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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
I M P O R T DUTY—continued.
AUTHORITY
D R A W B A C K OF I M P O R T D U T Y .
Persons wbo pay import dnty on gnus brought with them to Cyprus for sporting purposes
are entitled to have three-fourths of the amount refunded at tha Custom House, Larnaca, in tbe
event of their taking the guns out of the Island within 5 years on production of the documents
referred to in Sec. 2 (a) and (b) of Order in Council No. 19, Gazette 77 of 19th October, 1881.
W h e u any Import Duty shall have been paid in respect of auy wine, sphiu, malt liquors,
tobacco, cigars, or articles of food supplied for the use of auy mess on board any of Her
Majesty's ships of war, a drawback of the amount of tbe duty so paid may be allowed, or if
such goods are shipped from the Customs store before payment of duty, the amount of such
duty m a y be remitted on the production of a certificate from the proper officer of Customs
that such goods have been actually shipped on board one of Her Majesty's ships, a receipt
from the Paymaster of such ship for the goods and a written undertaking from the Pay–
master or other proper officer of such ship that if such gcods or any part thereof shall be at
any time re-landed, the duty shall be paid thereon.
In lieu of drawback of import duty paid in respect of any wine, spirits, malt liquors,
tonacco, cigars or articles of food imported and subsequently actually consumed or used by
Her Majesty's Land Forces, fixed money allowances are paid out of the Island Treasury to
the Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty's Land Forces quartered within the Island.
•The amount of duty paid on any article which maybe subsequently supplied to the High
Commissioner shall be refunded out of the Treasury on the order of the High Commissioner.
TITHE DUES LEVIABLE ON EXPORTATION.
In respect o f : —
c.p.
Nicosia District )
Larnaca „ j- ...
...
...
... Per cantar 9
Limassoi ,, )
Famagusta „ j
Papho „ > ...
...
...
...
„
8
Kyrenia „ )
... per 100 okes
Ordinance No. IX. of
1882. and Law No. XXII.
of 1899. Sec. 10.
Scheinle III.. Law
XXII. of 1S99.
(
l
) Caroubs *
Law No. IV., of 1900.
Aniseed ...
Cotton
Linseed ...
Mavrokoko
Raisins ...
Silk cocoons
W o u n d Silk
Manufactured silk, if manufactured by other tbau handlooms
PHYLLOXERA.
per oke
33 1
55
18
7
10
6!
IS
18
Law No. XXII. of 1899.
Order in Coancil No.
276 of the Sth April,
1S97.
• With a view to prevent the introduction of the Phylloxera, the importation of certain
articles from infected countries is prohibited.
PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON DIPORTS AND
EXPORTS.
The following are the Prohibitions and Restrictions on Imports and Exports :—
IMPORTS.
GOATS.—Importation prohibited, save uuder permit of High Commissioner, Law X., 1888.
LOCCST
EGGS.—Importation
prohibited,
Sec. 8 and 9,
Ordinance
XI.,
1881.
SILK-WORM
EGGS.—Importation
prohibited
except under
certain
conditions,
Law
XVII.,
1897.
IMMIGRANTS
(Destitute,
criminal
aud
vicious).—Landiug prohibited,
unless
security
given
for
support or for deportation, Gazette 602, p. 3697, year 1898.
J E W S (Destitute).—Landing prohibited, Gazette 139, p. 450, year 1884.
L E P E R S . — L a n d i n g prohibited, Gazette 295, p. 1426, year 1889.
(a) TOBACCO.—Importation prohibited, except under permit from High Commissioner, if in
packages weighing less than 20 okes each and bv ships of less than 60 tons burden, Sec.
4, Ordiuauce X X I V . , 1879.
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* The various Orders in Council have since been consolidated and amended b\ Order in Conncil No. 276, of 8th April, 1897,
published in Gazette No. 547, of 15th April, 1S97.
• (a) Tobacco may, however, be imported by parcel post in small quantities on payment of an additional duty of -_cp. per oke, or
fraction of an oke, Gazette 699 of 25th May, 1901, page 4498. If otherwise imported than through the Parcel Post under special permis-
non from the High Commissioner in packages of less than 20 okes, there is payable in addition to the Customs duty a further import
dnty of 1*. per oke, or fraction of an oke, Gazette 71S of 17th January, 1902, page 4694.
(->) This rate also applies to ground caroubs, if without intermixture of any other substance, and in the \
ease of caroubs in a manufactured state mixed with other substance, or any substance in which caroubs l j ^ ^ ^ -.. . ..
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constitute a component part, the charge is made in proportion to the quantity of caroubs contained in tbe j • - . . * .
whole quantity of exported substance. (See alto Loeutt tax.')
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