CUSTOMS RVENUE

Grey River Argus, 1 August 1935, Page 5

CUSTOMS RVENUE

LATEST REURNS For Main Soul Island Centre fpor p-n«v Assertion.) CHRISTCHURI. July 31. An improvement, in ommerce noticeab’e from the begiing of the vear has been mam tail during the last, month, and th° Chtchurch Customs returns for Ju] show an increase of £17,944 over ? figures for Ju’y of 1934. As in J practically every important itenhows -an increase. A most notal decrease is shown in the revenue m tne petro, tax. while revenue frorho sales tax shows a notable incrca of £5,797. The returns fer 1934, and July. 1935, are: CusToV-July, 1934. £62,786, Julv. 1935. £.’73; lyre duty, £598 and £737: petrol t £16.858 m-H £14.369; sa'es ’ax £2l.4and £27,238; boor duty £71780 and £"2; I’ght <tue£66s and £744; dnirevy £9l and 1'23; meat low £6l I ' £309; miscel’aneous £lO7 and£ll7; total £110.337 and £l2B 381 DCNET July 3t. Customs retv-Ms for ie port of Dunedin for the first r months of the current financial y uhow n de£lB22 15s Ln the figure for the corresponding nod of las! vwr. For the montlnded to-day. there is a drop of £7l7s 2d from tbo rotui n for .lolv oist year. Collections of sales t"x ril a brighter tone of business dnr ; nhe past four months, as over £Bl.Of as been la.f< on, compared with £73() 'ast vear. ’he actual increase b f £2 051 14s. and there is -n mere of £6OO 19s 8d for the month ofily compared with the collection font mnn‘h last year.

The beer tax s.howsdecided drop ■ for the month rfor the four monthly period, t’he -ease, in the alter rasw £1077s 2d and in ho farmor £6 514 Is 'l’hf petrol ‘ax deed ronshlerb’v, partvni'arly duri'he month of .hdv the return for w '« £3189 ,)s 3d l.e'ow Tlv* tor Ju 931. The dc-'•rea'-'o over the fow iths. compar'd with tho same pel of last year, is £2678 16s lid. An increase -•« shothis year m the amount of tvrp. t’ollected. For the first four th.* of the current financial veail the corrpsnnnding period o* Iffhe comparative returns ar'- "s -ws: Customs duty April to Julv. 5. £298 458April to Julv. 1934.9.279; ' .sales ~v CMI 135—£79993; duty £69,640 —£80,435; rmtro’ tax.930—£53.609:

♦vro iax £2901—£2.S Followiiio - are tho res for tho month of July comp with the n‘iirns for Ju’v ’^3-nstoms dutv. f..'v 1935 ‘,’.54 , R Julv. 1M34 £55 303: sales tax .632—£20.031 ; Iwer dntv £lB 3Q°—£2- petrol + ax £9 Ro9—£l3°9B- ‘xn-c £70,8—£415.