentrifigural machine, or by
any other process, and not in any way in-
ferior to the export standard, No. 3, ap-
proved of by the Lords of the Treasury—
for every cwt. 17 2
Upon such refined sugar already described, if
pounded, crushed, or broken in a warehouse
approved by the Commissioners of Customs,
such sugar having been there first in-
spected by the officers of Customs in lumps
or loaves, as if for immediate shipment,
and then packed for exportation in the
presence of such officers, and at the expense
of the exporters—for every cwt. 17 2
Upon refined sugar, unstoved, pounded,
crushed, or broken, and not in any way
inferior to the export standard sanaple No.
1, approved by the Lords of the Treasury,
and which shall not contain more than five
per centum moisture over and above what
the same would contain if thoroughly dried
in the stove
Upon bastard or refined sugar, unstoved,
broken in pieces, or being ground, pow•
dered, or crushed, not in any way inferior
to the export standard, sample, N. 2,
approved by the Lords of the Treasury
for every cwt. 15 1
Upon bastard or refined sugar, being inferior
in quality to the said export standard
sample, No. 2 for every cwt. 12 8
3. That in lieu of the duties of customs now
chargeable on rice imported into Great Britain and
Ireland, the following duties shall be charged, the
is to say :

s. d.

the pound 0 2

Rice and rice dust for feeding cattle, the cwt. 0 ,t
- rough, and in the husk, the qr.
Meal, not otherwise enumerated or described,
the cwt.