LESS FROM CUSTOMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20992, 1 October 1931, Page 13

LESS FROM CUSTOMS.

RECEIPTS IN AUCKLAND. FIGURES FOR NINE MONTHS. DROF OF £547,760 SHOWN. A decline of £33,1329 in revenue from customs duties '.vas recorded in Auckland last month. The total was £136.005, compared with £169,834 in September, 1930. Hie figures for the first nine months of the year reveal a decline relatively more severe. The amount collected during that period was £1.094.091, compared with £1,641,851 , during the corresponding months last year, a decline of £547,760, which averages slightly over £60.000 a month. The revenue derived from petrol taxation and tyre duties last month was £43,137, compared with £36,520 in September, 1930, an increase of £6617. Receipts from tyre duties were lower, but. there was a substantial increase in the revenue from petrol taxation. From both sources the revenue for the first nine months of the year was £398,066, an increase of £17,449 on the 1930 total of £320,617. The complete revenue received in Auckland last month under the three heads was £179,141!, compared with £206,354 for September, 1930, a drop of £27,212. Figures lor Year to Date. Details of revenue for last month, compared with the figures for September, 1930. are as follows:

Petrol, Tyres and Beer Duty. A comparison of the total receipts from petrol taxation and tyre duties for the nine months is made in the following table: —

The beer duty collected last month amounted to £T1,560, compared with £10.522 in September, 1930, an increase of £IO3B. For the first nine months of the currert year the revenue from that source ha? amounted to £73,960, against £83,613 ir- the corresponding period last year, a decline of £9653. POSITION AT WELLINGTON. further decline recorded. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Wednesday. A furtbar substantial decrease is recorded in the customs revenue collected at Wellington fo:r September. The total was £175,043, compared with £283,136 in Septem oer last year, a drop of £108,143. For the nine months of this year the revenue was £1,677,229, against £2,316,080 for the corresponding period last year, a decrease of £638,851. The du.y collected on motor spirit last month wis £40,561, against £36,170 in September last year. For nine months the totals are £376,860 and £324,568 respectively. The tyre tax last month was £1524. against £2332 in September, 1930, the figures for the nine months being £20,111, against £28,397. The be<:r excise duty in September, was £5398, against ;25263, and for the nine months £38,045, against £40,437, CHiSISTCHUROH RETURNS. SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE SHOWN. [BT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHKISTCHURCH, Wednesday. The customs returns for Christchurch for September t.re as follows, those for the corresponding month last year being given in parentheses:—Customs, £45,253 (£84,869); beer duty. £9075 (£7583) petrol tax, £17,:.51 (£16,804): tyre duty, £959 (£1360).

FIGURES at dunedin. INCREASE JN BEER DUTY. [BY TELEGRATM.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Wednesday. The customs and excise revenue collected ill Duned n in September is as follows, figjres for September, 1930. being Given in parentheses Customs, £34,400 (£56,815 ; beer duty, £19.098 (£16,374); petrol tax, £13,902 (£12.082); tyre tax, £406 (£1115). For Ih3 nine months tho figures are:— Customs. £404,401 (£612,639); beer dutv. £148.005 (£157.521); petrol tax. £110.248 (£86.503): tyre tax, £BB2B (£8730).

Customs Petrol . . Tyres .. . 1931. . J-136,005 40.700 2,377 1930. £169,834 33.409 3.111 Totals „. . . .£179.142 £206,354 Customs revenue for the past nine months, compared with the corresponding period of 1030, is as follows:— January . . February .. March .. April May .. .. •Tune .. July .. .. August September 1931. . . £139,557 130,503 129,530 102.970 • ■ 80,076 134,208 .. 121,595 118,981 . . 136,005 1930. £187,830 185,981 190.057 174,732 147,840 186,272 164,595 228,710 169.834 Totalu . . £1.094,091 £1,641,851

1931. 1930. J nil u ai":' .. £44,689 £41,820 Februaiy 40,835 30,649 March . . . 50.100 32,423 April .. . . . 48,289 35,224 May .. . . . 40.281 32,957 June .. . , . 43.594 36,916 July . . . 54,680 35,619 August . . 32.461 3S.489 September . . . 43.137 36,520 Totals . . . £398,066 £320,617