THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11956, 1 February 1901, Page 3

THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.

(Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 31. A return of the customs and excise duties collected at the several ports of the colony for the- quarter ended December 31, 1900, shows that the total revenue for tho colony during the period was £528,875, as compared with £508,831 for the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Tho comparatively small increase is explained by the revision of the tariff and the reduction of many of the duties. The following are comparisons of the revenues collected from certain articles for the two periods: Tea, last quarter of 1899, £20,072; for same period of 1900, £7705; coffee (raw), 1899, £601; 1900, nil; while under the head of " various" the revenue has fallen from £21,299 to £11,053. The revenue shows an increase amounting in aggregate to something like £20,000. The amount collected at all the chief ports, with the exception of Dunedin, shows a general improvement. At Dunedin the revenue for the quarter was £92,725, as against £105,968 for the corresponding quarter of the previous year. A comparative return of the customs revenue for the vears 1899 and 1900 shows the following figures:-1899, £2,042,002; 1900, £2 170,354. The excise revenue for the last quarter of 1900 amounted to £25,765, as acainst £24.151 for the corresponding ouarter of 1899, and the excise—e for tne two last years was .--1899, £82,715; 1900, £89,284. _____