CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 13

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

INCREASE RECORDED.

BUOYANCY IN AUCKLAND

FROM FIVE SOURCES,

All roun:- increases are recorded in Customs duty collected in Auckland for the month of July and for the seven months to date of the present year. The amount received for the month ended yesterday is £100,542 more than in July last year, and for the seven months the increase is £548 159 Customs duty went over the quarter million mark last month, the exact amount being; £200,431, and to date this year the amount is £1,705,580, compared with £1,444,950 for the first seven months of 1035.

Receipts from petrol tax last month were £55,111, an increase of £23:138 and for the seven months £440.8(58. an increase of £127,553. Tyre duty realised £3103 in July, as against £1230. This item showed a decrease of £1093 in June. Collections of tyre dutv for the seven months of this year showed an increase of £357. Sales Tax Increase. Excise on .beer showed an increase of £2328 last month, the total being £12,305. The figure for seven months was £90,039. representing an increase for the peiiod of £15,092.

The regular increase in sales tax collections continues. Last month £09,417 was realised, compared with £54,50!) in July, 1935. The return for seven months was £104.022, against £379,45(i.

Detpils tlio receipts Tinder the various headings for last month, compared with those for July, 1933, are as follow:— 1930. 1035. £ £ Customs 260.431 196,396 Motor spirit 55,111 31,773 Tyre duty 3,1C3 1,230 Totals £318.705 £229,399 Excise on beer .... 12,365 10.037 Sales tax 69.417 54,509 Returns to Date. The figures for seven months are: — 1936 1935 £ £ Customs 1,765,580 1,444.059 Motor spirit 440.50S 313,315 Tyre duty 14,720 14.303 Totals 2,221.16S 1,772,037 Excise on beer .... 90.039 74,947 Sales tax 464,022 379,486 Following are details of the customs revenue collected during the first seven months of this year, compared with the corresponding period last jear: — 1936 3 935 £ £ January 240.060 223,687 February 239,905 211,574 March 293,267 209,524 April 260.448 211,776 May 232,243 211.355 June 238.626 180,647 July 260,431 106,306 Totals ... 1,765,550 1,444,959 A comparison of the combined petrol and tyre duties for the sever, months of this year, and the corresponding period in 1935, is as follows:: — 1936 1935 £ £ January 59,934 53,658 February 54.461 48,942 March 114.,708. 51,254 April 55,154 50,910 May 56,752 53,183 June 56.215 36.72S July 55.274 33,003 Totals 455,588 327,678 Details of the sales tax collections for the seven monthly periods are:— 1936 1935 £ £ January 70.658 61,264 February 53.299 44,976 March 60,058 50.770 April 69,207 56,035 May 68,938 54,683 June 72,445 57,249 July 69,417 54,509 Totals 464,022 379,486 The motor spirit tax is taken throughout at the old rate of Cd a gallon, the additional tax being included in the customs revenue.