HISTORY OF THE 
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the proprietor or importer, ultimately fall on the 
consumer, and on him alone.* 
* The following are correct tables of the duties payable at this 
time (179*) on the principal articles of West Indian produce, both in 
Great Britain and the United States of Americas 
Duties payable upon Importation into Great Britain of the 
Produce of the British West Indies, agreeable to the Consolidated 
Act, most of which are drawn back upon Exportation. 
d. £. s. d. 
£ 
Refined sugar, cwt. 4 
Muscovado sugar, o 
Rum ,per gallon, customs 
5 d. excise 41. 3 d. o 
Piemento, per lb. o 
Indigo, mahogany, Nica¬ 
ragua wood, logwood, 
lignumvitse, and fus- 
tick, free. 
*Coffee, per cwt. o 
Cocoa, ditto 
Ginger, black or white, 
per cwt. o 
Cotton, from anyplace, in 
British bottoms, free. 
Gum Guaiacum, o 
Jalap, o 
Aloes, per cwt. 6 
Sarsaparilla, per lb. o 
Tamarinds, red, cwt. 1 
Impost of the United States upon West India Produce. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Distilled spirits, if more 
than ten per cent, below 
proof, per gallon 
If more than five, and not 
more than ten, per cent. 
below 
If of proof, and not more 
than five per cent, below 
If above proof, but not ex¬ 
ceeding twenty per cent. 
If of more than twenty, 
and not more than forty 
per cent, above proof 
20 
21 
22 
25 
30 
If of more than forty per 
cent, above proof 
Brown sugar 
Melasses 
Coffee, per pound 
Cocoa 
Piemento 
Indigo 
Cotton 
Tonnage on foreign ves¬ 
sels per ton 
40 
• if 
3 
4 
X 
4 
2J 
3 
5.0 
N. B. One hundred Cents is equal to a Spanish Dollar. 
Not less than 30 Gals, to be imported into the United States. 
*** An addition of ten per centum to be made to the several rates 
If the Coffee is for home consumption, it pays a further duty of 3/. 
1 5 s ' P er cwt. to the customs, and (t\d. per lb. to the excise.—Cocoa also , 
if for home consumption, pays 12 s. 6 d. per cwt.—excise 6| d. per lb. 
