CUSTOMS RETURNS

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26026, 1 February 1950, Page 6

CUSTOMS RETURNS

INCREASED COLLECTION AT CHRISTCHURCH Revenue collected by the Customs Department in Christchurch last month was £489,132, an increase of £93,078 on collections in January of last year. For the 10 months of the financial ”ear ending yesterday, the revenue was £4.257.956, compared with £3.972,508 for the same period of 1948 -49.

The figures for January, 1950, with those for January, 1949 in parenthesis, are:— customs and excise, £262,371 (£201,774); petrol tax, £38.606 (£31,412); tyres, £247 (£1072); sales tax, £185,040 (£153,172); light dues, £1316 (£544): export levy, hides, nil (£7236): miscellaneous, £1552 (£844); totals, £489.132 (£396.054). The figures for the 10 months ending January 31, 1950, with those for the corresponding period last year in parenthesis, are as follows:—customs and excise, £2,398.352 (£2,213-881); petrol tax. £332.564 (£296.589); tyres, £1770 (£15.622); sales tax, £1.455,548 (£1.356,171); light dues, £8247 (£6594); exnort levy, hides £57,113 (£79,717); miscellaneous, £4362 (£3934); totals. £4.257,956 (£3.972,508). AUCKLAND Customs revenue collected in Auckland in January totalled £954,247 against £684.344 in the corresponding month last year. The main items, with the corresponding figures for last year in parenthesis, were: customs, £503.248 (£338,590); petrol, £105.052 (£89,866); tyres, £319 (£1584); sales tax. £345,628 (£254.304). DUNEDIN Customs returns in Dunedin for January, with the figures for January, 1949 in parenthesis, are:—customs. £120,679 (£107.395); sales tax, £117.754 (£92,064): petrol tax. £18,909 (£18.197); tyres, £145 (£521). Total: £257.487 (£218,177). MINING Austral N.Z. Return.—The company’s latest return shows 4990 z of bullion for 147 hours in 14 days to January 28—(P.A.) Grey River.—The dredge return for the clean-up period January 10 to 24 was 1340 z of gold; from 121,000 yards, in 244 is hours.