DECREASE IN CUSTOMS

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1929, Page 3

DECREASE IN CUSTOMS

YEAR’S TOTAL STILL HIGHER.

SLIGHT DROP IN BEER DUTIES.

A decrease of £l2 10s 4d was recorded 'in the Customs duties at the port of New Plymouth for August, compared with the corresponding period last year. There is also a small drop of £l2 5s 9d in the beer duties collected for August, 1929, compared with August, 1928.

The Customs returns for the first eight months of this year are still well above the returns for the corresponding eight months of last year, there being an increase of £4447 9s 9d. Excise duty still shows a steady decline and the returns of the first eight months of this year are less by £571 2s 4d than those for the corresponding months of last year. Details, of the collections made during August are as follows: —

Customs for Year Increase. The figures for the first eight months of the year are as follows, the figures for 1928 being given for comparison:—

Customs. £ s. d. 1929 ..... 11,077 8 1 > 1928 11,OSO 18 5 Decrease 12 10 4 Beer. £ s. d. 1929 156 10 1 1928 168 15 10 Decrease 12 5 9

1929. £ s. d. 1928. £ 6. d January . 6260 16 11 5888 14 2 February . 8275 8 9 7836 9 3 March . 7805 16 7 7207 4 0 April .... . 9739 13 5 8348 1 3 May .... . 6313 18 6 7975 15 7 June .... .. 7778 0 10 6446 6 11 July ..... . 9976 8 9 7987 12 6 August . 11,077 8 1 11,089 18 5 Totals . 67,227 11 10 62,780 2 1 Increase £4447 9 Excise Duty. 1929. 1928. £ s. d. £ 8. d January .. 166 13 1 166 14 1 February .. 166 11 3 251 5 7 March .... .. 166 4 8 125 3 3 April .. 83 19 0 211 9 1 208 13 June _ 34 1 3 168 14 1 J uly .. 124 2 3 168 8 6 August .. 156 10 1 168 15 0 Totals .. 898 1 8 1469 4 0 Decrease £571 2 4