BUSINESS BAROMETER.
LOWER SAXES TAX YIELD. A reduction in the returns from the sales tax in Xew Zealand i> shown in the figures for May, tlii~. ilie third successive month in which the yield has been lower than in ilie corresponding period of ]<>:?7. The total receipts for the first five months of llt.'tS are £I.:j!U.ISI. Os compared with £1.350.070 for the same months of 1!>37. Details are:— 10?. S. 1537. — £ January SIT.r.OS 204.431 Fohni.iry 230.535 1<14.624 March 277.«H0 2!>« 6?.7 April 202.251 235 OS*> May 273,087 309.796 The fall in receipts reflects the decrease in the value of imports durins recent- months, as well as the lower volume of wholesale transactions in April, which was a short working Yuomh on account of the Eaeter hoiidav.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 167, 18 July 1938, Page 9
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