CUSTOMS REVENUE

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 285, 1 December 1936, Page 15

CUSTOMS REVENUE

AUCKLAND FIGURES.

a,ll sources increased.

fresh sales tax record,

Customs duty amounting to £301,220 was collected by the Customs Department in Auckland during November. This is the highest figure for any one month since before 1930. Sales tax totalled £84,042, markiiig a record for the .fourth month in succession. The a croregate return from all sources for the eleven months of the year, £4,486,262, is £833,147 in excess of that for the same period last year, and "the total for the month, £464,496, is £97,574 n-rcater than for November, 1935. Tyre duties have also risen, and the total for the eleven months is £500 higher than at the same time last year, while motor spirit tax shows a definite upward trend. The figure for November, 1935, of £45,723, has been exceeded by £11,322, and the eleven months return last year was only £478,722, as against £664,291 this year. Tlio total of £16,034 collected last month from excise on beer shows an increase of £IS2O, and' that for the eleven months, £149,134, represents an advance of £24,650. Comparison of Returns. Details of the receipts under the various headings for last month, compared with those for November, 1935, are:— 193G 1935 £ £ Customs 301,220 232.793 Motor spirit .... G0,045 45.723 Tyre duty 3,155 1,1)52 Totals 3G4.420 253.4GS Excise on ibeer .. 16,034 14,214 Sales tax 54.042 70,240 The figures for eleven months are: — 1936 1935 £ £ Customs 2,568,344 2,391,915 Motor spirit ... 664,291 478,722 Tyre duty 24,541 24,037 Totals 3,557,170 2,594,674 Excise on beer . 149,134 124,454 ' Sales tax 779,952 033,957