STATE REVENUE
GENERAL INCREASE GISBORNE COLLECTIONS FIGURES FOR THE YEAR December was a good month for the State in the matter of collections through the Customs Department at Gisborne, the three main headings < • taxation paid through this office showing substantial improvements on those for December, 1936. The year's collections were likewise well ahead of those for 1936, and the total of payments made by Gisborne business men and private individuals, in the form of Customs revenue, beer excise, and sales tax represented a substantial contribution to the consolidated fund. Details of the monthly collections under the three main headings for the past two years are as under:— Customs Revenue
Totals .. 19,186 16 10 15,304 6 8
1937 1936 £ s d £ s d January .. 3,788 4 9 3,149 9 6 February .. 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 3,450 1 2 June .. 3,498 14 6 2,904 19 0 July .. .. 3,917 0 6 4,024 3 1 August 4,660 3 1 3,076 0 0 September 3,909 15 6 3.768 0 11 October .. 3,628 0 0 3,997 17 11 November . 4,652 12 9 3,820 10 9 December . 5,150 18 9 4,573 5 3 Totals .. 49,333 11 6 43,954 (i 1 Beer Excise Payments 1937 1936 £ s d £ s d January .. 1,523 13 11 1,441 7 0 February .. 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 6 June .. 1,289 G 4 1,179 8 6 July .. .. 1,051 15 11 1,185 10 11 August 1,187 11 3 1,062 15 1 September 1,063 1 8 1,201 2 6 October .. 1,200 13 0 1.066 7 5 November . , 1,547 8 4 1,294 14 1 December . 2,176 12 11 1,993 0 0 Totals 17,073 11 7 15,118 19 4 Sales Tax Rec.eipts 1937 1936 £ 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 11 May .. 1.375 11 9 1,130 8 7 June .. 1,312 9 8 1,078 2 11 July .. 1,438 11 7 1,154 3 9 August 1,506 18 5 1,320 16 7 September 1,636 3 9 •1,401 18 11 October .. 1,382 16 1 ' 1,220 5 5 November . 1,519 8 6 1,325 6 9 December . 1,654 1 3 1,410 16 5
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19522, 3 January 1938, Page 7
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406STATE REVENUE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19522, 3 January 1938, Page 7
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