The committee of the Legislative Body charged to examine the
new Cern-law Bill has presented its report. The following are the prin- cipal changes introduced into the measure:
1. The suppression of the differential duties, according to the place of growth—the tariff becomes uniform without distinction; 2. The differential duty imposed on foreign vessels has been reduced ; 3.- Bran and chaff are included among the articles the import of which is made free; 4. The duty on foreign flour has been raised from 75c. per 100 kilogrammes to If. i 5. As regards the import of rice the com- mittee has adopted the distinction of its being in straw or in grain, and fixed a lower duty for the former. A very important addition has been made by the committee to the article which declares the abroga- tion of all contrary laws. The new clause states that Art. 31 of the law of the 17th December, 1814, is not applicable to the provisions of the present one. This amounts to the declaring that the Government will not have the power of modifying the new law by decree.
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