LESS CUSTOMS REVENUE

Southland Times, Issue 23988, 1 December 1939, Page 3

LESS CUSTOMS REVENUE

GENERAL DECREASE IN NOVEMBER PETROL REVENUE AFFECTED BY RATIONING A decrease of £5OOO in the Customs revenue at Invercargill for the month of November, compared with the cO /"“ responding period last year, is shown by the returns issued by the department. Due probably to the rationing system the decrease in the petrol . revenue amounts to more than £l4OO. Customs revenue, beer tax and sales tax also show decreases. The figures are as fol-

BIG DECREASE AT DUNEDIN NEARLY £20,000 LESS CUSTOMS REVENUE (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, November 30. A drop of nearly £20,000 in Customs duty for November as compared with Hie same month last year is revealed in the figures for the* port of Otago. The total last month was £47,719, the figures, for November 1938 being £67,134, this: showing a decrease of £19,415. There is also a decrease in the figures for 11 months of the year, the total for 1939 being £680,511 compared with £712,133 for the same period of last year. Following are. the totals for last month with the figures for the same month last year. £ £

REVENUE DECLINES AT CHRISTCHURCH DECREASE IN MONTHLY FIGURES (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, November 30. A decline of £23,615 in November revenue compared with November last year is a feature of the monthly Customs returns. For the last eight months the returns show an increase of £55,—

BIG COLLECTION OF WAR TAX SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE AT WELLINGTON (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, November 30. The net Customs revenue collected at the Port of Wellington in November shows a substantial decrease compared with November 1938, but is considerably higher than the total for October, which was the lowest since April 1935. The returns from sales tax continue at a fairly high level, but the revenue under all heads is lower than in I'fovember last year. A new item, war tax, which appeared for the first time in the October returns amounted in November to £32,353, compared with £19,616 in October. The figures for November with those for November 1938 are as follows: —

DECREASE ON LAST NOVEMBER AGGREGATE COLLECTION IN AUCKLAND (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, November 30. Customs duty in November aggregated £277,566, more than £44,000 more than in October, but £53,336 less than in November last year and the smallest November collection since 1935. This was in spite of the additional 4d a gallon tax on petrol which is added to this item and not included in the motor spirit tax return. Motor spirit tax in November yielded £74,031 which was £2731 less than in November 1938. Excise on beer gave £26,171 or £2107 more than in the corresponding month last year. Sales tax, however, declined by £4743 at £92,640. For the 11 months the aggregate from Customs, motor spirit and tyre duty was £4,030,663 compared with £4,059,660 for the corresponding period last year.

lows: 1938 1939 £ s d £ s d Customs 14,748 0 2 16,697 0 11 Beer 386 7 8 457 10 0 Sales tax 3,508 6 7 5,079 6 1 Petrol 7,258 17 0 8,675 16 0 TOTALS 25,901 11 5 30,909 13 0

1939 1938 Customs duty 47,719 67,134 Beer duty 40,373 30,194 Sales tax * 29,042 25,937 Petrol tax 15,286 17,001 Tyre tax 412 684 Gold duty 721 1,820 ELEVEN MONTHLY PERIOD £ £ 1939 1938 Customs duty 680,511 712,133 Beer duty 334,350 296,033 Sales tax 298,038 280,463 Petrol tax 157,431 179,715 Tyre tax 7,389 . 7,345 Gold duty 14,300 18,433

289. The figures are:— 1939 £ 1938 £ Customs 119,195 88,206 Beer excise 13,677 16,490 Petrol tax 28,275 26,373 Tyre* tax 1,466 391 Sales tax 39,672 38,326 Light dues 387 426 Export levies— Wool 44 1 Meat 265 1,296 Miscellaneous 36 7,893 TOTALS 203,017 179,402 APRIL-NOVEMBER 1938 1939 £ £ Customs 798,914 780,37< Beer excise 89,227 105,189 Petrol 197,943 208,289 Tyre tax 8,597 6,160 Sales tax 296,180 330,337 Light dues 4,812 4,388 Export levies — Wool 1,379 1,730 Meat 8,499 10,545 Honey 41 1 Miscellaneous 536 14,404 Totals 1,406,128 1,461,417

1939 £ 1938 £ Customs 274,787 378,835 Sales tax 105,165 110,071 Beer excise 9,327 9,457 Motor spirit duty 43,122 45,169 Tyre tax 363 2,676