CUSTOMS RETURNS
.1 .• . V W'f. "'. • . FIGURES EOR 'JUNE' QUARTER. . LARGE'INCREASE IN REVENUE. (Peb United Pbebs AasobifTios.) " WELLINGTON, September 3. The anxiety of merchants; to draw wines and tobacco out of bond before the expected new duties. were, imposed -is expressed in tpe Customs returns for the past quarter,. The figures.are for the three months ended June ,30, arid for the whole dominion they are -pompared with the corrMpondirig quarter d{, 1914. Jit may be, mentioned that after-;. 30 the withdrawals from bond were particularly heavy, but they will not be publicly known until the September quarter returns are published... The Jupe'quarter figures;are as follow: —'. , 'June, June, .1915. ' 1914. . Spirits. ... ... £318,049' £197,107". < -Wines ...... 14,721 . 10,356 Cigars ...... 7,242 5,796; Cigarettes .... 76,244 57,423 Tobacco ... 140,296 106,235 Bottled/injersy., • 9,104 7,905 The revenue from all sources for, the quarter was .£IOO,OOO more than the June quarter of 1914. v • •
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16480, 4 September 1915, Page 10
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