CUSTOMS REVENUE FALLS

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1931, Page 12

CUSTOMS REVENUE FALLS

MONTH’S EXCISE UP 100 PER CENJT. PETROL TAX SHOWS INCREASE. Customs duties on imported cargo at the port of New Plymouth during the seven months show a decrease of about 44J per cent, on the previous seven months, but for the mouth of July the decrease is much larger —about 70 per cent. - Petrol duties, on the other hand, show a remarkable increase for the month, the figure being nearly 40 per cent, higher than that for July, 1930. Th© increase for the past seven months is, however, only 21 per cent. Ah increase of 100 per cent, in the excise duty collected on beer is recorded for the month, but the monthly figure is phenomenally high and over the past seven months there has been a decrease of about 2J per cent. Details are: —•

Janunary . CUSTOMS. 1931 1930 £ 3867 s. 5 d. 8 £ 8799 s. 0 d. 3 February ., 7 37a .12 4 5888 15 7 March ... .... 4373 6 7 9674 18 0 April .... .. 3401 5 10 9037 6 8 May ..... .. 5399’ 0 5 3742 T2 3 June ..... .. 3486 . 0 11 9730 15 11 July ... .. ... 2327 9 l 9 7754 15 10 Totals . 30)430 . 1 6 PETROL TAX. ■1931 54,628 4 1930 6 £ 6. d. £ s. ’ d. January . . 3634 15 6 3041 16 4 February . ., 3946 6 6 2538 6 4 March ... 16 0 3066 11 0 April .... . 2732 3 6 3790 11 4 May ..... .. 3995 18 0 3172 6 0 June .... .. 4306 10 6 3383 16 0 July ..: 3603 14 6 2577 3 6 Totals .. . 26,175 EXCISE 4 6 DUTY. 1931 21,570 10 1930 6 £ iS. ' d. £ s. d. January . .; 170 15 0 190 17 2 February .. 159 10 0 154 11 6 March .... . 129 6 0 159 7 0 April .... . 130 1 0 156 11 6 May 128 13 0 192 19 9 June ..... 89 15 0 92 14 7 July .: 224 14 7 112 16 6 Totals . .. 1032 14 7 1059 18 0