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Resolved,
11. That in lieu of the duties of customs now payable on tobacco imported into Great Britain or Ireland there shall on and after the twenty-third day of April nineteen hundred and eighteen, be charged the following duties (that is to say).—
Upon tobacco unmanufactured, viz:—
| Containing 10 lbs. or more of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof— | ||||
| Unstripped | the pound | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Stripped | the pound | 0 | 8 | 2½ |
| Containing less than 10 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof— | ||||
| Unstripped | the pound | 0 | 9 | 0½ |
| Stripped | the pound | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Upon tobacco manufactured, viz:— | ||||
| Cigars | the pound | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| Cigarettes | the pound | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| Cavendish or Negrohead | the pound | 0 | 11 | 10½ |
| Cavendish or Negrohead manufactured in bond | the pound | 0 | 10 | 4½ |
| Other manufactured tobacco | the pound | 0 | 10 | 4½ |
| Snuff containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof | the pound | 0 | 9 | 9½ |
| Snuff not containing more than 13 lbs of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof | the pound | 0 | 11 | 10½ |
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.