RISE IN CUSTOMS FIGURES
INCREASE IN QUARTER’S RETURNS. NEW PLYMOUTH COLLECTION. In all but the excise Customs and other returns at New Plymouth for March show a good increase on the figures for March, 1933. Customs, petrol and sales tax returns for the quarterly period are greater than those in the first quarter of last year. There is an increase of £484 4s over the figures for March last year in the Customs revenue for this month. In the quarterly period, the increase is £335 15s, notwithstanding a decrease of £l3lO 6s 6d in the collections for February of this year. Details are:— March.
£ s d 1933 4186 4 5 1934 4670 8 5 Increase 484 4 0 1934 1933 January .... £6378 0 5 £5216 211 February .. £5355 3 3 £6665 9 9 March £4670 8 5 £4186 4 5 Totals £16,403 12 1 £16,067 17 1 Increase, £335 15s. The increase in the petrol tax returns for March is £552 16s 9d compared with the corresponding month of 1933. The large increase of £3154 5s 2d is shown in the quarterly returns. Details are:— March. £ s d 1933 1645 18 9 1934 2198 15 6 Increase 552 16 9 1934 1933 January .. £4048 0 0 £3204 1 6 February .. £2863 14 6 £llO5 4 7 March .... £2198 15 6 £1645 18 9 Totals .. £9llO 10 0 £5955 410 Increase, £3154 5s 2d. The only decreases for both the month and quarter are recorded in excise, the decrease on the month’s working being £lBl 10s and on the quarter £628 Ils 6d. Details are:— March. £ s d 1933 549 13 6 1934 368 3 6 Decrease £lBl 10 0 1934 1933 January .. £312 0 0 £566 5 0 February .. £251 5 0 £444 1 6 March .... £368 3 6 £549 13 6 Totals .. £931 8 6 £1560 0 0 Decrease, £628 Ils 6d. Although the comparison for March and the corresponding month in the sales tax returns is unfair because of the difficulty in obtaining proper returns in March last year, an increase of £1829 Us 8d was shown in the month’s figures. Details are:— March. £ s d 1933 522 14 5 1934 2352 5 8 Increase 1829 11 8 1934 1933 January .... £2589 18 7 February .. £2031 14 8 £479 17 7 March .... £2352 5 8 £522 14 5 Totals .. £6973 18 1 £lOO2 12 0
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1934, Page 11
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