FEBRUARY RETURNS

Grey River Argus, 2 March 1931, Page 6

FEBRUARY RETURNS

CUSTOMS The customs reveuuc collected at the Grey mouth Customhouse during the month of February was £1623/U>/4, in comparison to £2542/16/7 for the corresponding month of 1930, which represents a large decrease of £919/1/3.

VITAL STATISTICS. , I Tin* vital statistics for the month of February at Greymouth are as fol-lows:—-Births 27, compared with 19 in the corresponding .month of 1930; Deaths 8, i n comparison to 11 in February 193 Q; Marriage notices issued were 7. compared with 8 in the corresponding month of 1930. There was . only one marriage conducted by the . Registrar during the month compared

with one in February 1930. The return for vital statistics for Christchurch during the present month shows an increase* in the number of births over those of February last year the totals, being 214 and 198 espeetivelv. Deaths increased by four. GREYMOUTH RAINFALL. For the month of February, the total rainfall was 15.82 inche-s, over a period of 12 days, the heaviest fall being on Sunday, February 22, when 12. 50 inches fell. For the corresponding month last year the. total fall was 3.30 inc.l4e s over a period of seven days, the heaviest fall for any one day being 1.70 inches on February 23. SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns for the port of Greymouoh for February are as follows:—lnward vessels 18, with an aggregate tonnage of 10,947 tons; Outward vessels 19, with an aggregate tonnage of 12,277 tons. DUNEDIN RETURNS. DUNEDIN, March 1. The vital statistics for Dunedin district for February were as follows, last year’s February figures being given in parentheses:—Births 135 (110), deaths 68 (69), marriages 45 (54). I he Customs returns for the Dunedin tor the month of February show a decrease of over £4,000 on th efigures for the same period last year. Beer duty decreased to the extent of over £B,OOO. Petrol tax shows an increase of more than £4,000. The following are the figures, with shillings and pence omitted:—

1931 £ 1930 £ Customs . . 60,831 65,035 Beer Duty . . 12,763 20,889 Petrol Tax . . 12,023 7,832 Tyre Tax .. 598 771