London, Nov. 27.
Five Board of Trade Committe2s of Inquiry on applications under the: Safeguarding of Industries Act] have issued their conclusion recommending a duty of 17h per cent. ad valorem on packing paper and wrapping paper, subject to certain exceptions and on the und ing that the duty shall also extend to wrapping paper in manufactured articles whenever the cost of such Paper as raw material exceeds, say, 16 per cent. of the value of the manufactured article of which it fs component part, Further a duty of 834 per cent. ad valorem for at least five years, on certain classes of cutlery, in. cluding knives (surgical Knives. and knives for use in machines), scissors, razor curving Peeks al on anther and cotton fabric' gloves, but not silk or artificial silk fabric gloves, which, the Committee is of opinion, are already sufficiently protectes The Committee rejected a claim for a duty on aluminium hollow ware, while the report of the Committee on gas mantles is somewhat}
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