THE SPECIAL OFFICIAL GAZETTE Ol THE EAST AFRICA Published under the authority of His Excellency the Governor of East Africa, Vol. XIL—No. 244a.] NAIROBI, JANUARY 10, 1910. [PRICE 20 CENTS. AN ORDINANCE a ~ ~ { No. 1 of 1910. To amend the Customs Ordinance 1904. Title. [ January 10th, 1910. | Date. BE it enacted by the Governor of the Hast Africa Protectorate with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof :— 1. This Ordinance may be cited as “ The Customs Tariff Ordinance 1909.” Short title. 2. Onand after the publication of this Ordinance there shall be raised, Customs duties levied, collected and paid unto His Majesty, his heirs and successors for the use leviable. of the Government of the East Africa Protectorate upon goods imported into and exported from the Hast Africa Protectorate, the several duties of customs as the same are respectively inserted, described and set forth in the 1st and Qnd Tables of duties of customs to this Ordinance annexed. Provided that (1) It shall be lawful for the importer or exporter if he so desire to Proviso. pay the import or export duty leviable on goods imported or exported by him in kind, if the nature of such goods permit of such payment. (2) Goods received in payment of duty shall be sold by public auction or otherwise disposed of as the Chief of Customsshall direct and the sum received therefor credited to the revenue of the Protectorate. 3. The goods enumerated and described in the 38rd table to this Ordinance Goods exempt annexed shall and may be imported free of daty, from import duty. +. (1). The value of goods upon which duty is leviable ad valorem shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemedto be the cash price for which the goods are capable of being sold in the Customs House without profit or loss to the importer or exporter Definition atthe time and place of importation or exportation, as the case may be, without any abatement or deduction whatever, except (in the case of goods imported ) of the amount of duties payable on the importation thereof.