CUSTOMS RETURNS.
AUCKLAND, Ist April. The Customs returns for the port of Auckland for March show that the net duties collected amounted to £69,071 6s 7d, and surtax £1549 18s 4d, compared with £50,078 15s 3d for the corresponding month of last year, being an increase of nearly £10,000. The beer duty amounted .to £2347 2s 7d, as against £2638, a decrease of about £281. The export returns indicate steady development of trade. The majority o£ the lines show substantial increases, and in other lines the average is well maintained, except in frozen meats, the export of which was affected by the slaughtermen's strike. Wool advanced to the phenomena' extent of over £138,000. There was an increase of some £34,000 in cheese, and £10,000 increases are shown in butter and kauri gum.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 77, 2 April 1910, Page 9
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