HIGHER CUSTOMS YIELD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21249, 1 August 1932, Page 11

HIGHER CUSTOMS YIELD

RETURNS AT AUCKLAND FIGURES FOR SEVEN MONTHS DECLINE IN MOTOR REVENUE The great expansion in the revenue from customs duties, which has been so marked in Auckland since the beginning of the year, was further noticeable last month, with the result that the revenue collected from this source for the first seven months of the year was higher by £274,788 than that collected during the corresponding period in 1931. The figure was £1,113,893, compared with £039,105 in the first seven months last year. The customs duties collected last month totalled £155,220, against £12.1,505 in .Tuly, 1931, an increase of £33,625. They wero slightly lower than tliese for the previous month this year, which totalled £157,777. On the other hand, revenue derived from motor and road taxation has shown a consistent falling off, and this tendency was again a feature of last month's figures. During July, 1932, the collections of motor spirit and tyre duties totalled only £31,875, compared with £54,680 during the corresponding period of 1931, the decline being £22,805. Last month's collections of motor-spirit duty were £30,294, and of tyre duty £lsßl. Petrol and Tyre Receipts

The total collections of motor spirit and tyre duties for the first seven months of the year show a decrease of £43,869, compared with the corresponding period of 1931, the respective figures being £278,599 and £322,468 respectively. For the purposes of comparison the duty on motor spirit is deemed to be at the old rate of 6d a gallon. The additional duty on motor spirit collected since the supplementary Budget in October goes to swell the Consolidated Fund and is included in the return of customs duties. The total revenue received at Auckland from the three sources, customs, petrol and tyre duties, during the seven-month period was £1,392,492, compared with £1,161,573 in th* corresponding period last year, an increase of £230,919. Details of the revenue last month, compared with July, 1931, are as follows: 1932 1931 Customs . • £155,220 £121,595 Petrol . . . 30,294 50,144 Tyres . . • • 1,581 4.536 Totak . . £187.095 £176.275 The figures for the first seven months of this year and last year are:— 1932 1931 Customs . . £1,113,893 £839,105 Petrol . . 264.579 302.234 Tyres . . 14.220 20,234

Totals £1.392,492 £1,161.573 Monthly Returns Customs revenue for the first seven months of this year, compared that of the corresponding months in 1951, is as follows: 1932 1931 January .. £152,748 £139.551 February . . 188,802 *30,503 March . . . 157,862 129.036 April.. .. 157.813 102.976 May . . . . 143.&71 80.676 June .. .. 157.777 134,268 July !! .. 155,220 121.595 Totals . - £1,113.893 £839,105 Following is a comparison of the petrol and tyre duties for the first seven months of the present year and those for the same months of last year: 1932 1931 ; January . . *39,473 £ |oS3s February .. 40,109 -nion 1 March . .. 42.358 dO.IOO Anril . .. 44,727 48,289 May .. 37.297 40.251 June . 37.060 43 594 July .. .. 31.875 04,650 Totals .. £278.599 £32-2.468 The beer duty collected last month amounted to £Bll3, compared with £7015 in July, 1931, an increase of £IO9B. For the first seven months of the current year revenue from that source has amounted to £69,549, as against £55,036 in the corresponding period last year, an increase of £14,513. REVENUE AT NEW PLYMOUTH INCREASE FOR SEVEN MONTHS [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday The customs returns at New Plymouth for the seven months this year are £6809 higher than in the same period last year. The total was £36,509. An increase on the previous year has been shown in ©very month except February. Beer duty shows an increase of 300 per cent. Petrol tax, however, decreased from £26,000 to £22,000.'

WELLINGTON RETURNS DECREASE OF OVER £24,000 [BY TELEGRAFH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Saturday Customs revenue collected in Wellington during the present month totalled £165,807, compared with £190,171 in July, 1931, a decrease of £24,364. Included in the present month's figures is £10,999 derived from the increase of 2d in petrol duty. Beer excise duty during the month amounted to £3975, as against £3OIO for July of last year, an increase of £965. The amount of petrol duty this month at 6d a gallon was £32,997, a decrease of £11,432 compared with the total for July, 1931, of £44,429. FIGURES FOR OHRISTOHURCH AMOUNT ALMOST THE SAME [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday Following are the custom? returns for July in Christchurch as compared with July, 1931 Customs, Jtiy, 1932: £60,705; Julv, 1931, £60,734. Beer duty : £5934 (£4883). Petrol tax: £14,22.'; I £20,495). Tyre duty £576 (£1171). For the seven months of the calendar year the returns compared with those of the same period last year are:—Custom?, ; 1932, £412,443; 1931, £404,049. Beer duty: I £45,025 (£42,046). Petrol tax: £115,052 (£141,678). Tyro duty: £5748 (£9454). DECREASE IN DUNEDIN LOWER BY NEARLY £BOOO [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDIN, Saturday Considering that in July last year there was a considerable clearance owing to expectations of changes in tariffs, the customs returns for the month ended today are considered quite satisfactory, ine returns, with those for July of last year in parentheses, are as follows :—C«stoms, PdQ (£57,238); beer, £13,0^0 (£10%) ; petrol, £11,283 (£14,039); tyres, £549 (£1079).