Annual report on Sarawak.

Date:
[1950]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on Sarawak. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Uie Import tariff was also amended during* the year raising* the rate of duty on imported cigars, cigarettes and other manufactured tobacco; and lowering it on sugar. At the same time the previously imposed duties on canned and preserved meats, fish, fruit and vegetables, and on flour were abolished. Furniture was separately scheduled on the tariff (having previously been included with timber), and a new item was also added—Refrigerators. Excise. An Excise Ordinance was entered during* the year, to O come into force on 1st January, 1951. Meanwhile revenue «y ' continued to be collected on excise lines from 2 factories operating under the Monopolies Ordinance. These were the Raga Chemical Works at Pending, which produced a wine fortified by the addition of alcohol, and the Sarawak Match Factory. Revenue collected from the former amounted to $30,570 and from the latter $90,900. Comparative Statement of Total Imports and Exports. Total Exports Total Imports