CUSTOMS REVENUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13873, 6 October 1908, Page 4

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

THE QUARTER'S RETURNS. > For the three months ended September 30 ; last the- Customs revenue at Auckland amounted to £220,648 3s 4d, as compared with £233,938 16s 3d for the corresponding , period last year. This shows'a'decrease ,;.:',>. of £13,335 12s lid for the period juit closed. '•;.;. _.\."\f-.,. {-':,• ' ■ : 7: ■ ■.•■' Details of the revenue are as follows, tb# figures for the September quarter of hat ■ year, whore available, being given o-V 1 parentheses: — Consolidated revenue, ' £213,080 Is 5d (£223,973 2s 6df; local ,; revenue, £7568 1$ lid (£10,005 13s $*&§ .The Customs duties, which' are included in the Consolidated revenue, amounted to £197,731 4s lOd (£214,292 3* 6d). "Beef duty amounted to £6308 17s 8d (£5473 IBs;::;.;. Id). The Chinese poll-tax benefited the ' ( revenue by £2400 (£500). The Shipping and Seamen Act yielded £3265 14s 4d , (£3097 7s 6d). The taking over of the ;(< oyster beds by the Government increased . the revenue by £2796 Is 5d for sales mads .\- . during the past three months. The local :;,;•- revenue included gold duty amounting to £7551 15s 7d (£9991 15s 9d). The'contri. ' butions of the various fields were as follows:— Ohinemuri County, £2006 19s M (£2085 4s 10.15; Thames County, £43 Is 9d (£216 1% 4d); Coromandel, £55 o&4d;' ■ borough of Waihi, £5330 8s 9d (£6006 Uraj&g] 4d); 'borough of Thames, £116 5s a (£1568 15s 10d)/ ' i Included in the receipts under Customs : ; duty were the following: Spirits, £53,188 • j 4s 6d; tobacco, all kinds, £36,357 14s 3d:, i foreign ales, £1272 6s 4d ; goods by weight, I £12,925 14s 3d (£18,185 18s 4d); go- ls'i}i . ! valorem, £102,471 Is lOd (£102,028 2, &>). j The amount collected under the general „ tariff was £189,811 18s 7d (£209,537 W, ' , and preferential tariff £7085 12s 9d (£4753 ] T9s 3d), while the South African-New jfca; _. j land reciprocal tariff produced £833 13s od (£6 17 6 6 d). ' '. ; ■ .. / i