PETROL TAX
ALLOCATION OF REVENUE. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 26. The Minister of Public Works states that the petrol tax collected for the period, October ,1 to December 31, totalled £206,839 Ils lOd. Mr Ransom explains that after deducting from the total the given amount of refunds, the cost of administration and Customs Departments’ charges for collections, there is a balance of £193,16015s sd, of which sum 92 per cent, £177,707, would be paid to the Main Highways Revenue Fund, while the remaining 8 per cent, representing £15,452, would be available foi* distribution among boroughs and cities, with a population of 6000 and over. On this basis, Wellington, which tops the list, will receive £2,512.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 January 1929, Page 12
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