CUSTOMS RETURNS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 26, 30 July 1938, Page 11

CUSTOMS RETURNS

FURTHER DECREASE

DROP OF £1030 IN SALES TAX

FIGURES FOR JULY

A further and heavier drop in the net Customs duty collected at Wellington this month is shown in a comparison with July of last year, the decrease being £70,168. Sales tax, which in June showed an increase of £6155, dropped by £1030. AU branches of duties, except beer and tyre duties, showed decreases on the figures for July of last year.

Figures for the two months are:— July, 1938. July, 1937. £ £ Customs duty .... 275,011 345,179 Sales tax 109,185 110,215 Beer duty 5,818 4,570 ■Petrol, at 6d a gal. ... 39,488 41,772 Petrol at 4d a gal. .. 26,333 27,855 Tyre duty 2,367 1,677 Net Customs duty so far collected this financial year, compared with the same period for the last financial year, is as follows: — 1938. 1937. i £ £ j April 309,155 280,349 j May ....; 291,949 324,887' June 276,424 289,174 July 275,011 345,197 Total £1,152,539 £1,245,589 A' comparison of the net Customs duty collected at Wellington over the last twelve months, compared with the duty collected over the previous twelve months, is as follows:— 1937. 1936. £ £ August 359,941 289,754 September ........... 385,369 283,061 October '......"* 330,603 274,365 November' 365,085 338,390 December ..' 265,969 279,685 1938. 1937. £ £ January ~„„... 313,183 259,078 February ~...«*„... 262,071 242,850 March .. 320,649 318,105 April 309,155 286,349 May 291,949 324,887 June ....:..;. 276,424 289,174 July , 275,011- 345,179 Totals £3,755,409 £3,530,877