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CUSTOMS REVENUE FOR 1948-49

LOWER FIGURE THAN LAST YEAR

Considerably less customs and excise revenue was collected at Christchurch for the year ended March 31, 1949, than last year, according to statistics supplied by the Collector of Customs. In 1948, £3,334,197 was collected, and this year only £2,664,688. Revenue from tyres in 1948 brought in £30,001, compared with only £18,763 this year. Sales tax in 1948 amounted to £1,928,552, compared with £1,570,009 at March 31 last. year. The total revenue collected at March 31, 1948, was £5,763,949, compared with £4,733,232 at March 31 this year. Customs revenue collected for the year ended March 31, 1949, with the figures for 1948 in parenthesis, are as follows: Customs and excise, £2,664,688 (£3,334,197); petrol, £365,970 (£361,203); tyres, £18.763 (£30,001); sales tax, £1,570,009 (£1,928,552); light dues. £BO2O (£7746); export levy (hides), £101,309 (£97,918); miscellaneous. £4473 (£4332). Total: £4,733,232 (£5,763,949). Customs revenue Collected for .March, 1949, with the figures for March, 1948, in parenthesis, are:— Customs and excise, £240,305 (£230,091): petrol. £36,163 (£27,106); tyres. £1993 (£2308); sales tax, £144,682 (£201,117): light dues, £715 (£672); export levy, (hides), £21,592 (£17,847)r miscellaneous, £l2l (£110). Totals, £445,571 (£479,311). AUCKLAND Revenue collected by the Auckland Customs Department in March compared with March last year, was (March, 1948, in parenthesis):— Customs, £494,432 (£467.541); petrol. £109.544 (£84.263): tyres. £lB9B (£5365); sales tax, £394.493 (£448.786). Totals: £1,000,367 (£1,005,955). The returns for the first quarter of 1949, with 1948 figures in parenthesis, are:—Customs, £1,359,637 (£1,716,726); motor spirit. £202.082 (£264,115); tyres, £6155 (£19,783): sales tax, £914,051 (£1,088,349). Totals: £2,481,925 (£3,088,973). DUNEDIN Customs returns for the port of Otago for March, with last year’s figures in parenthesis, are: customs revenue. £126.990 (£139,803); sales tax. £105,821 (£122.380): petrol, £18,323 (£15,741); tyre, £l3OO (£1222).

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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25768, 1 April 1949, Page 5

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CUSTOMS REVENUE FOR 1948-49 Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25768, 1 April 1949, Page 5

CUSTOMS REVENUE FOR 1948-49 Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25768, 1 April 1949, Page 5

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