IN OTHER CENTRES

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 78, 1 April 1936, Page 13

IN OTHER CENTRES

Customs returns in other centres are supplied by the Press Association as follows: —

Auckland.—An increase in Customs duties of £191,364 on the figures for the previous year was recorded at Auckland for the financial year just ended. Customs receipts for March were £293,250, against £209,524 in the corresponding month last year; petrol, £113,347 (£49,481); tires, £1451 (£1773); excise on beer, £16,249 £11179); sales tax, £60,058 (£50,820). Customs receipts for the financial year were £2,785,932, against £2,594,568 in the last financial year; petrol and tires, £639,272 (£567,536); excise on beer £148,090 (£131,330); sales tax, £728,576 (£638,061).

Christchurch.—Customs revenue collected at the port of Christchurch for the financial year just ended was £1,566,236, or £111,605 more than in the 1934-35 financial year. The year's figures compare as follows:—Customs, £905,745 (£832,728); motor spirit tax, £225,963 (£218,333); tire duty, £11,048 (£10,816); beer duty,; £84,173 (£81,433); sales tax, £323,652 (£295,118). For the month _ of March. Customs duties were £87,342 (£72,655); motor spirit, £42,236 (£21,232); tire duty, £577 (£855); beer duty, £7496 (£6708); sales tax, £23,501 (£26,385).

Dunedin.— Following: are the Customs figures for March, together with comparative figures for the corresponding month of last year in parentheses:—Customs . duty, £64'"» (£55 802); beer duty, £23,614 (£15,573); sales tax, £19,539 (£18,876); petrol tax 'at 6d a gallon, £25,890 (£15,857); tire tax, £266 (£421). Following are the figures for the financial year just ended, with comparative returns for the 1934-35 twelve-monthly period in parentheses:—Customs duty, £661677 (£668,856); beer duty, £242462 (£239,983); sales tax, £251,034 (£243,697); petrol tax, (£157 813 (£173,161); tire tax. £8212 (£8012); gold duty, £22,906 (£19,022).