AUCKLAND CUSTOMS RETURNS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12555, 22 April 1904, Page 6

AUCKLAND CUSTOMS RETURNS.

A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.

SATISFACTORY INCREASES.

Tub appended comparative tables, which show the amounts collected in Customs duties and general Customs receipts at Auckland during the financial year to March 31 last, have been placed at our disposal by the Collector of Customs. It will be seen that under both heads there were substantial increases in the revenue, and it is gratifying that the increase is even greater than it wa£ for the calendar year of 1903. when the total amount of Customs duties collected was £636,7-10, an increase on the previous year of £32,226, while the total receipts for 1903 (calendar year) were £689,753, an increase on the previous year of £37,999. In both instances the figures for the financial year just closed show a considerable advance on those figures. Of the £645,751 collected in Customs duties during the past financial year £635 lis 9d was under the preferential tariff. CUSTOMS DUTIES. Comparative return showing the amount of 1 Customs duties (net) collected for the financial years ended March 31, 1904 and 1903: — Heads of Revenue and . Bate of Duty. 1904. 1903. Spirits, 16s per gal. £96.376 1 9 £93,473 17 9 Spirits, perfumed, _ _ 30s per sal ... 738 1 6 437 11 7 Cigars and snuff, 7s _ „_.„,« per lb 7,833 7 4 7.712 6 1 Cigarettes, 17s 6d __ pet M. 21.504 6 9 17,672 15 9 Cigarettes, 6d per 07. excess 56 IS 0 22 1 0 Tobacco, manufac- _ , tured, 3s 6d per lb 77.304 2 4 6<,062 2 5 Tobacco, raw. * for manufacture. 2s per lb 3.656 16 0 3,720 14 10 Wine, sparkling, 9.~ pel gal 999 11 3 971 10 0 Wine, Australian, 5s pel gal 1.936 1 ° 1.844 6 9 Wine, other kinds, 6s per gal 3,373 1 5 2,907 19 11 Ale. bcei, etc., 2s per gal 4.189 10 8 3,544 19 11 Tea. 2d per It. ... 7.63? 6 3 10,903 12 8 Coffee, roasted, 3d per lb 14 11 5 1 13 3 Chicory, cocoa, s> nd chocolate, 3d per lb 1.375 6 8 1,344 2 10 Sugar, molasses and treacle, Ad per lb 120,634 1 1 120.644 8 9 Glucose, Id per lb 576 14 1 794 1 9 Opium. 40s per 1b... 65 3 9 66 2 6 Goods by weight. general tariff ... 44.365 4 4 41.098 14 9 Goods by weight, preferential tariff 106 7 9 — Goods, ad valorem. general tariff ... 240.817 9 7 225.997 18 7 Goods, ad valorem. preferential tariff 529 4 0 —. Other duties, not specified above. general tariff ... 11,366 1 5 12,144 15 11 Other duties. not specified above, preferential tariff — — Totals £645.751 8 4 £612.665 17 0 Increase for 1904—£33,085 lis 4d. RECEIPTS. Comparative return showing' the amount of all receipts 'or the financial year ended March 31. 19C4 and 1903: — 1904. 1903. Customs duties, general tariff ... £645,115 16 7 £612,665 17 0 Customs duty's. preferential tariff 635 11 9 — Beer duty 20,827 16 0 19,512 4 7 Tobacco Acta ... 2,093 16 9 2,247 18 6 Excise duties, perfumery, tinctures, etc ... 649 10 0 736 19 11 Bonded warehouse duty 657 14 9 440 0 0 Shipping and Sleamen Act, N.Z. ... 11,061 2 D 9.767 11 9 Imperial Merchant Shipping Act ... 119 8 0 114 5 0 Harbours Act ... 362 3 S 333 17 11 Chinese Immigrants Act 3.100 0 0 1.600 0 0 Miscellaneous ... 1.157 18 5 1.549 13 7 Gold duty 23,327 3 1 20.315 16 4 Total collections £709.318 0 8 £669.289 4 7 Increase 'or 1904—£40,023 163 Id.