CUSTOMS REVENUE

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16502, 1 August 1919, Page 5

CUSTOMS REVENUE

COMPAHATf'VE R 1 TP RIJNS. Per Press Association. 1 WKI.UXOTOX. July 31. : The Minister lor Cusl oms supplies the following mlornnnion regarding customs ami excise beer duly collected ; per head oi' population during each calendar year i'or the last ten years:

It will he observed, said Mr. Myers,, that the Customs revenue per headshows a gradual advance Rom 1909 to IDI a, due to the increase in value of imports. which in JDOD were valued at 915,074,719, and in 101 ;i at £22,283,202. Owing to the disturbing influence of the war on trade generally the imports decreased in 1911 and 101 d, and as a consequence the customs revenue for those years also shows a decrease. k'Phc year DUO, however, was a record one lor customs collections, the rise in prices for imported goods and the increased rates of duty, which included primage duty imposed by the h’inauco Act of I Did being responsible. In IDI 7 further increases were made in the customs tariff.

Tl ic extra duties collected per head as a ‘'result of the altered rates compared with the total customs revenue per head are: 1913 (pre-war year), £3 (Is fid, —; 1914, £2 19s, —; 1915, £2 Ids SJ. Is stl; 1916, £3 Go 9d. 7s Dd ; ID)7, £2 18. s lOd, 9s; 1918, £3 2s fid, 14s 7d.

It will be seen, continued Mr. Myers, that the average annual customs revenue for the last four years has kept up to pre-war level, the average per head for 19.15-1 C being about £3 Is, as against £3 0s (kl for 1913. 9ho excise beer duty increased by about 100 pci* cent, in 1018, compared wiib the pre-war years, due almost entirely In the increase in the rale of duty from 3d to nearly fid per gallon.

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