 Duties on imported goods are of two kinds, Specific and Ad Valorem. A Specific duty is a certain sum per ton, hundred weight, pound, hogshead, gallon, square yard, foot, &c., without regard to its value.  Adam's New Arithmetic: Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by ... - Page 226by Daniel Adams - 1848 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...Duty in commerce signifies a sum of money required by Government to be paid on imported goods. Duties are of two kinds, specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum imposed on a ton, hundred weight, hogshead, gallon, square yard, foot, &c. without regard to the value... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 378 pages
...levied by law on goods imported into the United States, are collected at the various custom houses, and are of two kinds, Specific and Ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum on a particular kind of goods named ; as so much per square yard on cotton or woollen cloths, so much... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...DUTIES, in commerce, signify a sum of money required by Government to be paid on imported goods. Duties are of two kinds. specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum imposed on a ton, hundred weight, hogshead, gallon, square yard, foot, &c. without regard to the value... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...Duty in commerce signifies a sum of money required by Government to be paid on imported goods. Duties are of two kinds, specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum imposed on a ton, hundred weight, hogshead, gallon, square yard, foot, &c. without regard to the value... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...levied by law on goods imported into the United States, are collected at the various custom houses, and are of two kinds, Specific and Ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum on a particular kind of goods named ; as so much per square yard on cotton or woollen cloths, so much... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...levied by law on goods imported into the United States, are collected at the various custom houses, and are of two kinds, Specific and Ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum on a particular kind of goods named ; as so much per square yard on cotton or woollen cloths, so much... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 426 pages
...examine the invoices of goojj, collect the Julias, &:;., are calijd ciisitjm konse cjQicers. 44:9. Duties are of two kinds, specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum imposed on a ton, hundred weight, lirrn;siie;id, gallon, square yard, foot, &c., without icgard to... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 324 pages
...be weighed, measured, or gauged, by the custom-house officers, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount or value of the goods on which duties are to...upon the value. An Ad Valorem duty is a certain per rent, on the sum paid for the goods in the country from which they are brought. SPECIFIC DUTIES. IT... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 342 pages
...be weighed, measured, or gauged, by the custom-house officers, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount or value of the goods on which duties are to...upon the value. An Ad Valorem duty is a certain per rent, on the sum paid for the goods in the country from which they are brought. SPECIFIC DUTIES. IT... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1848 - 434 pages
...examine the invoices of goods, collect the duties, &c., are called custom house officers. 449. Duties are of two kinds, specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum imposed on a ton, hundred weight, hogshead, gallon, square yard, foot, &c., without regard to the value... | |
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