W. Samoa Considers Abolition
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Of Empire Preference
From Our Own Correspondent APIA, July 26.
A SELECT Committee of the Western Samoan Legislative Assembly has been set up to investigate the present preferential tariff in favour of British Empire goods. Dr. J. W. Davidson is chairman.
It is suggested that the preferential tariff be abolished and one equal rate of import duty be levied on all goods re gardless of origin.
As the dollar revenue of the Territory has been decreasing rapidly of late, owing mainly to the drop in the cocoa price and export of cocoa beans to countries outside the dollar area, restrictions on imports from dollar countries (USA and Canada) have now been imposed.
Import of motor vehicles is allowed only by special permission and in cases of urgency, while importers generally are al located only a specified amount of cur rency to be used for imports from dollar
countries for the rest of the current calendar year.