DECLINE AT CHRISTCHURCH
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
A decline of £63,000 in the revenue collected by the Customs Department in Christchurch for the half-year ended today compared with the same period last year, is shownby the return issued by the Department. For the month of September there was a decline of £8218 compared with September in 1937, but an increase of nearly £5000 compared with August -of this year. Last year at the same date the six (months' total showed an increase of £205,702, compared with the same halfyear in 1936 and the month's total an increase of more than £35.000. The total revenue for the past six months was £1,036,7£8, and the revenue for September was £187,715. The previous year's figures were £1,099,805 and £195,933 respectively. The main returns for the six months' were as follows:—----1937 1938 _ £ Customs 650,687 591,020 Beer duty 57,481 61,198 Petrol Tax ....... 135,077 145,064 Tyre Tax 7,229 6,098 I Sales Tax 238,349 880,103
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 21
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