NEW BRITISH ORDER
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS LONDON, 29th December. The first order under the Horticultural Products Emergency Customs Act, which comes into operation on sth January, imposes duties on various fresh, soft fruits when British supplies are. available. The duties include 2s 6d a lb for early and 6d for late strawberries, 3d for cherries, -Jd for gooseberries, 14s a cwt for plums; also fresh vegetables, salads, cucumbers, peas, and new potatoes. The rate on asparagus is from 4d to Is a lb, mushrooms Bd, cut flowers, including mimosa, 2d a lb, practically throughout the year. On more expensive varieties 9d a lb; rose trees, 30s a hundred.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 7
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107NEW BRITISH ORDER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 7
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