CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 1 September 1930, Page 12

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

C+itISTCHURCH FIGURES. There was nu increase in net Customs duties collected in Christchurch last month of £6320, as compared with August, 19-9, aud of £34,082, as compared with July,. 1930. Some o£ the increase over July, 1930, probably is due to increased duties, although it has to be borne in mind that the amount' co'.lcc'ted in July this year was £45,940 less than in July, 1929, due to fewer oversea vessels arriving at Lyttejton in July o£ this year. Tor the calendar year, so far, there is a decrease thi.s year, as compared with 1929, of £51,525; and a decrease in tho financial year, so far, of £55,197, The motor spirit tax receipts show an increase of £2513, as compared with August, 1929, but a decrease of £3247 as compared with Jiily, 1930. For tho calendar year, go far, an increase is shown of £1597, and for the financial year, £2799. The tyre tax shows an increase of £240 over July of this year; but a decrease in the calendar year of £2842, and in tho financial year of X2C97. Details follow;

WELLINGTON. (fsesi association tileqrau.) , WELLINGTON, August 31. The Customs duty collected at Port Wellington during tho present month -was over £10,600 in. excess of the total for August, 1923. AJI round increases were also recorded in respect of the beer duty, tyre tax, and petrol tax. The detailed figures are as follows; £ Customs duty .. ■ .. •• 217,83 I Beer duly •• •• 3,801 Tvre tax .. . •• 3,011 Petrol lax ..." .. 33,001 BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. The brief cabled announcement was mads in Saturday's Press that the directors of the Bank of Australasia, had declared an interim dividend at the rate of.j4 per cent. The dividend, which is free of insome lax, is tile same a« last year, and equals 7s per share. The dividend is payable on October 3rd. Th© New Zealand list of shareholders will be closed on September Bth for the I'ttrpose of the dividend. The dividend since 1923 has been at the rate of 14 j'-er cent, lu 1925 it was 13 per cent. The net profit of the bank in 102!) was £677,163,' the amount represented in the year's dividends £630,000, and the amount placed to reserves £47,183, which then totalled £1,036,943. Premises were not written down last year, b*£ a total of £22P,0C0 was written down for the four preceding years. HOME MEAT MARKET. /

The Bank of New Zealand has received th* following advice from ; ts London office it the close of business last week:

■ Frozen Meat—There is a steady demand for wether mutton and prices are steady. Trad 9 for owes is irregular. The market for lamb is inclined to become weaker. Supplies are more than sufficient to meet the demand. There is a fair demand for beef. Wethers, light 4Jd to 6d per lb, heavy 4d to 4?d; ewes, 2Jd to 3Jd; lambs, 2's Sd to 9d, B's SJd to 9d, 4's BJd to B£d, seconds Id to 7W; ox hinds, 5d to SJd; ox fores, 3d to 3JU; cow liinds, 4d to 4£d; cow fores, 2Jd to 3d.

Net Customs Duties. £ s. d. August, 1930 .. 110,114 0 3 August, 1029 . . 103,790 14 5 Increase, August, 1930 6.323 5 10 July, 1930 70,061 19 3 Increase, August, 1930 34,052 1 0 Jan.-Aug., 1930 .. 711,857 17 3 Jan.-Aug., 1929 .. 763,383 12 7 Dec., Jau.-Aug., 1930 51,525 15 4 April-Aug. f 1930 . . 425,921 16 8 April-Aug., 1929 .. 481,118 19 6 l)ec., April^Aug,. 1930 55,197 2 10 Net Beer Duty. August, 1930 6,103 14 8 August. iSi29 5,708 17 5 Inc., August, 1930 396 17 :s July,, 1930 7,329 19 2 Dec., .August, 1930 .. ' 1,226 4 (i Jan,-Aug., 1930 57,576 13 3 Jan.-Aug., 1929 • 57,852 8 111 Dec* Jan.-Aug., 1930' 275 15 -.7 April-Aug., 1980 36,501 3 r. April-August. 1929- • 35,575 15 •j Inc., April-Aug.,' 1930 925 7 8

Meit Export Levy. August, 1930 . . 373 8 5 August, .1920 , 96.3 7 10 Doc., Aupust, 1930 591 19 5 July,. 1930 821 16 9 Dec., Augnst, 1030 448 » 4 Jun.-Aug., 1930 . . 6,024 2 2 Jan.-Aue.,'1929 .. 5,38'J 6 0 Inc.. Jan.-Au?., 1930 .. 440 IB 2 April-Aug.,. 193Q 4,090 13 9 April-'Aujr.,' 1929 ' ... 4JS25 14 7 Dec,, April-Aug., 1930 .v 235 0 10

Dairy Produce Export Lety. August, IPSO 5 6 9 August, 1939 ' ... 32 2 10 Dec., August, 1030 ■ 1 26 10 1 July, 1930 - .. 23 8 Dec., August, 1930 18 1 G .Tan.-A,'ug.;..1930 ... 32!) 10 4, Jan.-Aug., 1929 .. • 509 6 9: Dec., Jan.-Auft., 1930 1 79 10 5: April-Aug., .1930 ... 159 6 10 Aprit-Aug;, 1929 117 11 10. lac., 'April-Aug., 1930 41 15 Hotor Spirit Tax. August, 1930 12,410 13 1 August, 1929 9,897 4 4 Inc., August, 1930 2.513 8 9 July, 1930 15,658 3 7 Dec,. August, 1930 3.247 10 6 Jan.-Aug., 1930 ... 94,001 16 4 Jan.-Aug., 1929 92,403 19 5 Inc., Jan.-Aug., 1930 1.597 16 11 April-Aug., 1930 72,926 6 6 April-Aug., 1929 70,127 6 4 Inc., April-Aug., 1930 2,799 0 - Tyre Duty'. August, 1930 982 11 0 August, 1929 890 7 0 Inc., August, 1930 92 7 0 July, 1930 742 1 0 Inc., August, 1930 .. 240 13 0 Jan.-Aug., 1930 , 8,418 10 1 Jan.-Aug., 1929 1.1,261 1 . 0 Dec., Jan.-Aug., 1930 .. 2.842 10 11 April-Aug., 1930 4300 6 3 April-Aug., 1929 7,497 18 6 Dec., April-Aug., 1930 .. 2,697 12 • S Honey Export Levy. August, 1930 1 10 0 August, 1929 Ni April-Aug., 1930 2 0 5 April-Aug., 1939 84 3 4 Dec., April Aug., 1930 82 2 11