CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1934, Page 10

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

JANUARY REVENUE.

INCREASE ON LAST YEAR.

OVEK £52,000 FROM SALES TAX

Customs returns at Auckland last month, £234,935, was £03,260 greater than in January, 1933. A comparison of the figures for the first ten months of the financial year ulso reveals a substantial increase. From April last year to the end of January this year £1,956,683 hae been collected, an increase of £310,851 over the figure for the same period last year. Petrol duty and tyre tax yielded a considerably greater return than did the same imports in January la.=t year. Laet month the total from those levies was £53,205, as against £45,442. The calculation for the motor spirit tax is made on the old rate of 6d a gallon for the purposes of comparison, the additional tax being accounted for in the Cuctoms revenue. Comparison of Returns. The following is a comparison of the monthly returns for January: — 1934. 1038. Customs £171,G70 Motor spirit 51,480 43.08!) Tyres 1.718 l,7i>:i Total E255.140 f 217,097 Excise on beer ... £12,253 £S.4GS Compared with the first ten months of the preceding year, the returns for that period in the 1933-34 year are a>3 follow;— 1933-34. 1082-83. .Vpiil £186.317 £13T.813 May 17.5.1534 143,071 lime '].-.:•,.!)!>:> 1 r.7.777 Ju-ly 152.071 135,220 August 202,502 180,052 September .. 153.874 104,32:: October .... 211,373 1 SS.SIKf .November .... 2l.'i,j()S) :iiS,!)7O December .... 22(i,:',7U 172,468 January 234.y;i5 171,075 Totals .:. £1,936,803 £1,039,832 Sales Tax Returns. Last month returned the greatest yield for any one month from tile sales tax since it was introduced in February, 1933. The April figure for last year covers the period from the date of imposition to the end of the April month. The amount for the year should exceed £500,000. Following arc the figures for the ten months: — April £.-.fi.(!25 May 37,157 June iJU.'.I I July 39,501 August , 42,4 IS Sciiteuibor -14,:;7O October 4!), 113 November 50,731 December 49,401 January r>2.280 Total 4U1.022 IN SOUTHERN CENTRES. INCREASES AT ALL PORTS.

Wellington.—Customs revenue collected at Wellington continues to show an increase over the corresponding month of the previous year, January being the fourth consecutive month to show this increase. The total collected last month is also by far the largest for the past two years. The Customs yield was £194,707, against £182,059 in January, 1933, an increase of £14,648. Motor spirit duty yielded £72,553, against £59.007. an increase ' of £13,576; tyro tax, £1827, against £161S, an increase of £209; and beer excise, £5213, against £5714, a decrease of £501. The total sales tax collected was £57,097.

Christchurch. —The revenue collected during January by the Customs Department showed marked increases as compared with January last year. Following are details, figures for January, 1933, being given in parentheses:—Customs. £81,873 (£70.131); beer duty. £7133 (£6815); petrol tax. £23,471 (£18,896); tyre duty, £885 (£794). The sales tax yielded £26,670.

Dunedin.—Customs returns for January were £61,095, against £57,099 in January last year; beer duty, £27.087 (£23,420); tyre tax, £778 (£741); and petrol tax, £15,523 (£1(5.030). The sales tax amounted to £23,982.