I move:—
(1) That, in lieu of the duty of excise imposed by Section 6 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1939 (No. 33 of 1939), there shall be charged, levied and paid on all beer brewed within the State on or after the 16th day of October, 1947, a duty of excise at the rate of ten pounds eleven shillings for every thirty-six gallons of worts of a specific gravity of one thousand and fifty-five degrees.
(2) That, in lieu of the drawback payable under Section 6 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1939, there shall be allowed and paid on exportation as merchandise or for use as ship's stores of beer on which it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, that the duty of excise imposed by this Resolution has been paid, a drawback, calculated according to the original specific gravity of such beer, at the rate of ten pounds eleven shillings and three pence for every thirty-six gallons of which the original specific gravity was one thousand and fifty-five degrees.
(3) That, in the case of beer of which the specific gravity is different from the specific gravity mentioned in the relevant paragraph of this Resolution, the duty chargeable or the drawback payable (as the case may be) in pursuance of this Resolution shall be varied proportionately.
(4) It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 (No. 7 of 1927).