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Excerpt from British Manufacturing Industries The enormous duties imposed upon tobwco in this country, while they probably restrict the preportions of the manufacture, increase its impormnce. The duty in foreign countries does not exceed 3d. Per Ih., and in Belgium it is only one farthing a pound. The import tax levied in Great Britain is 38. 2d. Per lb. Upon unmannfactnred, and from 43. 6d. To 63. On mann factured, tobacco; and it ranges from 100 to 1800 per cent. Of the value. The amount realized annually in the form of these duties increased fromless than one millionsterlingatthebeginningofthecemturyto in the years 1874 - 5. The comparative im portance of this itemto the Treasuryisseemwhemwe compare it with the total duties collected at all British ports in the same year, which amounted to 19,626,348i. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.