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History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 2 (of 4)

Note 318 — Chapter X

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The Americans always employ the word “discriminating” for our “differential” duty. Our sugar duties were discriminating duties. The duties on the three categories of tea, before they were made uniform, were discriminating duties, distinguishing qualities of different values. The present duty on foreign and Cape wines is a differential duty.

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