CUSTOMS RETURNS
PORT OF WELLINGTON
HALF-YEARLY FIGURES
A decrease of £64,953 in the Customs duty collected at Wellington for last month is noted when compared with September, 1937, this being the fifth successive monthly decrease. . Figures for last month, compared with those of September of last year, are as follows:— Sept., ' Sept., 1938. 1937. Customs duty 320,410 385,369 Sales tax 114,701 . 119,704 Beer duty 6,098 6.328 Petrol at 6d a gallon .. 42,747 41,231 Petrol at 4d a gallon .. 28,510 -. 29,493 Tyre duty 2.610 > , 3,099 Figures for the first six months of the financial year, with those of the first six months of the previous year, are as follows:— J938. 1937. Customs duty 1,830,981 1,990,899 Sales tax 677,233 689.952 Beer duty 37,844 35,039 Petrol at 6d a gallon ... 268,807 244,983 Tyre duty .. 13,842 14,414 Customs returns from other centres appear on page 21.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 11
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142CUSTOMS RETURNS Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 11
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