THE CUSTOMS
POUT OF WELLINGTON
FIGURES FOR YEAR
A slight increase over l.isl year is revealed in the figures showing the Customs revenue collected at the Port of Wellington during the year ending 31st March, *1!>29. The figures are us follow:— 192!). £ s. d. Customs ........ 2,684,8511 6 I Beer duty 52,3U0 14 7 IU2S. Customs 2,505,93!) 9 11 ' Beer duty 02,180 IS 5 The quarterly returns for the year ending olst .March are as follow: — First Quarter. £ s. d. Customs 560,42,5 0 11 Doer duty 12,728 0 11 Second Quarter. < 'ustonis 763,785 4 7 Ucer duty 11,000 16 3 Third Quarter. Customs 050,030 3 5 Beer duty 15.750 2 11 Fourth Quarter Customs 701,609 17 2 Deer duty 12,713 8 0 The live tax collected during the fourth quarter amounted to £20,023 llis, and the petrol tax to £100,924 Ms 2d. The amounts collected during the other quarters of the year are not; so far available.
The revenue collected at Wellington during the month of March was as follows {the figures for March, 1928, being given in parentheses): Customs, £219,525 ]-is 3d (£205.237 5s lOd); beer duty, £4601 12s 2d (£4352 Is 5(1); tire tax, £7027 19s 2d (£559 10s 4d); petrol lax, £27,543 17s Od (£22,----930 Cls Sd).
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 73, 30 March 1929, Page 8
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209THE CUSTOMS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 73, 30 March 1929, Page 8
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