CUSTOMS REVENUE
BIG INCREASE SHOWN FIGURES FOR DECEMBER Revenue from Customs in Dunedin for December totalled £281,427, against £245,905 for the same month last year. Customs duty increased over last December’s figure by £20,000 and sales tax was up by £15,000. Petrol tax increased by about £ISOO. The figures for last month with those for December, 1948. are:—
The figures for the last three months of this year show the considerable increase of £97,373 against those for the same period in 1948. Customs duty was the main source of revenue, the total favouring 1949 by more than £BI,OOO. Sales tax increased by £12,000 on 1948. The figures are:—
1949 1948 £ Customs duty . .. 151,199 131,949 Sales tax 96,054 Petrol 17,260 Tyres 642 Total £281,427 £245,905
Customs duty Sales tax .. .. Petrol Tyres 1949 £ .. 426,510 1948 £ 345,296 277,655 50,929 2,002 Total £675,882 AUCKLAND Dec., 1949. Dec., 1948. Customs revenue Petrol tax .. .. Tvre tax Sales tax £ 631,155 111,960 462,672 £ 520,426 106,239 6,308 379,260 Totals .. .. £1,205,936 £1,012,233 CHRISTCHURCH Customs revenue Petrol tax .. .. Tyre tax .. .. Sales tax .. .. Dec., 1949. Dec., 1948. £ £ 238,222 227,181 36,910 37,643 96 809 170,950 145,710
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27277, 31 December 1949, Page 8
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