CUSTOMS REVENUE.
SATISFACTORY RETURNS. [by telegraph.— PRESS association.] Wellington, Saturday. During August, the Customs revenue collected in New Zealand amounted to £136, 4s Id, as against £95,971 10s 8d in the previous month, and £121,106 9s 6d. in August of last year. The estimate for the month was £104,166 13s 4d, so that the amount collected exceeds it by about £32,500. The amount received for the five months of the present financial year is £557,371 lis Bd, or £36,538 Os sd.above the estimate. The amounts collected at the principal towns last month were as follows : —Auckland, £35,011 lis 9d; Dunedin, £33,467 17s 8d ; Lyttelton and Christchurch, £24,134 13s lid; Wellington, £21,589 17s Bd. The beer duty collected in New Zealand during the past month amounted to £3632 4s 6d, or about £020 less than estimated. The amount collected for the first five months of the financial year amounts to £18,934 2s lid, or £2315 17s Id less than the estimate. The principal amounts last month were :—Christchurch, £795 ; Auckland, £776 15s lOd ; Dunedin, £634 10s 3d ; Wellington, £404.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9149, 3 September 1888, Page 3
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