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act 016 of 1875 : Tariff Act, 1875 [Repealed]

Tariff Act, 1875 [Repealed]

ACTNO. 16 OF 1875
08 May, 1875
Repealed by Act 11 of 1882
Passed by the Governor General of India in Council.

(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 5th August 1875).

An Act to amend the law relating to Customs Duties, and for other purposes.

PREAMBLE

Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the duties of customs on goods imported and exported by sea, and to restrict the export of opium, and to provide for the levy of duties on goods crossing the frontier of certain Foreign European Settlements in India and for fixing a maximum duty of excise on spirit manufactured in British India, and to amend the Consolidated Customs Act; It is hereby enacted as follows:

Section 1. Short title

This Act may he called The Indian Tariff Act, 1875:

Commencement. And it shall come into force on the passing thereof.

Local extent. This section and section twelve, clause three, apply to the whole of British India.

The rest of this Act extends to the whole of British India except Aden.

Section 2. Repeal of Acts and notifications

Act No. XVIII of 1870 (to enable the Government of India to exempt goods from Customs-duties), Act No. XIII of 1871 (to consolidate and amend the law relating to Customs-duties), and all notifications under either of the said Acts are hereby repealed.

Section 3. Saving clause

Nothing herein contained affects Act No. VI of 1873 (to amend the law relating to the Transhipment of Goods imported by Steamer, and for other purposes), or authorizes the levy of duties of customs on any article carried from one port in British India to another, except salt, salted fish, opium and spirit.

Section 4. Duties specified in schedules to be levied

There shall he levied and collected, in every port to which this Act applies, the duties specified in schedules A and B hereto annexed.

Section 5. Goods partilly composed of dutible articlrs

Goods not prohibited to he imported into or used in British India, whereof any article liable to duty under this Act forms a part or ingredient, shall he chargeable with the full duty which would be payable on such goods if they were entirely composed of such article, or, if composed of more than one article liable to duty, then with the full duty which would he payable on such goods if they were entirely composed of the article charged with the highest rate of duty.

Section 6. Power to fixvalue of dutiable goods and to exempt from customs-duties

The Governor General in Council may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India,

(a) fix for the purposes of this Act the value of any goods exported or imported by sea on which duties of customs are hereby imposed;

(b) exempt any goods imported or exported into or from British India, or into or from any specified port or place therein, from the whole or any part of the duties of customs to which they are liable under this Act or any other law for the time being in force; and

(c) cancel any such exemption.

Section 7. Power to make rules for ascertaining that imported spirit has been rendered unfit for human consumption

The Local Government may from time to time prescribe rules for ascertaining and determining what spirit imported into British India shall be deemed to have been effectually and permanently rendered unfit for human consumption, so as to be subject only to an ad valorem duty of ten per cent, under schedule A hereto annexed, and for causing such spirit to be so rendered, if necessary, by their own, officers, before the duty of customs leviable thereon is levied, and at the expense of the person importing it.

Such rules, on being published in the official Gazette, shall have the force of law; and whoever wilfully contravenes any such rule shall be liable to fine not exceeding five hundred rupees.

In the absence of any such rules, or if any dispute arises-as to their applicability, the executive officer of highest rank in the department of customs in the port shall decide what spirit is subject only to the said ad valorem duty, and such decision shall he final.

Section 8. Export of pepper from Cochin

On all pepper exported by sea from the port of Cochin there shall be levied such duty not exceeding nine rupees per khand as the Governor of Fort Saint George in Council from time to time determines and at the close of each year, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, the Collector of Customs at the said port shall, after deducting the expenses of collection, pay the duty collected under this section to the Governments of Travancore and Cochin in such proportion and in such manner as the Governor of Fort Saint George in Council from time to time directs.

Section 9. Export of opium

No opium shall he exported from any part of British India, unless

(a) it is covered by a pass granted by an officer appointed in this behalf by the Governor General in Council or the Local Government; or

(b) it is exported under the said Act No. VI of 1873, section seven; or

(c) such export is permitted under the power next hereinafter conferred:

The Governor General in Council may from time to time, by notification in the Gazelle of India,

(d) permit the export of opium from any part of British India on payment of such duty, or on such Other terms, as the Governor General in Council thinks fit; and

(e) cancel such permission.

