CUSTOMS REVENUE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21764, 2 April 1934, Page 5

CUSTOMS REVENUE

FINANCIAL YEAR'S RESULTS ALL-ROUND INCREASE SHOWN DUTIES LARGER BY £376,943 Customs duties collected at Auckland for the financial year ended 011 Saturday show ail increase of .£370,913, or 18.8 per cent, on tho figures for the previous financial year. Twelve months ago there was an increase of £299,442, making a percentage of 11.7 011 the preceding year. The combined revenue from motor spirit and tyres, which showed a decrease last year, this year shows an increase of £29,200. It is a gratifying feature of all the statistics that in every department a substantial advance is shown. For purposes of comparison the duty 011 motor spirit is deemed to be at the old rate of Od a gallon. The additional duty collected since the supplementary Budget of October, 1931, is included in the return of customs duties. With tho single exception of June, the ordinary customs revenue for each month of the year showed a marked advance on the receipts for the corresponding month of last year. The increases have been especially heavy since last October. The increase in the amount of excise collected on beer this year was £8930 as compared with an increase of £OOB7 last year. The amount of sales tax collected last month was £17,218, as compared with £8287 from this source last March, which was tho first complete month in which the tax was in force. For the complete year this tax has brought in £550,038. ' Comparison of Returns The comparative yearly total receipts under separate headings are: — 1933-34 1932-33 Customs . . . . £2,379,975 £2.003.032 Petrol und tyres . 518,253 488.957 £2,898,228 £2,492.019 Excise on beer . . £132,583 £123.047 Sales tax . . . . £550,638 In the financial year 1931-32 customs duties produced £1,70-1,590, petrol and tyre duties £521,397, and the excise on beer £117,560. Details of customs revenue collected in the financial year just ended, compared with the previous financial year, are: 1933-31 1932-33 ' April .. .. £100.517 £157.813 May .. .. 178,034 143.071 June .. .. 153,992 157,777 July .. 182.071 155,220 August . . . . 202.802 189,052 September . . 185,874 104,323 October .. 211.37 a 158.803 November . . . 213,509 108,970 December . . . . 220,376 172,408 January .. .. 231,935 171.075 February .. 217.507 189.919 March .. .. 200,235 173,281 Totals . £2,379,975 £2,003.032 The following is a comparison of the petrol and tyre duties for the financial year just ended and for the previous year:— 1933-34 1932-33 April . . . . £-10,944 £44.727 May . . . . 39,488 37,997 June . . . . 37.540 37.000 July .. .. 30.201 31.875 August .. .. '38,130 37.301 September . . . . 41,475 38.813 October .. .. 41.132 40.010 November . . . . 45,788 43,432 December . . . . 52.571 48,809 Jit miury . . . . 53.205 45,422 February .. .. 41.933 42.424 March .. .. 49.84 0 41,108 Totals .. . . £5!3,253 £188,987 Sales Tax Results The following are the monthly returns of sales tax collected, no annual comparison being possible, as the tax was not introduced until February 9, 1933: — April £50.025 M»v - . . . • • 37,157 Juiio 39.937 July 39.501 A iieust 42.448 September . . . . . . 44,370 October . . • • • • 49,113 November . . . . . . 50.731 December . . , . . . 19,101 January .. .. .. 55,280 February . . . . .. 44,798 March .. . . . . 47,218 £550.038 A comparison of the monthly receipts for March under the various headings is as follows: 193! 1933 Customs . . . . £200.235 £173,281 Motor Spirit . . 47,410 39.995 Tyro duty .. .. 2.430 1,113 Totals .. .. £250.081 £214,389 Excise on beer . . £12,155 £IO,BOI Sales tax . . . . 47,218 8,287 The figures for the quarter just ended are: 1934 1933 Customs . . . . £058,227 £534,875 Motor spirit .. J 39,351 125.059 Tyre duty .. .. 5,033 3,895 Totals .. .. £803,211 £003,829 Kxcise on beer . . £35,182 £32,055 Sales lax . . . . 147.290 HIGHER DUNEDIN TOTAL FIGURES FOR. 12 MONTHS [n V TKI.KO R Al' 11 — P RKSS A SSC »C lAT lON ] DUNEDIN. Saturday Following are the customs returns for tho financial year ended March 31, with the figures for the corresponding period in parentheses:—Customs, £595,930 (£502,700); beer, £228,753 (£235,317); sales tax, £216,673 (£3374); petrol, £158,034 (£119,852); tvres, £6Bll (£7003).