HIGHER CUSTOMS YIELD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21276, 1 September 1932, Page 7

HIGHER CUSTOMS YIELD

INCREASE AT AUCKLAND GREATEST FOR 22 MONTHS MOTOR REVENUE: IMPROVES Customs revenue of £189,052 collected at Auckland last month was the greatest for any month since October, 1930, when receipts totalled £206,183. The August receipts, which more than maintained the increase which has been a feature of the monthly returns since the beginning of the year, brought the total for tho first eight months of the year to £1,302,945, which is £344,859 greater than the total of £958,086 for the corresponding eight months last- year. Last month's receipts; of £189,052 were £70,071 greater than the receipts for August, 1931, which totalled £118.981. They were £33,832 greater than the receipts for July, 1932, which totalled £155,220. Although the August receipts from petrol and tyre duties showed an increase of £4843, being £37,3C4 compared with £32,461 in August, 1931, and although they were higher than the July receipts by £5429, tho total for the year to date is still well below that of the corresponding period of 1931. The eight months' revenue from petrol and tyre taxes was £315,903, compared wil.h £354,929 to tho end of August, 1931, a decreaso of £39,026. Revenue from Three Sources Last month's revenuo from petrol was £35,942, compared with £30,349 in August, 1931, and from tyre duty, £1362, compared with £2112. The additional duty on motor spirit collected since the supplementary Budget of October goes to swell the Consolidated Fund and is included in the return of customs duties, the duty on motor spirit being deemed to be at the old rale of 6d a gallon for purposes of comparison. The total revenue collected at Auckland from the three sources, customs, petrol and tyre duties, during the eight month period was £1,618,848, compared with £1,313,015 in the . corresponding period last year, an increase of £30.5,833. Details of the revenuo last month, compared with August, 1931, are as follows:

Customs . . . . £1£9,052 £118,981 Petrol . . . . 35,942 , 30,349 Tyres . . . . 1,362 2,112 Totals . . .. £2! i 6,356 £151,442 The figures for the first eight months of this year and last ye;ir are:— 1532 1931 Customs . . . . £1,302,94.5 £958,086 Petrol . . . . 3i:0,321 < 332.583 Tyres . . . . 15,562 22,346 Totals . . .. £1,0.18,848 £1,313,015 Moathly Figures! Compared Customs revenue for the first eight months of this year, compared with the corresponding months in 1931, is as follows : 1935! 1931 January . . £152,748 £139,551 February .188,1502 130,503 March .. 157,362' 129,536 April .. 157,:?13 102,976 May .. . . 143,'571 ' 80,676 June .. .. 157,777 134,268 Julv . . . . 155,220 121,595 August . . 189,1)52 118.081 Totals . . £1.302.345 £958,086 Following is a comparison of the petrol and tyre duties for the first eight months of the present year find those for the same months last year:—

The beer duty collected lust month amounted to £10,492,' compared with £7364 in August, 1931, an increase of £3128. For the first eight months of the current year revenue from that source amounted to £80,041, us against. £62,400 in the corresponding poriod last year, an increase of £17,641. FIGURES FOR WELLINGTON TOTAL SLIGHTLY HIGHER [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Wednesday Customs revenue collected at Wellington in August totalled. £179,329, against £178,779 in the previous August. For the eight months-of this year the net revenue was £1,380,728, against £1,502,295 for the corresponding period of last year. The motor spirit duty for August was £43,067. For the eight months the total was £390,505, against £336,1299 last year. The tyre tax was £lO3l, igainst £3236 for August, 1931, and for eight months £12,691, against £18,5'16. The beer duty in August was £4688, against £4377 in August, 1931, and s'or eight months £39,848, against £32,646. REVENUE AT CHRISTCHURCH RETURNS HIGHER BY £6500 [BY TELEGRAPH —PRE3S ASSOCIATION ] CHEISTCHURCH, Wednesday Customs duties collected at Christchurch during August amounted to £75,354 6s 4d, the hijjhesfe amount collected in any one month of the present calendar year. Following are the returns:—Customs, Auguiit, 1932: £7i5,354: August, 1931, £68,835. Beer duty : £7567 (£6678). Petrol tax: £15,173 (£16,347). Tyre duty: £433 (£786). For the eight months of tho calendar vear the figures were:—Customs, 1932: £487,797; 1931, £472,884. Beer duty: £52,592 (£48,724) Petrol tax: £130.255 (£158,025). Tyre duty. £6lßl (£10,240). BUSINESS AT DUNEDIN FAIR INCREASE SHOWN [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] DUNEDIN, Wednesday Following are the customs returns for Dunedin for August, figures for August last year being given in parentheses:— Net customs return, £51,181 ( £45,829); beer duty, £17,451 (£2.1,590) ; petrol tax, £11,042 (£9028); tyre tax, 332 (£1492).

1912 19:il January . . £39,173 £41,(VS9 February 45,109 40,835 March 42.358 50,100 April 44,727 48,289 May . . 37,307 40,281 June .. 37,000 43.594 July .. 31,875 54.6S0 August 37,304 32.4G1 Totals .. £315,303 £351,929