Section 10. Duties on goods crossing frontiers of Foreign European settlements in Presidencies of Madras and Bombay

Duties of customs shall be levied on goods passing by land into or out of Foreign European Settlements situate on the line of coast within the limits of the Presidency of Fort Saint George or the Presidency of Bombay at the rates prescribed in the schedules A and B hereto annexed.

Section 11. Excise-duty on spirit distilled in British India

And whereas it is expedient that the duty of excise on spirit distilled in British India should bear a due proportion to the customs-duty on spirit imported into British India, it is hereby further enacted as follows:

Subject to any general rules or special orders which the Governor General in Council may from time to time make in this behalf, the Local Government may from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, fix the duty of excise leviable on spirit manufactured in all or any of the distilleries situate in the territories under its administration, or in any part of such territories, at any rate not exceeding the rate fixed for imported spirit by schedule A hereto annexed;

and all provisions now in force as to the levy of duty now chargeable on spirit shall apply to spirit upon which the duty declared under this section has not been paid.

Section 12. Amendment of Consolidated Customs Act, sections 27, 57, 66 and 180

And whereas it is expedient to amend the Consolidated Customs Act in manner hereinafter appearing; it is hereby further enacted as follows:

Section twenty-seven of the Consolidated Customs Act shall be construed as if, for the words for which a specific value has not been fixed by the Local Government with the sanction of the Governor General of India in Council, the following words and figures were substituted (namely), for which a specific value is not fixed by or under the Indian Tariff Act, 1875;

And the following proviso shall be added to section fifty-seven of the same Act (namely), Provided also that where such goods are arms, ammunition, or military stores, they may be sold or otherwise disposed of at such place (whether within or without British India) and in such manner as the Local Government may from time to time direct;

And section sixty-six of the same Act shall be construed as if, for the words and figures the value of which shall have been fixed under the provisions of section CLXXIX of this Act, the following words and figures were substituted (namely), for which a specific value has been fixed by or under the Indian Tariff Act, 1875;

And section one hundred and eighty of the same Act shall he construed as if, for the words last preceding section , the following words and figures were substituted (namely) Indian Tariff Act, 1875.

SCHEDULE A
Import Tariff.

No.

Names of Articles.

Per

Tariff Valuation.

Rate of Duty.

Rs. A

1

Apparel, including Haberdashery and Millinery, but excluding Boots, Shoes and Hosiery

Ad valorem

5 per cent.

2

Arms, Ammunition and Military Stores

Fire-arms and parts thereof

Gunpowder, common

Gunpowder sporting

All other sorts

lb.

lb.

Ad valorem

0 5

1 0

Ad valorem

10 per cent.

3

4

5

6

7

8

Brushes, all sorts

Building and Engineering Materials

Asphalt

Cements, all sorts

Earthen-ware piping

Cabinet-ware and Furniture

Candles

Paraffine

Spermaceti

Wax

All other sorts, including composition

Canes, Ratans, Articles made of Cane or Ratan, and Basket-work

Canes, Malacca

Ratans

All other sorts, except common bamboos, which are free

Carriages and component Parts Thereof, Except Railway-carriages and Trucks

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

Doz.

Cwt.

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

0 5

1 8

0 5

1 0

7 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 per cent

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Chemical Products and Preparations

Acid, sulphuric

Alkali, country (sajji kh r)

Alum

Arsenic

Arsenic China mans l

Brimstone, flour

Brimstone roll

Brimstone rough

Copperas, green

Sal ammoniac

All other sorts

Chinese and Japanese-ware, including Lacquered-ware, but excluding Earthen-ware, China and Porcelain

Clocks, Watches and other Time-keepers

Coir and Articles made of Coir

Matting

Yarn of all kinds

Other articles made of coir, except cables and rope

Coral, real

Cordage and Rope, made of Any Vegetable-Fibre, Except Cotton and Jute

Coir-cables, tarred

Coir-rope

Cordage, hemp, European

Cordage, Manilla

Twine, European, Sail

All other sorts

Cork and Articles Made of Cotton

Bottle-corks

Vial-corks

All other sorts

Cotton and Articles made of Cotton

Cotton-hosiery

Cotton, Raw, not the produce of Continental Asia or Ceylon

Cotton-rope

Country-canvas

Piece Goods

Grey

Jaconets, exceeding 10 10 to the quarter-inch

Jaconets, other sorts

Mulls

Printers

Shirtings and Longcloths

T cloths 18 reed and up wards and Madapol-lams

T cloths under 18 reed, jeans, domestics, sheetings and drills

Other sorts

Sewing thread

Goa and country

On reels or cards containing 100 yards each, and pro rata above and below1

White and coloured

lb.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

Gross

Gross

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

Cwt.

