Reduction of Excise on Spirits in Holland The Hague, Dee, 20, The Second Chamber has adopted 'a Bill for the reduction of the excise-daty on spirits by 40 per cent. The present duty is 330 lorius per 220 gallons of proof spirit, The reduction is due to the tre mendous increase in the manufacture and sale of contraband alcohol since the excise-duty was doubled in 1929, as the result of which the duty actually yielded less than before it was doubled—Reuter.
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