PUBLIC REVENUE

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9172, 12 October 1915, Page 7

PUBLIC REVENUE

A SATISFACTORY POSITION ESTIMATE EXCEEDED. STATEMENT BY MINISTER- FOR ' FINANCE. In the House of Representatives yesterday the Minister for Finance-(Right. Hon. '-Sir Joseph Ward) made a- statement with regard to the public revenue. He said he was glad to be able to inform: the House that the position generally was satisfactory. The estimate was ■ -being exceeded. The were as follow:- - , I Revenue for Year Ended September 30th, 1913, Compared with Year. Ended 1 September; 30th, 1914. . In--1915. 1914. crease. Ji £ Jt Customs ... 3,163,294 3,425,866 *272,072 Stamp and

Net increase .£70,060 Revenue for the Six Months Ended September 30th. 1915, Compared., with the, Six . Months. Ended September 30th, 1914. • • ■

Totals ... 5.456,500 5,379,367 ■ ' Net increase ............. £77,133 ; Revenue for ■ the ■ Month of September, i 1915, Compared with the Month of ■ September, 1914. , ... ’ Sept.’ Sept- . In-' * 1915. 1911- crease, , Customs ...... 314,278 , ' 391,700 *77,422 Stamp ■ and •• death duties 121,280 118,790' ’5i490 Postal and

Totals ■ ... 1,234,383 1,235,978 Not decrease £1,593. *Docrease. ”■ ■:i,” ’ The Finance Minister explained,: in answer to a question put by Mr !Wil-< ford (Hutt), that the revenue- in thd month of September' had': been affected by the action of - importers ..in- -with-* drawing considerable, quantities of goods from bond over’ and above the normal withdrawals; in anticipation of the in-: crease of the Customs duties. Extra re* venue had- come to hand in preceding l weeks 1 owing to this cause, ; and the month of September had suffered ao-> cordingly; (

death 151,472 duties ... 1,429,825 1,247,853 Postal and Telegraph 1,393,854 ■ T, 315,018 i 8,83b Land Tax... 829,100 707,870 ' 61,230 Income Tax 543,919 545,374 *1,425 Beer Duty... 131,102 ' 128,870 2,232 Xtnilwaya ... 4,121,597 4,101,688. 19,909 Registration and other 5,321 feda 104,574 99,253 Marine ...... 47,526 ■ 53,440 *5,914 Miscellaneous 422,993 476,339 •53,346 Territorial National En245,979 209,120 86,859 downiest Revenue... .<.■■■ 92,655 78,770 13,885 Other receipts . 13,180 10,057 8,073 Totals ... 12,539,078 12,459,018

1915. 1914. .. Increate. JE • JB .. £ ■■■■] Customs ; 1,678,040, 1,692,029 *13,989 ■ Stamp . and death, duties' .604,928 502.810 : Postal and Telegraph ■ ’ 677,778 637,363 40,411 Land Tai ... 36,799 7,340 29,459 Income Tax ■ 15,556 11,925 ' 8,631 Beer Duty ... 61,59159,149 ' 3.442 Railways ■ 1,935,231 1,920,399 - 14,923 Registration ■ and other fees ......... 50,114 . 45,r'^l 3,554 Marine* 23,025 25,886 *2,861 Miscellaneous 168,256 207,761 *88,503 Territorial... ■ 103,091 ! 96,735 6,856 National Endowment. Revenue ... 92,655- ■ 78,770 J ' 13,885 Other receipts ’, MSI; '4,7414.710

Telegraph 293.313 ‘ 240,123 53.219 Land Tar ... 9,121 1,910 -7,214 Income Tar 6,9721,961 5,008 Beer Duty ... 14,656 12,018 ' 2,638 Railways ... 393,253 373,505 19,748 Registration , ' \ i and r other foes ... 9,310 11,014 *L704 Marino 5,593 5,166 427 Miscellaneous 32,007 52,135 *20,128 Territorial ....: 31,570 • 27,589 3,981 Other receipts 64 *64