REVENUE COLLECTED FOR QUARTER
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1878. The last Gazette contains the full particulars of the Customs Revenue collected in the quarter ending 30th September. The total shows a most gratifying increase, being £3G5,493 for the present year, as against £309,098 for the corresponding period of last year. From the return we take tin; tota's for the chief ports, which are here given :
It will be seen that Wanganui. ranking' tenth in order of commercial importance la.-t year, hu.s gained a place this year, " bumping" Hnkltika. Throughout Wanganui's increase has brr.-i >it/ai!y but regular, freefrom'the sudden rise due iV-on hninignition on the one hand, and the depression <>f the goldfields on the other. The articles on wiiiub. the duties were collected, together with the amounts, are here shown ;
In every article but New Zealand spirits the return shows a marked increase. The spirits distilled in the colony previous to the abolition of the Distillation Act being now nearly all consumed, this item will disappear from the list altogether. Under the Customs Tm'.ff Aot of this session some important reductions will come into operation on the Ist of January next, so that a corresponding increase cannot be anticipated for the last half of the financial year.
September quarter 1878. 1877. j£ -U* Auckland ... 59.960 53,225 Thames 2.544 2.320 Poverty Bay ... 2.717 2.012 ]Nc\v Plymouth 2,305 1.740 Wangauui ... G.S71 5,827 Wellington ... 57.527 44,880 Napier ... u'.iwi 0.340 Xclson 9,93s 6.023 Westport 2,602 3,526 Grey mouth ... 8,652 11.402 Hokitika G,356 8,237 Lyttleton ... ... 62,996 52,026 Tirnarn ... 5.54.5 4.74(1 Oamani 4,260 2,827 Duuccliii ... ... 105.8S5 89,278 Iuvercartcill... ... 11.140 7,57S
Spirits Spirits, New Zealand Cigars and sau5 ... ... 100,007 832 ... 4,995 92,791 1,468 3,994
Tobacco - ... - 33,296 30,936 Wine 9;637 8,824 Beer, Sec., in bottle ... 6,471 5,143 Beer, &c in wood 1,154 921 Tea 20.776 16,871 Coffee, Cocoa, tec. 2,220 2,137 Sugar and molasses ... 30,177 26,006 Opium 541 536 Goods by weight 24,934 18,248 Ad Valorem, 10 per cent. 113,145 89,263 Other duties not specified above 17,258 12,000 Totals... 365.493 309,098
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Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 48, 30 November 1878, Page 599
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332REVENUE COLLECTED FOR QUARTER Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 48, 30 November 1878, Page 599
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