CUSTOMS REVENUE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19827, 3 January 1939, Page 13

CUSTOMS REVENUE

CHRISTCHURCH RETURNS

LITTLE ALTERATION ( Per J'ri'ss Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The customs returns for Christchurch show comparatively little alteration for December or for th« past nine months over the previous year's totals. The December figures rose by £5200, but for the ninemonthly period the amount fell by £50,685. The principal increases In the December duties were in the beer duty aod petrol and tyre tax, while the snies tax and customs showed the main Jrop for the longer period The comparative figures for December were as follows:---1937. 1938. !• e

INCREASES AT AUCKLAND (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Substantial increases were shown in the customs revenue at Auckland during the past year. The principal totals for 1938 follow, with the 1937 totals in parentheses: — Customs, £3,587,715 (£3;485,889); motor spirit, £877,305 (£790,589); tyre duty, £33,317 (£35,584); totals, £4,498,337 (£4,312,062).- Excise on beer totalled £214,285 (£193,408), and the sales tax, £1,052,302 (£1,022,467).

105,913 100,281 13,899 15.270 Petrol ...' 31,783 34,722 1,0(33 1,274 41,759 42,203 509 394 Export levies — 40 123 Meat 102 62 .... '— Miscellaneous .. 249 295 Totals £195,399 £200,605 For the past nine months the totals were as follows: — 1937. "928. V 963,157 905,196 07,187 104,497 215,490 232.605 11,052 9,871 357.314 238.443 6.487 5.206 Export Levies1,707 1,502 5,401 8.501 13 41 Miscellaneous .. C07 751 Totals £195,399 £200,605