Gross

lb.

0 2

2 0

4 0

25 0

16 0

7 0

6 0

4 8

3 0

25 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

9 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

10 0

10 0

20 0

25 0

0 8

Ad valorem

1 8

0 8

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

25 0

50 0

0 12

0 10

1 1

0 10

0 9

0 9

0 8

Ad valorem

30 0

3 0

1 0

5 per cent.

Twist

Mule No. 15 and lower Nos.

Nos. 16 to 24

Nos. 25 to 32

Nos. 33 to 42

Nos. 43 to 52

Nos. 53 to 60

Nos. 61 to 70

Nos. 71 to 80

And so on, one anna to he added to the valuation per lb. for every count of ten, or part of a count of ten, above 80.

Water No. 20 and lower Nos.

Nos. 21 to 30

Nos. 31 to 40

Nos. 41 to 50

Above 50

Twist, Orange, Red, and other colours except Turkey Red2

Twist, Turkey Red, all kinds2

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

0 5

0 7

0 8

0 9

0 11

0 12

0 14

0 15

0 8

0 9

0 11

0 13

1 0

0 13

1 6

3 per cent.

17

18

19

20

21

Cotton goods, all other sorts

Drugs and Medicines, except Opium

Aloes, black

Aloes Socotra

Assaf tida (h ng)

Assaf tida coarse (h ngr )

Camphor, Bhemsaini (baras)

Camphor, refined, cake

Camphor, crude, in powder

Cassia lignea

Salep

Senna leases

All other sorts, except quinine which is free

Dyeing and Colouring Materials

Aniline dyes Magenta and Roseine

Rosin

Cochineal

Gallnuts, country, Myrabolam

Gallnuts, Persian

Madder or manj th

Orchilla weed

Sapan wood and root

All other sorts

Earthen-ware (except earthen-ware piping), China, China Clay and Porcelain..

Fireworks

China

All other sorts

Flax and Articles made of Flax

Canvas, European sail, not exceeding 40 yards

Piece-goods

All other sorts, including linen-thread

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

oz.

lb.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Box of 133 lbs.

Bolt

Ad valorem

11 0

25 0

55 0

10 0

80 0

65 0

40 0

38 0

80 0

5 0

Ad valorem

0 4

1 4

4 0

25 0

12 0

5 0

5 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

30 0

Ad valorem

15 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 per cent.

22

23

Fruits and Vegetables

Almonds without shell

Almonds without in the shell

Cajoo-kernels

Cocoanut

Coooanuts kernel-(khopva)

Currants, European

Currants, Persian

Dates, dry, in bags

Dates wet, in bags

Dates in pots

Figs, European

Dates Persian, dried

Garlic

Pistachio-nuts

Prunes, Bussorah

Raisins, black, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Kishmish

Dates Munakka, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea.

Dates Malaga and bloom

Dates other sorts

Walnuts

All other sorts, except Bedmushk, Bajarbattu-nuts, and fresh fruits and vegetables not separately enumerated, which are free

Glass, Glass-ware, Beads, False Pearls and False Corals

Bangles, Glass, China, gilt

Beads, China

Coral, false

Bangles, Glass, China not gilt

Pearls, false

B jria

Boria

Jouria

Nathia

Tachea

Wattanah

All other sorts of beads, false pearls and glass, except bottles used to bottle beer, wine, spirit, or aerated waters, which are free

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Thousand

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

Cwt.

100 Pairs

100 Pairs

Cwt.

133 lbs.

100 supl. feet

100 supl. feet

L kh

Thousand

Thousand

L kh

30 0

11 0

10 0

30 0

8 8

35 0

12 0

4 8

3 8

7 0

42 0

6 8

5 0

20 0

16 0

16 0

7 0

0 10

Ad valorem

5 8

Ad valorem

6 0

3 0

30 0

Ad valorem

32 0

25 0

7 0

5 0

1 4

8 0

0 6

1 0

10 0

Ad valorem

5 per cent.

