CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20383, 2 November 1931, Page 10

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

COLLECTIONS FOR OCTOBER CHRISTCHURCH FIGURES. The downward tendency as regards receipts from Customs duties this year, when compared with last year, but there was an improvement in the receipts for last month, as compare with the amount collected in September this year, of £23,054; an<l tha moto* spirit tax receipts were £3045 better month as compared with ■ Septem or. Compared with October, Customs receipts last month were less by > and were £285,252 less than for the Jan-uary-October period of 1930. Beer du y last month yioldcd £IBB6 more than in October, 1930, but for tho ten months period the receipts this year are £5479. From the motor spirit tax il-i less was received last month than un October, 1930, but for the ten months of this year £45,504 more has been received than in the corresponding pe' iod of 1930. Tyre duty receipts were tw more last month, and £2009 more for ten months of this year. 1 rom io meat export levy £lO3 less was received last month, and £1229 less was received in the January-October period this year. Over the ten months of this yeai, as compared with the ten months or last there is an increase of £77 in the dairy produce levy. As compared with October, 1930, receipts from all sources last month were £17,353 less. Summary of Month's Receipts. 1031. 1330. Net Customs .. Net beer duty .» on* 17 Motor spirit lax .. 20,10b - Tyro duty.. •• fjf Meat, export levy . . Dairy produce levy . • 4* ' Totals •• -£97,801 £115,214 Ten Months' Figures. 1931. 1930. S&TSr- 385 Jill ST:: "j: "& Meat export lovy . . '*67 Dairy produco levy... 44<1 ' Totals • • £809,629 £1,053,999 Revcnuo from all sources for'the ten months of this year is less by £244,17U, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. WELLINGTON. % (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEOBAM-J "WELLINGTON, October 31. The Customs revenue for the month compared with October, 1930, was as follows:1931. 1930. | £ •£ J Ountoms 192.255 2 54,904 Tyre duty • • 1.896 Beer duty . . 5,"? Is? Motor spirit ■ • . oG -?* 3 The figures for the ten months of the cur ! roDt *vear, *with those for the same period i in 1930, are:Customs 1.86M84 2,571.034 J Tyre duty • • 21,127 d<W» | Rppr dtitv • ♦ 43,164 45 # 140 | Motor spirit JJ 433,083 361,023 DUNEDIN. (TRESS AS3OC2ATSOX TKUEOttAM ) DUNEDIN, October 31. The Customs and ezciso duties collected io Dnnedin during October were as follows, compared with October last year: 1931. 1930. £ s. A. '£■». d. CYsiom* «;i«. 1 4 48,065 15 1 Beer duty .. 15,851 14 3 21,644 6 0 Tvres ... T29 13 S 416 4 0 P'otrol •• 15,660 16 0 10,627 13 4 SHARLAND AND CO. ANNUAL REPORT. Tho directors of Sharland and Co., Ltd.j chemists, report tliat for the year ended August 31st, 1931, "after providing for all bad and doubtful debts, including abnormal losses by earthquake, full depreciation of plant, writing £IOOO off goodwill Young Chemical Co. account, and taking stock at cost price or market value whichever is the lower, there remains a balance of £BIOO 7s 5d to be dealt with, including the sum of £5249 4s lid brought forward from last year's account. Appropriation is recommended as follows: £ s. d. in payment of dividend of j 6 per cent, for the j •year on preference shares ... ••• 2250 - 0 0 In payment of dividend of 3 per cent, for the year on ordinary shares ... .. 26*25 0 0 To carry forward to next 1 year's account (pro- j viding for income tax) ... ... 3225 7 5 Total £BIOO 7 5 The thanks of the shareholders are ilue to the general manager and staff for the efficient service rendered in tho discharge of their duties during what has been a very trying year." Colonel A. A. Corrigan offers himself for re-election as director. Mr James W. Jack, in Wellington, and Messrs A. and J. Grierson, in Auckland, auditors, offer themselves for reelection. The operations in 1930 showed a net profit of £9649, the dividend being 7 per cent., both preference and ordinary, a figure distributed for some years. The sum of £IOOO was written off goodwill created by the purchase of the Young Chemical Co., the reserves being drawn on to the extent of £lOl to do this. The reserves at the last balance were £17,249, subject to the balance of the goodwill. The capital of the company is £37,500 preference j and £87,500 ordinary. IMPERIAL FRUIT. BRITISH APPLES WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION— B* EJ.BCTSXG TKLEOBA7K—COPTBIOMT.) (Received November Ist, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 81. English apples won the Empire championships at the Imperial Fruit Show at Manchester, both for culinary and dessert.