Christchurch Customs
Revenue collected by the Customs Department in Christchurch in the year to March 31 was £10.948,500. This was £510.146 or 4,5 per cent, less than in the year before.
Petrol tax and tyres showed the biggest drop in revenue. Petrol tax totalled £1.530.289. a drop of £596.064, but this tax is now collected in Wellington instead of being collected locally. Tyre tax revenue dropped from £7622 the year before to £5211.
However, revenue from sales tax, light dues and miscellaneous all showed increases. Sales tax rose 7 per cent, to £2,556.295, light dues 22 per cent, to £19.370 and miscellaneous revenue 45 per eent. to £34,140. Revenue collected during March, with the corresponding month’s figures for the year before are as follows: — Customs and excise. £455.891 (£597.269): petrol tax. nil ‘■183.812.; tyres. £777 -1266 . sales .tax. £230227 <£281.5551: light 'dues, £1604 f£lolB>. and miscellaneous. £309! (£4723:',
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29791, 6 April 1962, Page 15
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148Christchurch Customs Press, Volume CI, Issue 29791, 6 April 1962, Page 15
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