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Northcote in the ' Cur and Cutty Budget ' raised it to 

 3s. 6d. a pound. 



The duty on cigars has always been higher than 

 on unmanufactured tobacco. At first their importa- 

 tion was prohibited, but in 1815 they were admitted 

 at 1 8s. per pound duty. In 1824 this was reduced 

 to 9s.; in 1828 only 26 pounds had been imported, 

 but the amount rose to 253,882 pounds of cigars for 

 the year 1 830. The duty was raised in 1 85 1 to 9s. 6d., 

 and fell in 1863 to 5s. 2d., and 2d. was added to 

 this in 1879. 



In 1887 the duty on unmanufactured tobacco was 

 lowered to 3s. 2d. a pound, and the proportion of 

 moisture allowed to be added reduced from 45 to 

 35 per cent. In 1898 the duty was further reduced 

 by 6d. a pound, and the moisture by 5 per cent, to 

 30 per cent. To meet the expenses of the South 

 African campaign 4d. was reimposed in March, 1900, 

 for eighteen months only. 



The import duties now are : 



s. d. 

 Unmanufactured, containing 10 per cent, or 



more moisture, per pound - -30 



Unmanufactured, containing less than 10 per 



cent, moisture, per pound - - 3 4 



Manufactured, cavendish or negrohead - 4 4 



Other manufactured tobacco - - - 3 10 



Cavendish or negrohead, manufactured in 



bond from unmanufactured tobacco - 3 10 

 Cigars - - - - - - 5 ^ 



A drawback of 3s. id. a pound is allowed on 

 tobacco (except cavendish or negrohead) manu- 



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