24

25

26

27

Gums, Gum Resins, and Articles made of Gum or Gum Resin

Copal

Cutch and Gambler

Gum Ammoniac

Gum Arabic

Gum Bdellium (common gum)

Gum Benjamin

Gum Olibanum or frankincense

Kino

Myrrh

Gum Persian (false)

Rosin

All other sorts

Hardware and Cutlery, including Ironmongery and Plated-ware, but excluding Machinery and the component parts thereof, which are free, and Agricultural Implements, which also are free

Hemp and Articles made of Hemp

Piece-goods

All other sorts, except rope

Hides and Skins, except raw or Salted Hides or Skins, Which are Free

Hides

Border

Buffalo

Cow

Skins

Calf

Chamois

Goat

Lamb

Roan

Sheep

All other sorts

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Each.

Score

Score

Doz.

Doz.

Score

Score

Doz.

Score

65 0

10 0

12 0

15 0

5 0

40 0

12 0

12 0

10 0

30 0

3 0

5 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

30 0

80 0

60 0

45 0

6 0

16 0

6 0

30 0

11 0

Ad valorem

5 per cent.

28

29

30

31

Instruments and Apparatus

Musical

Drawing, Measuring, Optical, Phrawing, Measuring Optical, Photographic (including materials for Photography), Surveying, and Surgical (including surgical appliances)

Ivory and Ivory-ware

Unmanufactured

Elephants' grinders

Elephants' tusks, each exceeding 20 lbs. in weight

Elephants' tusks not less than 10 lbs. and not exceeding 20 lbs. each

Elephants' tusks each less than 10 lbs.

Sea-cow or moye teeth, each not less than 3 lbs.

Sea-cow or moye teeth, each less than 3 lbs.

Articles made of ivory

Jewellery, including Plate

Silver-were, plain other

Silver-were, embossed than

or chased Furopean

All other sorts, except precious stones and pearls, which are free

Leather and Articles made of Leather, including Boots, Shoes, Harness and Saddlery, but Excluding Belting for Driving Machinery, which is free

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Tolah

Tolah

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

125 0

450 0

325 0

175 0

175 0

60 0

Ad valorem

1 2

1 8

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 Per cent.

32

Liquors

Ale, beer and porter

Cider, and other fermented

liquors

liqueurs

Spirit, for use exclusively in arts or mauufactures or in chemistry, which has been rendered effectually and permanenty unfit for human consumption.

Spirit, others sorts

Wines

Champagne and all other sparkling wines

Claret, and still Burgundy All other sorts of still wines

Impl. Gallon or six Quart bottles

Impl. Gallon or six Quart bottles

Ad valorem

Impl. Gallon or six Quart bottles of the strength of Landon proof

Impl. Gallon or six Quart bottles

Impl. Gallon or six Quart bottles

Impl. Gallon or six Quart bottles

Ad valorem

One anna.

Rs. 4.

10 per cent.

Rs. and the duty to be increased in proportion as the strength of the spirit exceeds London proof.

Rs. 2-8

Rs. 1.

Rs. 1-8.

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

Matches, Lucifer, and all other sorts

Mats

Floor-matting, China and Singapore, of all sorts

All other sorts, except coir matting

Metals, unwrought, wrought, and Articles made of Metals

Brass

Beads, Gh ngr , China

Old

Sheets, rolls, very thin

Wire

All other sorts except coir-matting

Copper

Australian cake

Bolt

Brazier's

China cash

Japan

Nails and composition-nails

Old

Pigs and slabs, foreign

Sheet, sheathing, and plate

Tiles, ingots, cakes, and bricks

Other sorts, unmanufactured

China, white copper-ware

Foil or dakpana

Wire

All other sorts

Gold Leaf, European

Gold Leaf, Mock

Iron

Anchors and cables

Angle and T iron

Beams, pillars, girders, bridge-work, and other descriptions of iron, imported exclusively for building purposes

Flat, square and bolt, including Scotch

Galvanised ..

Galvanised Sheets and ridging

Hoop, plate and sheet

Nails, rose, clasp, and flat headed, rivets and washers

Nails, other sorts, including galvanised

Nail-rod

Old

Pig

Pipes and tubes .

