Calcutta.] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



10 per cent, ad valorem, on the importation by sea of iron, steel, and 

 manufactured iron and steel ; anil the same duty on importation by land 

 generally ; and 2\ per cent, on the importation from Nepaul of those arti- 

 cles, taken at a fixed valuation of 7 rupees per maund. 



10 per cent, ad valorem on the importation from "Europe or America, 

 and 30 per cent, on the importation from foreign territories in Asia, of gin, 

 brandy, rum, and arrack. 



Salt made out of the limits of the territories dependent on this Presi- 

 dency, is subject, on importation by sea, to the duty of 3 sicca rupees per 

 maund of 40 seers, each seer 82 Sic. wt. » 



Opium made out of the limits of the territories dependent on this Pre- 

 sidency, is subject, on importation by sea, to the duty of 24 Sicca rupees 

 per seer of 60 Cal. Sic. wt 



Tobacco, imported or exported, is subject to a duty of 4 annas per 

 maund, to be drawn back on exportation to the United Kingdom. 



Two rupees each on the importation or transit of matchlocks, one 

 rupee each on swords, and four annas each on shields. 



74 per cent, ad valorem, on the importation and transit generally, and 

 2\ per cent, on the importation from the Vizier's and Nepaul territories, of 

 cotton piece-goods, silk piece-goods, and goods partly of silk and partly of 

 cotton, embroidered goods and brocades, thread, tape, and fringes. 



5 per cent, ad valorem, on the transit or export alii hi of country wool- 

 lens, viz. looys and blankets, the manufacture of the Company's territories ; 

 and 2{ per cent, on their importation from Nepaul. 



7 * per cent, ad valorem, on the transit or exportation of the following 

 goods, the produce of the country, or on their importation by sea : — 



Dying drugs, viz. allah, morinda, cochineal, cossum flower, madder, 

 loadh, and toond flower. 



Woods used in dying, viz, sapan-wood, and sandal ahmer, or red 

 sandal-wood. 



Fragrant woods, viz, white or yellow sandal-wood, ugger, or aloe- 

 wood, and tuggur. 



7* per cent, ad valorem, on the transit or exportation of the following 

 gums and drugs, the produce of the country, and 10 per cent on their 

 importation by sea, viz. 



Camphire, cherayta, Columbo root, Soonamooky leaf, copal or ka- 

 roba, galbanum, gum arabic, senna, spikenard, mastic, hurrah, storax, 

 buhera, ownla, and myrrh. 



5 per cent on the importation, exportation, or transit of indigo, taken 

 ;it a fixed valuation of 100 rupees per factory maund, and an additional 



