FIJI'S CUSTOMS REVENUE.
. I.VCREASK FOR JULY. (From Our Own Correspondent.i srVA, August 11. The. I'lisiuiroi revenue for .Inly is raiiier satisfactory. Considering tlio do-]'ro-.secl ftdte of the copra industry and tiie upnsrquent small export of that proiliici,;_and also the very greatly rvdwed proflnetion of sujrar. the increaeo for this month us compared with July oi la*t -year mu-t In> regarded as very satisfactory. The estimated revt-nuv for .Tuly was: Imports. .U111.434: exports £S:!St2: or a total of £-2:.521<. The revenue for July, litil. was: Imports. CIJ.4OS; exports, iM.'iti: or a U'tal oi .O2M-24. The duties collected for this year ill July -were: Imports. £11.480. export-. £v-,(J2; or a total of £19.!)!) 1. It jyill '''Us be sv-'eu that whilo the imports h lio«- » decrease of £H7i) as eomiiared with the similar month of hist year, the exports show an imTcase of i.S.'S4tf, or ;i net increase of jUTSOT. which lnnst-lp regarded as satisfactory. Tlns' financial outlook of the colony i> really not so l>ad as peesimit-U would have .people believe.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 194, 17 August 1922, Page 10
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170FIJI'S CUSTOMS REVENUE. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 194, 17 August 1922, Page 10
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