Rice bowls

Rice bowls

Rod, round, British, not exceeding half-inch diameter

Rod exceeding half-inch diameter

Swedish, flat and square

Tinned plates

All other sorts, including wire, but excluding railway-materials, and kent-ledge, which last-named article is free

Lametta, double reels

Lametta single reels

Lead

Ore, Galena

Pig

Pipes

Sheets, tea

Sheets, tea other sorts

Orsidue and brass-leaves, foreign, European

Orsidue and brass-leaves, China

Patent or Yellow Metals, sheathing, sheets, and bolts

Ditto ditto old

Quicksilver

Shot, bird

Steel, excluding railway-materials

Blistered ..

British and foreign other than Swedish

Cast

Spring

Swedish

Tin, Block

Tin, other sorts

Zinc or Spelter

Nails

Plate and other shapes, soft

Plate and other shapes, hard

Sheet or zinc sheathing

All other sorts

Military and other Uniforms and Accoutrements, &c., except Uniforms and Accoutrements imported by a Public Servant for his Personal use, which are free

Naval Stores not otherwise Described, Except Oakum, which is free

Oils

Cassia

Grass

Jinjil or til

Kerosine, paraffine, petroleum, rock and shale oils of all descriptions

Linseed, European

Naphtha

Otto of sorts

Sandalwood

Turpentine

Whale (except spermaceti) and fish

Wood

All other sorts, except cocum and slush fat, which are free

Oil and Floor Cloth

Hundred

Thousand

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

100 leaves

lb.

100 leaves

20 books

Ton

Cwt.

Cwt.

Ton

Cwt.

Ton

Cwt.

Ton

Set of ten six

Ton

Ton

Ton

Cwt.

Score

Score

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

lb.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

Cwt.

lb.

Impl. Gallon

Impl. Gallon

Cwt.

oz.

lb.

Impl. Gallon

Cwt.

Cwt.

Ad valorem

70 0

Ad valorem

0 14

35 0

90 0

0 8

Ad valorem

50 0

50 0

52 0

30 0

48 0

48 0

48 0

46 0

52 0

48 0

Ad valorem

1 2

3 0

0 10

Ad valorem

3 0

5 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

100 0

11 0

11 0

135 0

12 8

Ad valorem

120 0

2 0

55 0

Ad valorem

4 0

2 0

130 0

100 0

160 0

15 0

Ad valorem

4 8

2 4

13 0

11 0

Ad valorem

20 0

12 0

1 2

0 14

42 0

37 0

2 8

16 0

9 0

9 0

25 0

10 0

10 0

50 0

Ad valorem

14 0

15 0

11 0

17 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

3 0

15 0

1 12

15 0

0 12

2 0

30 0

10 0

8 0

1 10

15 0

15 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 per cent

1 per cent

5 per cent

5 per cent

5 per cent

40

Opium not covered by a Government pass

Seer of 80 tolahs

Rs. 24.

41

42

43

44

Paints, Colours, Painters' Materials, and Compositions for Application to Leather and Metals

Ochre other than European, all colours

Paints of sorts

Paints of Composition

Paints Patent driers

Prussian blue, China

Prussian blue, European

Red lead

Turpentine

Verdigris

Vermilion, Canton

White lead

All other sorts

Paper

Wall-paper

Perfumery

Atary, Persian

Perfumed spirit in wood, or in bottles containing more than half a pint

Rose-flowers, dried

Rose-water

All other sorts, including perfumed spirit in bottles containing not more than half a pint

Piece Goods, Not Otherwise Described

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

lb.

Cwt.

Impl. Gallon

Cwt.

Box of 90 bundles

Cwt.

Cwt.

Impl. Gallon

Cwt.

Impl. Gallon

1 8

12 0

25 0

14 0

0 8

14 0

1 10

75 0

150 0

12 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

15 0

13 0

1 12

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 per cent.

Rs. 4.

5 per cent.

45

46

47

Pipes and other implements used in the consumption of Tobacco .

Pitch, Tar and Dammer

Bitumen

Dammer

Pitch, American and European

Pitch, Coal

Tar, American and European

Tar, Coal

Tar, Mineral

Provisions and Oilman's Stores

Bacon in canisters, jowls and cheeks

Beef and pork

Cheese

China preserves

Flour

Ghee

Groceries not otherwise described

Pork-hams

Salted fish3

Tongues, salted

Vinegar, European, in wood

Vinegar, Persian

Vinegar Country

All other sorts, except b chedemer, fish-maws, shark-fins, singally and sozille, which are free

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

Tierce of three

cwt.

Barrel of two

cwt.

lb.

Box of six Jars Barrel or sack of 2001bs. Cwt.

lb.

cwt.

