FURTHER INCREASES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19339, 1 June 1937, Page 4

FURTHER INCREASES

CUSTOMS FIGURES REVENUE AT GISBORNE £875 MORE FOR MONTH Approximately £875 more than for the same period of 1936 was collected through the Customs Department’s Gisborne office during May, the revenue from all three main divisions of collections being larger than for May, 1936. Customs revenue from imported goods realised £3760, as against £3450 for last year; beer excise payments brought in £1290 as against £963; and sales tax payments totalled '£1375, whereas in May. 1936. £ll3O was collected under this head. Monthly receipts under the respective headings for the five months ot 1937 now completed, with those for the corresponding months of 1936, are tabulated below CUSTOMS REVENUE 1957 1936

BEER. EXCISE PAYMENTS 1937 1936 £sd £ s d

SALES TAX RECEIPTS 1937 1936

CHRISTCHURCH RISE MARKED TREND SHOWN (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The revenue collected by the Customs Department in Christchurch continues to show a marked increase on the figures for last year. From all sources of revenue last month, £35,763 more was received than in May of 1936. The customs duties account for the largest part of the increaso, £94,923 compared with £78.124, but the receipts from sales tax also have risen from £30,072 to £40,730. The figures for the month of May, together with those of May 1936, are as follow: Mav 1937 May 1936 " £ £ 'Customs 94.923 73.124 Beer 8.26 8 6.558 Sales tax 40.730 30,072 Petrol tax 19,460 7,840 Tyre duties 1,061 1,042 Light dues on shipping 462 825 Export levy (wool) 650 Export levy (meat) 921 i,074 Miscellaneous ... 45 75 Total 168.479 130, /io DUNEDIN INCREASES BEER DUTY £IO,BOO UP , (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, last night. An all-round increase is revealed in the customs figures for May, when they are compared with those for the same month last year. The Customs duty increased by £4202, and the beer duty by 10,864, but an extra day in widen the latter duty was payable this month and accounts for tin unusual rise. The sales tax continues to rise steadily, and with the exception of gold duty, which is £l2O less, there is a rise in all other sections, while substantial increases are revealed m comparison between the first five months of this, and last calendar year’s figures. The figures for -May this year with the corresponding figures for May of 195 b, are as follow : May 1937 May 193 b £ £

The figures for the two five-monthly periods .January to -May are as follow :

£ s ll £ s d •January ... 3.788 4 9 3,149 9 6 liVbiuurv ... .3.709. -1. 3 3,420 8 4 .March . . ... 4,239 8 0 .. 4,589 5 4 April ... 4,419 0 9 3.180 4 10 May ... ... 3,760 16 8 5,450 1 2 £19.916 9 5 £17,789 9 2

-January .. 1,523 13 11 1,441 7 6 Kebruarv . .. 1.640 7 1 938 7 6 March .. 1.960 1 4 1,561 18 2 April ... 1,136 13 8 883 12 6 May ... ... 1,290 7 2 963 13 b £7,551 3 2 £6,226 0 10

£ s d £ s 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 3 April .. 1.369 4 4 1,001 12 Ij. .May ... 1,375 11 9 1,130 8 7 £8,735 7 7 £6.392 15 11

Customs duty 60,609 56,607 Boer 219,012 19,048 tax 26,080 24,857 r'etiol tax (at 6<i) 15,371 14.753 JL'yre tax 818 490 Cold duty ... 1,982 2,202i

Jan.-May Jan.-May 1937 1936 £ £ Customs duty ... 323,185 280.699 Beer duty ... ... 126,759 99,147 Sales tax ... ... 129,879 110.034 Petrol tax ... ... 76,126 80,486 tyre lax ... 3,781 2,683 (told duty ... 9,988 9,316