DROP IN CUSTOMS REVENUE
FIGURES FROM WELLINGTON. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Customs revenue collected at Wellington in November totalled £178,928, against £204,961 in November, 1931. For the eleven months of the current year the revenue totals £1,893,174, against £2,074,554 in the corresponding period ot last year and' £2,824,337 in 1930. Following are the details, with last year’s figures in parentheses: Motor spirit, November £51,976 (£42,405); eleven months, £532,287 (£475,488); tyre tax, November, £2332 (£1175); eleven months, £17,816 (£22,261); beer, November, £7976 (£5799); eleven months, £57,492 (£48,962). REMOVAL OF BRITISH SURTAX. EFFECT AT CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, Last Night. The removal of the surtax on British goods which took effect from October 14 accounts in some measure for the decreased Customs returns for Lyttelton. Details for November, with the figures for November, 1931, in parentheses, are: Customs, £57,664 (£67,321); beer duty, £8556 (£8381); petrol tax, £17,142 (£13,587); tyre duty, £1036 (£709). For the eight months of the financial year the figures are: Customs, £477,925 (£465,027); beer duty, £55,040 (£56,301); petrol tax, £124,947 (£151,610); tyre duty, £5754 (£7410).
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1932, Page 5
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