CUSTOMS RETURNS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 233, 1 October 1929, Page 7

CUSTOMS RETURNS

THE DUNEDIN FIGURES (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Sept. 30. Comparative customs returns fofl September, 1928 and 1929, are as follows: Customs duty, September, 1929, £72 455 12s 4d; 1928, £61,357 17s 6d. Beer duty, 1929, £20,020 13s 9d, 1928, £17,270 0s lid. Petrol tax, 1929, £4,304 (is; 1929, £3,253 2s 4d. Tyre tax, 1929, £1.203 14s; 1928, £744 Us 9d. Returns for the quarter ended September 30, 1929, and the corresponding quarter of last year are; Customs, 1929, £230,207 17s Id; 1928, £206,031 16s 3d. Beer, 1929, £54,187 10s 6d; 1928. £47,973 5s Bd. Petrol tax, 1929, £16,832 10s 4d; 1928, £9,866. Tyre tax, « 1929, £2,907 3s; 1928, £3,777 13s Id. CHRISTCHURCH RETURNS CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 30. Customs collected at Christchurch during September were £3,931 more than in September last year, and £17,356 more than in August, 1929. For the nine months of the present year the increase is £119,805. .Details of customs duties collected are: September, 1929, £121,147; September, 1928, £117,216; August, 1929, £103,790. For the quarter July-Sep-tember, 1929, £346,946 (1928, £288,570), January-September, 1929, £882,530 (1928, £762,725).- Beer duty, September, 1929, £7,039; September, 1928, £7,614; January-September, 1929, £64,- • 891 (1928, £60,251). Motor spirit tax: September, 1929, £18,670; September, 1928, £6,707; January-September, 1929, £139,591 (192.8 (£U0’,175).