TAKEN FOR GRANTED
HIGHER DUTY ON TOBACCO
.(Received 31st March, 1.30' p.m.)
LONDON, 30th March
The lobaeco. manufacturers arc taking an increased duty for granted in conscquciicc of the receipt of an instruction restricting clearances from bond in April to one-twelfth of the clearances of last year.
In ' consequence Imperial Tobacco sharps fell from 86a 6d to 83s lid, and British-Americans from 83s 9d to S2s Gd; Carrearas, 4} to 4 5-16. Receipts from tobacco in 1929-30 wcro 62J millions.1 The steadily increased taxation has not materially affected the manufacturers' profits.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 31 March 1931, Page 9
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91TAKEN FOR GRANTED Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 31 March 1931, Page 9
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