Keg of six

Impl. Gallon

Impl. Gallon

Impl. Gallon

Rs. A.

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 0

6 0

2 8

6 0

2 8

Ad valorem

0 9

60 0

40 0

0 10

8 0

15 0

36 0

Ad valorem

0 10

10 0

1 8

0 12

0 6

Ad valorem

5 per cent.

12 annas.3

5 per cent.

48

Railway Materials

Of iron

Steel rails and other articles made of steel intended for the permanent-way of railways

All other sorts, including carriages and trucks

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

1 per cent

5 per cent

49

Salt

Imported into British Burma

Imported into Bengal

Imported into any other part of British India

Indian maund of 3,200 tolahs.

Indian maund of 3,200 tolahs.

Indian maund of 3,200 tolahs.

3 annas.

Rs. 3-4.

Rs. 3-13.

50

51

Seeds

Castor

Cummin

Cummin black

Linseed

Methi

Mustard, rape, or sarson

Quince seed or bihi-dana

Soz r

All other sorts, except seeds imported by any Public Society for gratuitous distribution, which are free

Shells and Cowries

Chanks

Large shells, for cameos

White, live

White dead

Cowras

From Mozambique and Zanzibar

From other places

Cowries

B z r, common

Maldive

Sankhli

Yellow, superior quality

Mother-of-pearl

Tortoise-shell

Tortoise nakh

All other sorts, including nakhla

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Hundred

Hundred

Hundred

Hundred

Hundred

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

lb.

4 8

13 0

4 8

5 8

4 0

4 8

30 0

20 0

Ad valorem

10 0

6 0

3 0

3 0

0 8

2 8

10 0

50 0

5 0

30 0

6 0

1 0

Ad valorem

5 per cent

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

Silk, and Articles made of Silk

Floss

Piece goods

Raw Silk

Chah ram and Cochin China

Mathow

Other kinds of China

Panjam and Kachra

Persian

Siam

Sewing thread, China

All other sorts

Soap

Spices

Aniseed star

Betelnuts

Goa

In the husk

White, Srivarddhan

All other sorts

Chillies, dried

Cloves

Cloves in seeds, Narlavang

Mace

Nutmege

Nutmegs in shell

Pepper, black and long

Pepper white

All other sorts

Stationery (except Paper, which is free)

Sugar

China, candy

Loaf

Soft

All other sorts of saccharine produce

Tea

Black

Green

Tobacco

Manufactured

Unmanufactured

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

lb.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Thousand

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

lb.

lb.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

lb.

lb.

Rs. A

8 0

Ad valorem

4 0

1 12

7 0

1 4

5 0

2 8

8 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

35 0

12 0

2 0

18 0

5 0

8 0

40 0

16 0

1 2

1 0

0 8

25 0

32 0

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

20 0

23 0

13 8

Ad valorem

0 12

1 4

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 per cent

59

60

61

62

Toilet Requisites, not other

wise described

Toys and Requisites for all Games

Umbrellas

China paper kettisals

Cotton, steel-ribbed

Cotton cane-ribbed

Cotton oiled, other than European

All other sorts

Woollen Goods

Braid

Hosiery

Piece-goods

All other sorts

Box of 110 Each

Box of 110 Each

Box of 110 Each

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

30 0

0 13

0 12

0 10

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

Ad valorem

5 per cent.

SCHEDULE B
Export Tariff.

No.

Names of Articles.

Per

Tariff Valuation.

Rate of Duty.

Rs. A.

1

Dyeing and Colouring Materials

Indigo

Leaves, green or dry

Manufactured

Ton Indian maund of 3,200 tolahs.

Rs. 3.

2

Grain and Pulse

Rice in the husk (paddy)

Rice not in the husk

Ton Indian maund of 3,200 tolahs.

Ton Indian maund of 3,200 tolahs.

3 annas.

3

Lac

Button

Seed

Shell

Stick

All other sorts, except lac-dye, which, is free

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

Cwt.

65 0

45 0

80 0

35 0

Ad valorem

4 per cent.

1. Duty to be charged either on the mark or on the actual length.

2. Duty to be charged on the grey weight of the coloured yarn: when this is not ascertainable, the actual wharf-weight, or invoice-weight, to be taken.

3. Duty to be levied only on salted fish imported into the Bombay Presidency except Sindh, and into such other parts of British India as the Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, from time to time direct.