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Thomas George Shaw. WINE DUTIES IN 1822 . 3 themselves , preferring to employ agents ; some of whom , though receiving ... duty , at that time , and until 1824 , was made by adding or deducting so much per tun ; and this being divided by ...
Thomas George Shaw. WINE DUTIES IN 1822 . 3 themselves , preferring to employ agents ; some of whom , though receiving ... duty , at that time , and until 1824 , was made by adding or deducting so much per tun ; and this being divided by ...
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... duties . Even their superiors both at the Excise and Customs boards , at that time consisted , with few exceptions , of men whose lives had been passed in occupations unfitted to qualify them for such important posts . The whole system ...
... duties . Even their superiors both at the Excise and Customs boards , at that time consisted , with few exceptions , of men whose lives had been passed in occupations unfitted to qualify them for such important posts . The whole system ...
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... duty had not been paid . I have often thought of an amusing piece of red - tapism connected with these proceedings . The Act of Parliament stated that all casks brought into the docks must be bonded ; and thus a cask that was to be sent ...
... duty had not been paid . I have often thought of an amusing piece of red - tapism connected with these proceedings . The Act of Parliament stated that all casks brought into the docks must be bonded ; and thus a cask that was to be sent ...
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... duty is not paid when they are landed . The company to whom the docks belong employ only their own servants . When a cask is placed in their cellars , it must remain till the duty is paid or it is exported , with- out being either ...
... duty is not paid when they are landed . The company to whom the docks belong employ only their own servants . When a cask is placed in their cellars , it must remain till the duty is paid or it is exported , with- out being either ...
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... duty was reduced to a general rate of 3s . per gallon , but it was in 1861 that it was made 18. , and higher for greater strengths . Since then the consumption ( duty paid ) has been- 1861 1862 1863 • 10,787,091 gallons 9,803,028 دو ...
... duty was reduced to a general rate of 3s . per gallon , but it was in 1861 that it was made 18. , and higher for greater strengths . Since then the consumption ( duty paid ) has been- 1861 1862 1863 • 10,787,091 gallons 9,803,028 دو ...
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