STATE REVENUE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19313, 1 May 1937, Page 8

STATE REVENUE

GISBORNE RECEIPTS WELL ABOVE LAST YEAR BIG FIGURES FOR APRIL Revenue collected for Iho State through the Gisborne office of the Customs Department during April again assumed big figures, £4419 being collected in ordinary customs, £llffi> in beer excise, and £1369 in sales tax. The figures for April were well ahead of those of the same month in 1936, in all three of the main divisions of taxation levied from the local office, and the customs figure was actually ahead of that for March of this vear—an unusual occurrence. Details of collections for the first four months of 1937, with the figures for the same months of last year for comparison, are given below:

BIG MARGIN SHOWN

CHRISTCHURCH RETURNS (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Customs revenue collected at Christchurch during April shows a big increase over that for April last year, more than maintaining the increase in receipts for the financial year ended March 31. The increase in revenue for that year was £314.142, but the figures for April, 1937, exceed by £41,410 those for April, 1936. The figures are as follows:

RECEIPTS IN OTAGO

(For Press Association.)

miNFJDIN, Inst night.

Customs revenue received in Dunedin during April totalled £142,803, compared with £102,690 for April lasl year. Comparative figures aro as follow: —

CUSTOMS REVENUE 1937 1936 £ s cl £ s d January ... 3.788 4 9 3,149 9 6 February ,. 3,709 1 3 3,420 8 4 ... 4.239 8 0 4,589 5 4 April ... 4,419 0 9 3,180 4 10 £16.153 14 9 £14,339 8 0 BEER EXCISE PAYMENTS 1937 1936 £ a J £ s d January ... 1.523 13 11 1.441 7 6 February ... 1,640 7 1 938 7 6 March ... 1,900 1 4 1,561 18 2 April ... 1,136 13 8 883 12 6 £6,260 16 0 £4,825 5 8 SALES TAX RECEIPTS 1937 1936 £ s d £ 3 d January ... 1,875 8 10 1,723 16 6 February ... 1,060 8' 6 1,276 18 8 March ... 2.045 14 2 1,259 19 6 April ... 1,369 4 4 1,001 12 li £7.350 15 10 £5,262 7 4

April 1937 April 1936 £ £ Customs ... ... 103,703 87,916 Beer excise ... 8,756 6,662 Buies tux ... ... 39,930 29,133 Petrol tax ... 27,050 20,482 Tyre duty ... 688 831 Lighthouse dues 709 339 Export levy on nil. wool ... 652 Export levy meat. ... on 757 605 Miscellaneous 69 40 Totals ... 187,217 145,807

Customs ... April 1937 April 1936 £ £ ... 65,657 49,618 Beer duty ... 22,682 17,006 Sales tax ... ... 27.052 22,031 Petrol tax ... 14,465 11,958 Tyro tax ... 579 416 Gold export duty 1,468 1,661 Totals ... 132,803 102,690