HIGHER CUSTOMS REVENUE

Northern Advocate, 1 April 1937, Page 7

HIGHER CUSTOMS REVENUE

ft Figures Up at All Four I Centres The total sum collected through the Customs Department, Auckland, for the 1936-37 financial year was £5,144,981, an increase of £813,111 on the 1935-36 year. Customs revenue, including petrol and tyre duties, amounted to £4,026,S6B an increase of £601,364 over the 1935-36 figuare. Ordinary Customs receipts totalled £3,290,681, an increase of £504,729. Excise on beer produced £177,534, .compared with £148,09p in the preced- j vng 12 months, or nearly 20 per cent ; acre. The sales tax collection for tree [two periods were £910,879 aCn d j £728,576 respectively representing' an i increase of £182,303, or nearly 2fjT per ■cent. . . > i WELLINGTON. —New fcvere established during the financial ■rear ended yesterday by toe net Cusloms revenue and sales collected ftt Wellington. Collections of motor ftpirits and also showed, on those for the only small- decline in • , Rres for the 1936-37 ~ t ! ’ mji years are as foles tax, £1,144,173 spirit duty, tyre tax, "R? 4; beer excise, y-V; ” Ims duty collected the montwPßßßPestd' rda y shows an increase of £86,364, compared with the figures for the previous financial year. The total ' during March, £69,318, is the greatest Since August, 1930. Beer duty, sales taX\and gold duty all show increases for fee past 12 months, only tyre tax reveal&qg a slight decrease. ) / The figures for the financial yfsar,' and those for the 12 previous mdnths are as follows:—Customs duty, £740,042 (£653,678); be6r duty, £2176,118 (£242,463); sales tax, £291,666 ('£251,635); petrol tax, £170,366 (£157,813); tyre tax, £7804 (£8213); gqdd duty, £22,952 (£22,926). } CJIRISTCHUBCH.— Customs revenue at Christchurch for the financial year ended yesterday shows an increase of £314,142. The main totals,; with last year’s figures in parentheses, are as follows;—Customs, £1,088,974 (£905,1 74f1) ; beer and- excise duty, £ 104,902 i (£34,173); sal*’*' >ax, £405,978 (£323,653); tyre duty, £11,514 (£11,047); petrol, de^j,963>.