REVENUE FROM IMPORTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1927, Page 4

REVENUE FROM IMPORTS.

BIG DECREASE LAST MONTH. REFLEX OF TRADE DEPRESSION. A considerable decrease of £5913 Is 7d occurred in the Customs revenue collected at New Plymouth during the month ending yesterday, when comparisons are made with the figures for the corresponding month last year. This is attributed chiefly to the fact that during June and July merchants made heavy clearances of tobacco and spirits, in anticipation of an increase in the tariff expected last month, and partly to. the fact that the general trade depression of some months ago, due to the low price of butter-fat, naturally resulted in a curtailment of Home and foreign orders. The Customs revenue for the month of August this year and last year, and also the excise duty on beer, were as follow: CUSTOMS REVENUE. £ s. d. August, 1926 13,841 13 3 August, 1927 7,928 11 8 Decrease £5,913 1 7 EXCISE DUTY. £ s. d. August, 1926 132 13 9 August. 1927 167 6 2 Increase £34 12 5 The totals for the first eight months of the year show a decrease of £10,407 10s in Customs revenue and £3OO 0s 4d in the excise duty. The figures are as follow: CUSTOMS REVENUE.

1927 £ e. d. 1926 £ s. d. January . . 7197 5 4 11,436 14 4 February . 9200 13 5 7,505 11 I March ... . 9813 11 7 14,695 14 7 April .... 9831 2 4 10,122 5 2 May . 8507 15 1 7,650 14 11 June .... ,■ 9461 18 5 8,767 10 3 July r, 9352 14 7 6,731 18 10 August .. . 7928 11 8 13,841 13 3 Totals . . 80,761 2 5 70,353 12 Decrease for eight months, £10,407 I Os. EXCISE DUTY. 1927 £ s. d. 1926 £ s. d. January ,. .... 126 0 5 ' 172 12 1 February . .... 173 0 1 109 10 11 March .... 84 1 3 167 5 2 April .-... 125 G 7 123 9 3 May .... 132 0 6 175 11 6 June ..... 120 3 6 176 11 11 July .... 40 13 8 219 17 5 August ... .... 107 6 2 132 13 9 Totals .. 977 12 2 1337 12 6 Decrease for eight months, £360 0s 4d.