STAMP DUTIES REVENUE.
LARGE CONTRIBUTION FROM DEATH DUTIES. WELLINGTON, May 12. During the year ended March 01, 1924, tho revenue collected by the Stamp Duties Department totalled approximately £3,627,559, a decrease of £53,731 compared with the figures for the previous year. -01 this amount death duties contributed by far the greatest sum-—namelv, £1,480,899. The comparative returns for the years 1923 and 1924 are as follow (shillings and pence omitted) :
1924. 1926. Amusement tax ... .. £115,663 £137,54' Adhesive stamps .. 226,681 72,375 Bank composition .. 197,792 210,576 Duty on instruments .. 622,615 537,725 Gift duty .. 61,551 50,6(4 Death duty .. 1,480,899 1,779,177 Fines, penalties ... 3,492 2,978 Totalisator revenue .. 619,116 607,656 Imprest stamps ... .. 136,115 122,596 Annual licenses ... .. 59,639 58,106 Miscellaneous 3,993 1,878 Totals £3,527,559 £3,581,290
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Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 29
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118STAMP DUTIES REVENUE. Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 29
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