Customs duties amendment (1839) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO SECTJNDO

VICTORIA] REGINA].

No. 2.

An Act to amend an Act intituled " An Act to impose certain uties on Imported Spirit- uous Liquors."

HEREAS it is expedient that the public expenses of this colony Preamble.

Wseveral articles imported into this colony ;—Be it therefore enactedshould be defrayed in part by certain duties to be imposed on

that from and after the passing of this Act, the following duties shall be

imposed and levied,—that is to say, Seale of Duties.

1st. On spirits imported into this colony, being the production and

manufacture of any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Ireland, or of any of the colonies or dependencies of the same, On British Spin.%

a duty of four shillings and sixpence for each and every imperial 4s. sit a gallon.

gallon, not exceeding the strength of Hydrometer Proof, and in t?

the same proportion for like spirits or greater strength: of

2nd. On spirits of Foreign production and manfacture imported into Foreign Spirits in,-

the said colony from any part of the United Kingdom or from ported from United Kingdom or British

any Colony, Os.

106 Anno Secundo Viet. Reg., No. 2.

any bonded warehonse in any of the British colonies or de- pendencies, a duty of six shillings for each and every imperial gallon not exceeding the strength of Hydrometer Proof, and in the same proportion for the like spirits of greater strength.

On Foreign Spirits,

3rd. On spirits of Foreign production and manufacture imported into the said colony from any Foreign Place, a duty of seven shillings and sixpence for each and every imperial gallon not ex- ceeding the strength of Hydrometer Proof, and in the same pro- portion for the like spirits of greater strength.

7s, ad. a gallon.

On Wines, 15 per

Cent. ad valorem.

4th. On all wines imported into this colony, a duty of fifteen

pounds for every hundred pounds: according to their value.

On Tobacco, 100 per

Cent. ad valorem.

5th. On all sorts of tobacco imported into this colony, a duty of

one hundred pounds for every hundred pounds, according to its

value.

II.     AND be it further enacted, that the duties aforesaid shall be col

lected in the manner pointed out by the provisions of an Act for the

general Regulation of the Customs of this colony.

III.      AND be it further enacted, that this Act shall be and continue

in force until the 18th day of March, in the year 1841.

JOHN HUTT,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

Passed the Legislative Council

this 4th day of April,

1839.

WALKINSHAW COWAN,

Clerk of the Council.