2 81.7
Impost on alcohol..................... 6.8 4.4
State railroad........................ 6.4 ...
Revenue stamps........................ 3. 3.6
State wharves......................... 2.1 4.4
Port dues............................. 1.5 1.8
Stamped paper......................... 1.4 2.
Post offices.......................... .7 .8
Consular fees......................... .4 .9
National telegraph and telephones..... .3 .2
Miscellaneous......................... .2 .2
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Total........................... 100. 100.
Almost 95 per cent of the customs receipts are obtained from import
duties. The present customs tariff, which took effect on January 1,
1910, made a radical change in the Dominican tariff system and was a
step in the country's financial regeneration. Theretofore the
Dominican tariff system was about as unscientific as could be
imagined. It had been a tariff for revenue only, in the sense that
the object was to obtain all the revenue possible and more;
accordingly the common necessities of life were most heavily taxed.
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