CUSTOMS REVENUE LOWER

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1930, Page 9

CUSTOMS REVENUE LOWER

DECREASE AT PLYMOUTH.

INCREASE IN PETROL DUES.

A reflection of trade conditions and the state of the overseas buying market is shown in the Customs returns from the port of New Plymouth for October and for the ten months just ended. Receipts from ordinary Customs duties have dropped nearly onequarter for the month compared with October, 1929. Since the beginning of the year increases have been shown in January, March and June. Details for the month are:—

Decrease, £9704 7s 3d. Excise duty on beer totalled £lO4 16s last month, a drop of ..£76 ,15s 9d from £lBl Ils 9d for October of last year. 1 The figures for the first ten months of the year are more satisfactory from the department’s point of view. No duty was collected in May, 1929, and this would be partly responsible for the discrepancy of £192 19s. Details are:—

Totals .... 1419 4 3 1226 5 3 Increase, £192 It’s.

PETROL RETURNS INCREASE.

The petrol tax returns for the past month show an increase of £9BO 2s 2d on the amount collected during the corresponding moffth of 1929. In October, 1930, the petrol tax netted £2629 16s lOd, as compared with £1649 14s 8d for October, 1929.

October, 1930 £ . 6351 s. d. 4 2 October, , 8713 3 10 Decrease '£2361 19 8 Comparative Customs figures for the first ten months of 1930 and 1929 are: January 8,799 0 3 6,260 16/11 February . 5,888 15 7 8,275 8 9 March ,. 9,674 18 0 7,805 16 7 April'"'-. 9,037 6 8 9,730 13 5 May ... .-.i. < 3,742 12 3 6,313 18 6 June 9,730 15 11 7,778 0 10 .Toly ■ 7.754=15 10 9,976 8 9 August ...... 8'158 13 9 11,077 8 1 September 5,113 2 3 8,014 16 0 October . 6,351 4 2 8,713 3 10 Totals 74,’251 4 5 .83,955 11 8

1930 1929 '£ sd d. '£ s. d. January 160 13 1 1 190 17 2 February ... 106 11 3 154 11 6 March 166 4 0 159 7 0 April ...., 156 11 6 .... 192 10 9 86 19 0 June ..... 92 14 7 ' 34 1 4 July ...., 112 16 6 124 2 3 August 144 17' LI 156 10 1 September 115 9 0 141 5 2 October ..... 104 16 0 181 11 9