Customs Revenue.
(Bv Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, June 1. The Customs revenue for May is not yet complete, the revenue officer at Kaipara having neglected to forward his returns. So far the receipts show that last month £110,032 was collected as against £116,045 for the preceding month, and £143,815 for May 1888. Last month the amount collected at the principal centres was Auckland ... ... .». £19,990 Wellington ... ... ••• 17,510 Lyttelton and Churchuroh ... 21,275 Dunedin 30,921 For the two months of the financial year which have passed, ths returns show a deficiency of £28.088 on the Colonial Treasurer’s estimate for that period. The beer duty last month was £4147, as against £4622 in April, and £3924 in May 1888. Of the first mentioned amount, the contributions were—Auckland ... £904 ■ Wellington ... ... ... 416 Christchurch 843 Dunedin 996
In each instance shillings and pence are omitted.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5023, 3 June 1889, Page 3
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