GISBORNE CUSTOMS RETURNS.
QUARTERLY STATISTICS
'The Customs returns for MaiJCh and the quarter . ending yesterdaykhre as follows
Spirits: January £1539 5s sd, February £1360 5s 7d. March £l2lß 7s 8d; total £41.17 18s 8d Cigars-and .Cigarettes: January £370 17s. lOcl, February £367 ilOs, March £403.19s 6cl ; total, £1147 7s'4d. Tobacco; January £590 5s 6d, February £575 18s 6d, March £Bll 13s; total £1977 17®. Wine : January £143 7s 3d, February £BO 17s 6d, March £llß 4s 6d; total, £337 9s 2d. Ale and beer: January £2O, February £179 16s, March £39 18s; total, £239 14s Goods (bv weight): January £97 2s Bd, February £92 14s 2d, March £66 12s 2d: total. £256 9s. Goods (ad'valorem): January £1053 llsi 6cl February £1523 16s, March £B3l 3s; total, £3408 10s 6d. Surtax; January £B3 0s 2d. February —, March £7l 2s sd; total, £154 2s 7d. Other Duties : January £B4 Iss 4d, February £3l 15s Id, March £93 7s lOd; total, £209 18s 3d. Totals: January £3982 5s Bd, February £4301 12s 7d, March £3654 8s Id ; total, £11,938 6s 4d. Other receipts: January £443' 16s sd, February £277 5s 6d', March £339 10s lid ; total, £IO6O 12s 10d. Total revenue for quarter. £1'2,J98 19s, 2d The 'excise duty for the month of March amounted to £260 6s. For the same quarter last year the amount of Customs duties collected was £lO,llß 19s 7d, other receipts £9/6 os 6d, making a total of £11,095 5s Id. The total amount of Customs duties collected for the twelve months ending March 31 was, £48,381 12s 3d; other receipts were £3489 12s 3d, making a gross total of £51,871 4s 6d. ° Last year’s figures were: Customs' £40,152 IBs lid', other receipts £2994 L7s 2d ; total, £43,047 16s Id.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3184, 1 April 1911, Page 2
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