CUSTOMS RETURNS.
The following comparative statement shows the amount of Customs duties (&fter deducting •re'funds) collected at Lyttelton, during the months of July, 1900 and 1901':
The 'amount's of the excise duty- received during the same periods on beer {3d per gallon) were £ 1010 13s 6d and' £llBO Is lOd.
1900. 1901. £ a. d. £ s. d. Spirits, 16s per gal 7,245~14 0 9,126 12 8 Spirits, perfumed, t 30s per gal . 20 11 0 2 10 3 Cigars and snuff, 7s par lb . . . ; 79 9 1 269 11 11 Cigarettes, 17s Gd per 1000 of 2111) and under 535 IS 9 659 15 0 Cigarettes, 6d per oz ior weight over 2Jlb per 1000 . 0 13 0 Tobacco, manufactured, 3s Sdper lb 3,138 9 0 3,150 14 0 Wine, Sparkling, 9a per gal 52 16 0 49 10 0 Wine, Australian, Ss per gal 91 6 2 133 3 5 Wine, other kinds, 6s per ga;j Ale and beer, etc., 2s 280 10 8 478 3 1 per gal 296 8 4 110 2 4 Tea, 1900,4d per lb; 1901 2d per lb . ■1,011 13 0 415 14 10 Coffee, 1900, raw, 2d per lb (1901 free . 32 10 0 Coffee, roasted, 1900 5d per lb; 1901, 3d per lb 3 5 10 Chicory, cocoa and chocolate, 3d per lb ' 24 13 6 52 9 6 Sugar, molasses and treacle, Jd per lb 1,015 9 11 1,687 3 6 Glucose, Id per lb .. 97 1 6 28 9 4 Opium, 40a per lb . 2 0 0 Goods by -weight . 2,753 16 3 1,233 3 0 Goods ad valorem . 9,361 4 0 9,795 6 2 Other duties not specified above ,2,803 2 6 742 15 9 £23,854 19 6 £27,937 17 9
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12568, 1 August 1901, Page 5
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291CUSTOMS RETURNS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12568, 1 August 1901, Page 5
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