CUSTOMS RETURNS.
*• ■ • The Customs receipts for Poverty Bay ' district this year amounted to £66,292, 14s 7d, which is the highest on record, tho next highest being m 1912, when the j amount was £63,476. j The following table shows the! takings' for each month last year (the shillings and pence being omitted):— Other
During last year the,,, beer duties amounted to £8257 6s Id, as against £5193 14s 8d m 1918 and £3787 16s 4d m 1917. The figures below show the gradual increase m the Customs returns up to the outbreak of Avar and since that time: —
Year • .• : Amount 1907 . . . . . . £46,882 2 7 1908 -. .. .. £52,050 19 10 1909 £44,033 4 9 1910 £49,967 10 5 1911 .. .. *. £55,607 3 9 1912 £63,476 17 4 1913 £62,837 10 0 1914 . . . . . . £63,627 311 1915 £59,016 1 1 1916 £65.697 16 4 1»17 .. .. .. £57,455 11 11 1918 £51,781 5 9 1919 £66,292 14 7
j Duties receipts Total I l_ : £ £ £ January .. .. 3299 829 4129 February .. .. 5026 760 5787 March .. .. 5427 755 6183 April .. .. 6650 860 7511 May .• 6322 758 7080 Juno .. .. 4421 684 5107 July .. .. 3334 775 4109 August .. .. 4646 ; .535 5182 September . . 4133 742 ~ 4876 October .. .. 5270 621 5891 November . .. 5447 984 6431 December . ».. 4058 944 5003' Totals ... 57,039 9,252 66,292
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15120, 20 January 1920, Page 6
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209CUSTOMS RETURNS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15120, 20 January 1920, Page 6
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