CUSTOMS RETURNS
COLLECTIONS FOR. SEPTEMBER. The Customs revenue collected by the local Customs Office for last month shows a substantial decrease on the amount collected for the same month of last year, hut a comparison of the returns for the September quarter of each year discloses that the revenue collected in July and August of this year showed a very slight increase over last year. Th-? fact that the duty on beer has been practically doubled, , accounts fcr the great difference between this year’s and last year’s revenue from this source. The returns are as follows: CUSTOMS REVENUE.
September, 1921 .. .. £16,280 0 0 September, 1922.. . .. 12,512 16 5 Sept-ember Quarter; 1921.. 33,846 18 0 September Quarter, 1922.. 30,141 11 8 BEER DUTY. September, 1921.. £269 18 0 September, 1922.. 566 8 8 September Quarter, 1921 .. 719 0 0 September Quarter, 1922 .. 1552 0 1
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Southland Times, Issue 19653, 2 October 1922, Page 6
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144CUSTOMS RETURNS Southland Times, Issue 19653, 2 October 1922, Page 6
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