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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
BEDEL ASKERI.
(MILITARY EXEMPTION TAX.)
Two shillings and four and a half copper piastres per head for all male inhabitants of
the Island, not being foreigners, of not less thau IS years or more than GO years of age.
EXEMPTION'S.
Priests of all religious denominations ; all persons who are exempt from Military Service
by Turkish law either by personal service or by payment made before the passing of Ordinance
So. V. of 1S78 ; all persons mentally or physically incapacitated from Military Service;
and all persons in the Military or Civil employment of the Government of the Island.
A U T H O R I T V .
Ordinance V. of 1878,
as amended br Ordi–
nance III. of I8S(). and
Order of High C>mmis-
sioner of 22nd Februarr
1879.
CUSTOMS DUTIES INCLUDING TITHE DUES LEVIABLE
ON EXPORTATION.
IMPORT DUTY.
TABLE OP SPECIFIC DUTIES.
Arms, Ammunition and Explosives, viz. :
Guns ami pistols not exceeding in value £2 ...
...
the barrel
Guns and pistols exceeding in value £2 but not exceeding in value £4 each
Shot ...
...
...
•••
•••
the oke
Gunpowder
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...
•••
•••
,,
Blasting powder, blasting compound, dynamite, gun cotton and fuze
„
Bacon and ham
...
...
•-•
•••
,,
Beans and peas of all kinds, roasted or otherwise
... per 100 okes
Beer, ale, porter, aud all other malt liquors in wood,
the gallon
Beer, ale, porter, and all other malt liquors in bottle, the dozen reputed quart
bottles, and so in proportion
Biscuits :
In bulk ...
---
...
••-
...
the oke
In tins ...
...
...
•••
... the reputed lb.
Botargo .--
•••
•-•
•••
...
the oke
Butter, including bntrerine or auy substance imported for mixing with or
for use as butter, but excluding butter in tins
...
the oke
Caudles ...
•-•
-••
•-•
...
„
Cards. Playing
...
...
...
... the dozen packs
Caviar :
Black ...
•••
.-•
...
...
the oke
Red (tarama) ...
...
...
... the 100 okes
Cement, known as Portland, the barrel of 150 okes and so in proportion
Cement, other
...
„
„
„
Cheese :
Kachkaval, touiotiai and other similar qualicies
...
the oke
Other, that is to say, Gruyere, Dutch, Cheddar, Cheshire, Stilton, Gorgonzola,
Parmesan, Roquefort, Brie, etc., and their imitations
Cocoa, chocolate, chicory, coffee, roast or ground
Coffee, raw...
Coppei sheets, bottoms, bars and nails
Copper-ware (pans, -fcc.)
Cordage, rope and twine
Cotton lamp-wick
Cotton yarns and thread, viz
Single unbleached Nos.
Twisted
4 to 1-i
16 to 2-1
4 to 1-4
15 to 32
'Tireh"
Single bleached
Twisted bleached
„ of two or more threads, known as
Turkey red
Dyed other colours ...
... •
Cotton piece goods :—
Grey or unbleached (Kassarsiz), cotton sheetings, linings, drills, T. cloths
domestics, known a3 American bezi, dimi bezi, Tcharshafliq and Asdarliq
the 100 okes
S\ lute or bleacheu (Kassarli), cotton sheetings, drills, T. cloths, domestics,
known as American bezi, Tcharshafliq, Dimi
the 100 okes
Shirtings and Madapolams, highly dressed and finished with stifiening
material
...
...
...
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