CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 161, 1 April 1908, Page 7

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

•' , END.OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.

J if. ,7 v .i A- LARGE INCREASE. ' j i The' figures for the financial year of tha - 1 Customs Departm6nt.-in Wellington, which ... closed' yesterday, show a considerable ini■ i Urease ;over?those -Jor ithe. s' oa r 1906-7.. .Tha net duties have increased.by £76,08? 7s. 4d-> and the total Customs receipts(which ■ in- , , elude miscellaneous receipts ajid shipping, 'port charges and light dues, etc,) by ; £97,068 .. ... J 19sl 3d. ; The - increase in'.tho beer . duty ' uas £2001 17s. Id. Tho figures for the , years}ltfo7 and 1908 wore as follow:— , j : V'v l' : .i v .Li; ii. IL . A" ; r c,-G'—' s. •d. £ s. d, -~ ■V/ ; Net .Duties! '* 842,955< 111 766,895 14 7 :! : Beer Duty " ,14,659 : 3 3 12,657 6. 2 , j Total Receipts 884,192 1 6 787,123 2 3 : ' The figures for the first, quarter-of tha >;: ; . present: year are as follow:— -■.r-, • k ; - '-'.A 1907-8. !•.: ■' £ s. d. £ s. d. .' : : Net Duties 226,934 17 9 207,361 10 8 , | Beer Duty > 3,989 9 1_ _ 3,613 4 0 . • -The;month-just closed,shows tho following totals' ; 's. .''■'"v-": k.H •:' ■ : ' >■ ■'. , 'isqs^.;' : v.'^,i9°7.r' 1 ■■■■'.:? .•'" £. 's. ( d.\ ; :■•'£■ s. d. :' ,j Neij Duties ' 74,510 13' 0 61,047 7 8 - - Beer Duty 1,290 1 3 8 1,196 14 1 I V-'ipv ' VV .'. .-v.. • V/y.^ J-. . ; . s Auckland, March 31. " The Customs''duties' collected 'at ' Auckland >-. ; during March totalled . £73,326, compared ' ,:: with £60,070 last March.' This is< largoly y i chjo' tQ. the'fact" that- of late,; largo lmportaf tions^of foreign.-goods liavo been nlado, with' . a view to getting- them, in under tho tariff j which expired, to-day.- -In March- Ipst year y tho duty on su!*ar now admittedi.frco to- ■ i tailed' '£10,000^ ; ' : 'thus :-emphasising':.,the " in-: f.i 3 orcaso in tho trade of _tho port. l . ' - ... 1 *'."•■1; *'■ >: r _ COATS AND SKIRTS. 1 s Mrs. Male, Specialist in. Coats unci Skirts, • ,'. .Woodward .Stret; ;is . showing-Autumn Mater- - t ials and. Burberry's.Gamefeatlior Tweeds. C 733 r This ; aftcrnoon, commencing at I.SO, Messri. 8 J.H. Bethunfe arid Coi. will sell in theiv auction roq|iis, ' a splendid let .• s of oil- paiiitlhge, ; rcpro- , V i ductions of famous; pictures'; also; curiosities, -. old coins, and rare books.'- The collections are v now :on .view, !\nd -catalogues- are "ready. At *' 2:3o'p.m.', 'during, this' sale, the-firm< will sell A life-size portraits in oils-of.-the .late Right Hon, . j R,.: J. ■ Seddon, framed and. uhframed. ■ i i Mr. A. Wiieatiey,/ of Hamilton, ■ advertised ( j two properties in the Waikato district for sale. ' •■ > ?. : ,We.are,'.teqnested, on behalf .of the Miesiona 'to Soamon,.to'state,that.T;'..Douglas,, of Pahia- »• .tua, jat® pfi.tlio sohooqor Aratnp\C is earnestly - -requested to meet his motjier: at the. Missions t to Seamen , Institute,: between, the hours of 18> t and 12 to-day. 1 The Wellington Laiies' Union asks ' }■ for 'gifts-of secondhand clothing for tho poor, S to be sent,to St. John's Schoolroom to-morrow , ■ "1 afternoon, or to' Miss.' Dowaes, secretary. 1 : i