MARKED DECREASE
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
The amount collected in Customs revenue during the year ending 31st March, 1931, shows a considerable decrease on the amount collected during the corresponding period of the previous year. The comparative figures are: — 1931. 1930. £sd £ s d Total .... 2,910,698 9 9 3,181,578 15 G Beer duty 55,483 18 3 50,095 15 0 Motor spirit duty .. 480.013 18 (5 370,960 10 0 Tire duty 37,668 9 3 45,914 2 5 The ouly increase, it will be seen, is in the duty paid on imported motor spirit. The figures for March, 1931, show a general decrease, although motor spirit is again up, and beer also shows an increase, although not large. The figures arc:— 1931. 1030. £ s il £ s d Total 241.838 12 5 279,029 19 1 Beer duty .. S,SOS 12 9 5,495 7 7 Motor spirit duty ... 45.125 1. 6 30.578 9 4 Tire duty .. 1,593 12 3 2.30G 9 0
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 12
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155MARKED DECREASE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 12
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