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DUTIES ON ADMITTED GOODS.
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Articles. Weight, measure, or number. Import duty, Mexican money. Import duty, British money.
Dol. c. £ s. d.
ARTICLES OF FLAX, HEMP, TOW, AND GRASS.
Hemp quintal 2 00 0 8 4
Flax do. 3 00 0 12 6
Carpeting' of hemp or tow alone, at and under a vara wide vara 0 12

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0 0 6

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Sheetings of flax or hemp, or imitations of them, at and under a vara wide do. 0 07 0 0 3

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Socks and half-stockings of all colours dozen 0 75 0 3 1

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Tapes of all kinds and colours lb. 0 60 0 2 8
Gloves of all sizes and colours dozen 0 75 0 3 1

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Linen thread of all kinds, numbers, and colours lb. 0 75 0 3 1

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Twine of all kinds 100 lbs. 4 00 0 16 8
Bleached, unbleached, and coloured cloths of hemp or hemp-tow, at and under a vara wide vara 0 06 0 0 3
Bleached and unbleached plain cloths, of flax, flax-tow, or grass, at and under a vara wide do. 0 08 0 0 4
Bleached and unbleached more than thirty-six threads to the quarter-inch do. 0 09 0 0 4

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