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Page 286
... duty was reduced to 6d . per quarter . When our average was under 63s . , the import was subject not to absolute prohibition , but to the high duty of 24s . 3d .; which , however , generally operated as a prohi- bition . What are , on a ...
... duty was reduced to 6d . per quarter . When our average was under 63s . , the import was subject not to absolute prohibition , but to the high duty of 24s . 3d .; which , however , generally operated as a prohi- bition . What are , on a ...
Page 290
... Duty of 40s . on Foreign Wheat . A fixed duty to so great an amount as 40s . could be considered in no other light than as a prohibition ; for , during the enforce- ment in former years of the duty of 24s . 3d . , no importation took ...
... Duty of 40s . on Foreign Wheat . A fixed duty to so great an amount as 40s . could be considered in no other light than as a prohibition ; for , during the enforce- ment in former years of the duty of 24s . 3d . , no importation took ...
Page 291
... duties payable on foreign manufactures ; without adding that , in most of these , ( for instance , in the article of glass , ) the custom - duty is intended to countervail the excise - duty paid on British manufactures of the ' same ...
... duties payable on foreign manufactures ; without adding that , in most of these , ( for instance , in the article of glass , ) the custom - duty is intended to countervail the excise - duty paid on British manufactures of the ' same ...
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