Customs duties amendment (1844) (WA)

W ESTERIN AUSTRALI A.

ANNO OCTAVO

VICTORIA: REGINA:.

No. V.

An..ACt- to repeal the Duties oil certain.

Goods-imported into Western Australia,

and to impose other Duties in lieu thereof.

HtRVAS'an'Adt . Of'tlie Legislative Council of this Colony preamble.

'Wag passed:hp:the' Session which was held in the Fourth

and Fifth years of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Vic-

toria, intituled. " An Act to revise, renew, and amend an Act In-

l 'ah Act to impose certain Duties on Imported Spirituous

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Liquors ; " and whereas an Act of the said Council was passed in the Sixth year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled " An Act to impose a duty on all goods imported into Western Australia, and not already subject to duty ;" and whereas it is expedient to alter the mode of charging the duty upon certain goods, and to in- crease the amount of duty :charotable upon other goods imported into this Colony—Be it enacted, by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that so much of the said recited Act

Part of 4 & 5 Viet. No. of the Fourth and Fifth years of the reion of Her Majesty as

1 repealed. enacts that there shall be imposed on all imported into :

this colony a duty of Fifteen Pounds for every Hundred pounds according to their value, and on all sorts of Tobacco imported into this colony a duty of One Hundred Pounds for every Hundred pounds according to its value, and also that the said recited Act

pealed. and the same are hereby repealed except so far as the continuance 6th Viet. No. S. re- of Council of the Sixth year of the reign of Her Majesty shall be

of the same, or any of the provisions of the same may be necessary for the recovery of any duties charged or chargeable under either

And the several rates of of the Acts, and that from and after the passing of this Act there duties mentioned in the shall be charged, raised, collected, levied and. paid upon all theschedule imposed.

live stock, and upon all the goods, wares, and merchandize im- ported into this colony, as enumerated in the Schedule hereunto annexed, the several duties and amounts respectively therein specified:

Tobacco entered for the II. AND be it .enacted, that when any Tobacco shall be lesser duty to be lumi- entered for the lesser duty specified in the said Schedule upon

gated et expense of u" that article, it shall be lawful for the Collector or Sub-Collectorowner. of the Port of Entry to cause such Tobacco to be subjected to any process whereby the same may be rendered unfit for human con- sumption, and that the actual cost of the materials employed in such process shall be chargeable upon suci Tobacco in addition to

the duty thereon, and shall be leviable in the same manner as

such duty.

Governor may rnspend III. AND be it enacted, that in any case of emergency it shall

operation of Act in ccr- be lawful for the Governor in Executive Council by Proclamation twa cases.

to exempt from duty as aforesaid any article of consumption

which may be deemed a necessary of life.

IV.     AND be it enacted, that the provisions of an Act passed

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in the Fourth and Fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, ge n unteesItoetto lie:rdsdatt

intittled "An Act to renew and amend an Act intituled 'an Act & a via. No. 2,

for the regulation of the Customs of Western Australia,' " shall

be deemed and taken to apply to all duties which may become

due and leviable under this Act.

V. AND be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or re. Act may be nmendcd.

pealed by any Act to be passed during this present Session.

JOHN HUTT,

GovEnwon.

Passed the Council, the 25th}

day of July, 1844.

EDWARD Ci SOWER,

Clerk of Council.

Printed by authority of the Government, by IL. Stirling, Perth.

8th Viet. No. 5. 1844.

SCHEDULE REFERRED TO IN THE ANNEXED ACT.

On each and every Gallon of Wine, the produce of any part of the

British Empire, Sixpence.

On each and every Gallon of Wine, the produce of any other

place, One shilling and Sixpence.

On each and every Gallon of Ale or Beer of every sort, Sixpence.

On each and every Gallon of Pickles (including Vinegar), and of

Preserved Fruits in bottle, One shilling.

On each and every Gallon of Vinegar, Sixpence.

On each and every pound weight of Salted or Cured Provisions,

One penny.

On each and every pound of Butter, One penny.

On each and every pound weight of damaged Tobacco, or Tobacco

to be used solely for the purpose of sheep-washing, Three-pence.

On each and every pound weight of other Tobacco, One shilling

and Sixpence.

On each and every pound weight of Cigars, Five shillings. On each and every pound weight of Snuff, Five shillings. On each and every bushel of oats and other grain (including

Bran) not being food for man, Sixpence.

On all Live Stock not being direct from the United Kingdom,

Ten pounds for every Hundred pounds according to their value.

On all Goods, Wares, arid Merchandize imported into this colony, and not already or otherwise subject to a specific duty, a duty of Five pounds for every Hundred pounds according to their value.