On sugar or molasses the growth and produce of any British possession into which the importation of foreign sugar is prohibited, being imported from any such possession, there shall be levied the duties following, viz. from and after On sugar or molasses the growth and produce of any other British possession, being imported from any such possession, there shall be levied the duties following, viz. from and after And so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than 1 cwt. On sugar or molasses the growth and produce of any foreign country, and on all sugar or molasses not otherwise charged with duty, there shall be levied the duties following, viz. from and after Upon timber and wood goods not otherwise Timber or wood, not being deals, battens, handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length, exceeding 7 feet in length, the 120 knees, under 5 inches square, the 120 5 inches and under 8 inches square, the 120 lathwood, the fathom of 216 cubic feet oars, the 120 spars or poles, under 22 feet in length, and 22 feet in length and upwards, and under of all lengths, 4 inches and under 6 inches wood planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared * These duties were imposed by the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 62. But there is not a word in the set to lead any one to suppose ther they are limited to timber of foreign growth; and, in so far as depends on the statute law of the country, the duties on timber would appear to be equalised. This, however, was not the intention of the legislature; and the former duties continue charged on colonial timber. |