CUSTOMS RETURNS
£19,729,655 COLLECTED (By Telegraph —Parliamentary B«pirtß.> WELLINGTON, thisdtf A total of £19.729.655 was collect by the Customs Department dors* the year ended March 31. VH according to the report on the c» of collecting customs and o*Jg revenue presented to Parliament© this sum. customs duties other nan petrol tax and duties on rubber ©** accounted for £6.781.780. while «J* tax collected amounted to Other large items were BflJ* spirit duty (petrel tax 6d pergaMa £2.019.605: excise dutv on «* £1.602.030; on tobacco, cigars a» cigarettes. £1.463.639: and sales Blunder war expenses taw*** £2.248.826. _,_ Of the amounts collected at JW» of entrv the two largest were Aw*land (£6.203.779) and (£6.038.043). Costs of collet»» revenue amounted to £181.810.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 172, 23 July 1941, Page 8
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