CUSTOMS RETURNS

Northern Advocate, 2 May 1933, Page 7

CUSTOMS RETURNS

, -AUCKLAND STATISTICS. ’ APPRECIABLE INCREASE. (Special to “Northern Advocate. ”) AUCKLAND, This Day. Compared with April, 1932, the Cus toms revenue collected at Auckland last month disclosed an increase of £8704, the figures being £166,517, against £157,813.

The total for the first four months of the calendar year, 701,892, was £44,167 greater than the total for the corresponding period last year.

A decrease of £3783 occurred in the combined collection of motor spirit, tax and tyro duties made in April, •when compared with the total collected in April, 1932.

Sales tax collections last month {realised £50,625. Beer duty paid was £9735, as against £8609 in April, 1932.

FEWER IMPORTS. REVENUE DOWN. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Customs revenue at Wellington for April was £136,913, compared with £185,301 in April last year, and was the smallest for any month since May, 1931/when the total was £132,730. The total for the four mouths of the present year was £610,761. The motor Spirit tax in April realised £57,621, and for the four months £235,971, The tyre tax in April was £107(5 and for four months £4787. Beer duty this .month amounted to £4004, the total for the four months being £17,884. Sales tax in April yielded £65,585, making 1 lie total sales tax colected in Wellington £77,162, ALL-ROUND DROP. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Tiie Customs returns at ChristvChnrch for April were as follows, those for April, 1932, being shown in parentheses: —Customs, £52,343 (£61,96.1); beer excise duty, £6518 (£6538); motor spirits lax, £16,552 (£10,99(1); lyre tax, £BOO (£984). The sales tax (collected amounted lo £25,727. BEER DUTY DECLINES. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) DUNEDIN, This Day. The Customs revenue at Dunedin for April totalled £10,711, against £11,031 for April last year. The beer duly amounted to £15,401, against £20,937 for the corresponding period last year, 'lyre duty was £BB4, compared with £OSB. Petrol tax amounted to £14,0(57, against £12,608 in April, 1932. * Sales fax collected in Dunedin for the month totalled £22,358.