CUSTOMS REVENUE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20511, 1 September 1936, Page 14

CUSTOMS REVENUE

LARGE INCREASE SHOWN SALES TAX A RECORD The total revenue collected at the Port of Timaru during the month ended yestenday amounted to £14,911 14s Id. compared with £7,953 Ils lid in August last year. There was a correspondingly large increase in revenue from all sources, the principal one being in sales tax, which yielded £1949 19s Bd, .compared with £1479 9s 9d in the corresponding month last year, and which is the largest amount collected from the tax since its introduction. A comparative table is as follows:

WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, August 31. The net customs revenue collected at Wellington this month totalled £289,754, compared with £243,910 in August 1935, an increase of £45,844. The duty on motor spirit this month totalled £61,268 compared with £33,165 in August. 1935, an increase of £28,103. The collections of tyre tax this month totalled £l,BBO compared with £3078 in August, 1935, a decrease of £1199. The collections sales tax totalled £93,205, a new record figure, compared with £75,608 in August 1935, an increase of £17,597. The beer excise collections for August totalled £4253 compared with £3964 in August 1935, an increase of £289. DUNEDIN By Telegraph Hres? Association DUNEDIN, August 31. An encouraging increase in the value of imports into the port of Dunedin is disclosed when the returns for the month just ended are compared with those for August of last year. Following are the figures, shillings and pence omitted:

WANGANUI «y leleeraDQ hicsf Association WANGANUI, August 31. An increase of more than 50 per cent was recorded in the August Custom returns at the port of Wanganui. The total receipts from all sources were £14,026, as compared with £9318 for the corresponding period last year. Customs duty increased by £2486 and petrol duty by £1832, as compared with the same period last year. The figures are considered particularly good as August is recognised as a comparatively slack month. The returns for the first eight months of the present year show an increase of approximately 30 per cent, on last year.

1936 1935 £ s. d. £ s. d Customs . . 7234 4 9 4276 18 0 Sales tax . . 1949 19 8 1479 9 9 Petrol . . . 3012 14 6 683 18 0 Tyres . . . 2 12 1 Miscellaneous 2714 15 2 1510 14 1 Totals . . £14,911 14 1 £7953 11 1

1936 £ 1935 £ Customs duty .. . . .. 62,260 40,880 Beer duty . .. 25,526 12,130 Sales tax . .. 24,192 19,849 Petrol tax . .. 12.320 5,273 Tyre tax ... 819 709 Gold duty . .. 2395 1,304