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Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 12

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TALLOW MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON January 1. (Received January 2, at noon.) Tallow; Stocks, 2,103 casks; imports, 628, deliveries, 916. PRICE OF GOLD. I’re*s Association —By Telegraph —Copyright LONDON. January 1. (Received January 2, at 11.30, a.m.) Gold is quoted at £4 4s lljd per oz. CUSTOMS RETURNS. FIGURES FOR THE YEAR. The following are the Customs returns of the Dunedin office for the year 1929, those for 1928 being given for comparative purposes: —

The amount of Cutoms duty collected during December amounted to £62,402 15s lud, as compared with £55,429 8s 4d for December of 1928; and the amount of- beer duty was £22,906 is 6d, compared with £20,333 19s. Tyre tax of £449 12s was collected during the month, compared with £241 9s during December of 1928; and petrol tax amounted to £8,511 17s 6d, as against £5,351 4s 4d. < CHEESE MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cable from London: New Zealand cheese, white, 88s to 89s; New Zealand cheese, coloured, 86s to 87s,

1928. 1929. cl. £ *. <’• £ s. Customs returns Beer duty ... ... •• Petrol tax Tyre tax .. •759,399 18 11 231,870 7 7 40.578 15 5 12,414 10 a 830,036 11 4 234,490 *10 4 71,411 16 10 13,463 G 0 For the October-November-December quarter the figures were:— 1938. 1929. £ s. d. £ a. d. Customs returns Beer duty Petrol tax Tyre tax •• 204,483 15 4 64,901 3 10 13,345 IS 4 2,449 14 0 217,119 18 64,368 8 19,989 11 3,503 18 0 0 0