CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3256, 4 March 1885, Page 3

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

(By Telegraph.) Wellington, March 3. The Customs revenue collected m the colony last month amounted to £99,506, as against £124,495 for the corresponding month of last year. The amounts collected at the principal centres last month were as, follows :— Auokland, £23,312 ; Wellington, £17,629 ; Lyttelton and Christchurch, £13,182 ; Dunedin, £27,524. At all ports last month there was a slight decrease as compared with the corresponding month of 1884, except at Kaipara, Tauranga, Picton, Greymouth and Oamaru. For the eleven monthß of the financial year the customs revenue of the colony has amounted to £1,276,635, which shows a surplus of £16,219 over, the Colonial Treasurer's estimate for that period. The beer duty revenue last month was £4857, while for the same month last year it was £5112. Last month the amounts collected were, at Auckland, £1089; Wellington, £409; Christchurch, £977} and Dunedin, £1046. As with the Customs there is a decrease on the amount collected as compared with February, 1884. The only districts which show, an increase of duty collected are Auckland, New Plymouth, Nelson, Westport, Greymoutb, and Invercargill. The total amount for eleven months of the year is £50,794, which is a surplus of £377 over the Colonial Treasurer's esti-