Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-05-01
Frem tbs National laterligencer.
Tobacco STATISTICS.

We give place>i1 dur columns this morn
ing to an interesting and valuable Report
which was yesterday transmitted to Con-
gress from the Statistical Office, in the State
department, in pursuance ofa resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Faulkner. of Virginia, in the
House of Representatives on the. 18th inst
Not the least interesting feature in this
Report is the evidence it exhibits of the
utility and public advantage Of such a bu-
reau as that from which it has emanated, as
vel as of the promptness with which such
information can be supplied to Congress and
the country.
The document itself contains valuable in
formation, presented in compendious form
and well classified arrangement.
Statement Prospecting the Tarib-duties Re
strictions, Prohibitions, and Custom
house Regulations, applicable to Ameri-
can Tobacco IN the principal Commercial
Countries of Europe"
BREMEN lepies tariff duty Of ! of per
cent.-Import duty is levied at the rate Civ
en- ON the invoice value, with the addition
of freight and insurance charges. All for
eign vessels (American excepted) must be
entered at this port by licensed ship bro
ker, the exemption in favor Of American
vessels having been conceded by the Bre-
men Senate in 1852.
GREAT BRITAIN leries duty Of 72c. per
d., and per cent. addit;onM.-T Tobacco,
snuff, and cigars are prohibited to be i'm
ported into Great Britain, unless in
vessels of not. less than 120 tons bur-
den and into ports approved by the Com
lnissioners of Customs These ports are
London, Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, Lancas-
ter, Cowes, Falmouth, Whitehayen, Ply
mouth, New Castle, Southampton, Preston
and Swansea. in England: Aberdeen, Leith
and Greencock, in Scotland; and Dublin,
Belfast. Galway, Limerick, Londonderry,
Newry, Sligo, Waterford, Wexford and
Drogheda, in Ireland. Duties alike from
all countries and in all bottoms.
FRANcE-Tobaccoa Government naonopo-
by the terms of the treaty Of June "A,
1922, American produce if imported direct
to France in United States bottoms, is adj
mitted on the payment of the same duties as
apply to similar importations in other coun-
tries out of Europe in French vessels =
The origin of the merchandise must, how
ever, be duly authenticated and certified by
the collector at the port of expectation and
nv the French Consul. American tobacco
is purchased by the Commissioners of the
Reggie for the Government factories, and is
admitted either in French or American yes
sells free of duty In foreign vessels the
duty is $1.S6 per 100 Killogrammes
Q221 lbs.) The monopoly was established
\ -, 1914 h,, Tra,or;o1 1ooroa
HOLLAND leries. a duty Of CSC. per 221
s.-If imported direct from the United
y.--Idmitteedd On p the same terms, whether
Americansvessels, at Sd1ty Of 20 G: and il
Spanish alta duty~Sf 10 c. per ID. The
privilege of tlleSobacco monopoly in S pair
is rented to>ndividuals, and yields reve.
nue. of aIo1t 81 900, 900 per annum.
Bp6GIUM leuies duty of S1.S6 per 221
D.-In the direct trade between the United
States and Belgi um the vessels of both ma
tons are equalized by treaty In the indi-
rect or triangular trade there are discrimi-
nations, though frequently suspended by
Belgium.
SARD1NIA-a Government monopozy.-
The annual revenue cannot be calculated
as Italian States are grouped in official
returns of commerce.
AUSTRALIA Government n,onopozu-
When imported by permission of the Govern
ment the duty is $4.S5 per 10 lbs, be-
sides 81 cents per lb. for license to import.
SWEDEN levies a duty Of 5 Sc per To-
The duty is over 100 per cent, and impor-
tations from the United States are diminish
ing annually.
NORWAY leries duty of Il c. per d.
Owing to a difference in the weights and
measures in use in Norway, the duty is a.
bout 33 3 per cent. less than in Sweden.
PoRTUGAL-a Government monopoly
The raw article for the factories of the Gov
eminent is derived chiefly from Brazil,
about half a million pounds per annum be-
ing received from the United States.
Statement erhibiting the quantities of Inner
ican Tobacco exported from the United
States into the countries designated, aoiM
the amounts Of duties paid thereon during
the commercial gear 1855:
COUNTRIES. Quantit's Duties paid
Pounds
Bremen. So, 05S, 900 S16,652