Note 463 — Chapter II · SPINNING AND WEAVING—MARVELLOUS SKILL DISPLAYED IN THESE ARTS.
Reading edition
This reasonable request was not complied with, the duty on India cotton being still 10 per cent. The extra duty of 3½d. per yard on printed cottons was taken off when the excise duty on English prints was repealed, in 1831. English cottons imported into India only pay a duty of 2½ per cent.