CUSTOMS REVENUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20761, 2 January 1931, Page 5

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

DECREASE FOR THE YEAR.

MORE MOTOR SPIRIT IMPORTED. LESS BEER DUTY PAID. Tho fulling off in the monthly .customs revenue collected in -Auckland, which has been noted since July, continued in December, and swelled the aggregate decrease for the year to £234,759. In 1929 tho total collected was £254.511 greater than that of the previous year. The total customs duty in 1930 was £2,172.048, as compared with £2,406,807 levied in 1929. Tho December figures were £164,656 for 1930 and £206,8:53 for 1929. Taking customs, motor spirit and tyro duty together the total for tl.e past year was £2,627,839, or nearly £150,000 short of the 1929 total of £2,775,301. Customs revenue for the past 12 months, compared with the corresponding period in 1929, is as follows:

The amount of motor spirits duty, on the other hand, lias continued to show a marked increase, and last month's figure of £46,267 showed an advance of £16.085 on the figure for December, 1929. Tho increase for the year amounts to £94,385, the respective figures being £419,855 and £325,470. There was a slight decrease in the December tvre duty figures from £4539 in 1929 to £4219 in 1930. Tho decrease for tho year wis from £43,024 to £35,936. A comparison for the total, receipts from petrol and tyre duties for tho 12 months is made in the following table:—

The excise duty on beer, which remained practically stationary in 1923 and 1929, has shown a decline of £7553 for 1930. The totals collected were £115.260 in 1930 and £122,813 in 1929. The December figures were £12,661 in 1930 and £14,167 in 1929. RECORD AT NAPIER. COLLECTIONS FOR YEAR. [by telegraph.—press association.] NAPIER, Thursday. The customs revenue collected at Napier in 1930 totalled £325,382, which is a record for this port. The previous highest total was £303,731, which-- was collected in 1928. POSITION IN WELLINGTON. DECREASE IN YEAR'S FIGURES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] WELLINGTON, Thursday, The customs revenue collected at Wellington in 1930 totalled £3,056.051, as against £3.111,377 for 1929. a decrease of £55,326. There was ,i sharp decline in imports in the last six months of tlie year. Compared with the revenue for 1928, the year's revenue shows an increase of £412,021. The customs revenue in December totalled £231,714, as against £267,659 for December, 1929. The motor-spirit duty collected in December was £43,533, as against £27,150 for December, 1929, the figures for the 12 months being respectively £443,867 and £378.914. The tyre tax last month totalled £3516. as against £4545 in 1929, and for the 12 months the figures were £39,032 and £58.135. The beer exciso for December was £6600, compared with £7382 for December, 1929. For the 12 months the figures are £56,685 and £54,411. RETURNS AT CHRISTCHURCH. FIGURES SHOW DECREASE. [by telegraph.—press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. The customs returns at Christchurch for December totalled £72,899, a decrease of £11,709, compared with December, 1929. Beer duty totalled £9037, a decrease. of £755, and motor spirit tax £20,421, an increase of £7,849. The tyro duty totalled £I44C, an increase of £l6B. The figures for the December quarter, with those for the same quarter of 1929 in parentheses, are : —Customs, £237,427 (£298,614); beer duty, £22,342 (£26.550); motor spirit tax. £59,752 (£38.568); tyro duty, £3788 (£4860). DECREASE IN DUNEDIN. HIGHER PETROL REVENUE. [by telegraph.—press association.] DUNEDIN, Thumday. The customs revenue for December was £51,743, compared with £62,402 last, year. The beer duty totalled £21.160 (£22,806 last year), tyres £1357 (£449). petrol £15,294 (£8511). The figures'for Inst year are as follows, the 1929 returns in parentheses:—Customs, £760,116 (£936.036): beer, £221.138 (£234,496); tvres, £12.548 (£12,462' i; petrol, £124,301 (£71,411).

io?;a 1929. January . . . . £187,1530 £211,050 February . . 185,081 173.930 March . . 190,057 175,033 April 171,73-2 195,003 May . . 117,810 102,170 June . . 180,272 100,203 July 10-1,595 175,005 August . . 228,710 205,543 September 109.834 220,805 October . . . . 206,188 225.077 Xovcniher 159.353 228.213 December . . 101,050 200.833 Totals . . £2,172,04S £2,400,807

1930. 1020. January . .. £41,820 £36,017 February .. ao.c40 30,620 March. . , . . 32,423 37,203 April 35.224 34,951 May . . 32,057 2i,0fiS June . . 36,016 27.ICO July ,. 35,619 26.423 August . . . . 38,480 27.600 September 30,520 28,441 October . . . . 38,201 20,823 November . . 46,487 30,381 December . . 50,486 34,721 Totals . . £465,791 £368,491