CUSTOMS REVENUE
PORT OF WANGANUI FIGURES FOR APRIL FURTHER INCREASE RECORDED. A further increase is recorded in the \pril customs returns fur the port of Wanganui. Figures reveal that during last month £165“ 9s 6d mure was collected in revenue than during the corresponding period last year. April i 1936. receipts from all sources oi revenue totalled £14,269 2s Id. as against £12.611 12. s “d for the same period last vear. Last month’s figures indicate a steadv increase in all departments, with the exception of beer duty. This section, however, is likely tv x arv and he figures are no real indication ot the position. The decrease in beer duty amounts to only £B5 7s. The fact that more petrol is being used is evinced by i the fact that receipts foi petrol tax I amount to £3587 9s 6d. as against £2889 , I '.s for last year, the increase being 1 £697 16s 6d. Detailed figure* arc: Customs. £641’8 IPs •-! Uo 2d Increase. £42<t 12s lid. Beer Duty. £37-’ 3s 9.1 £457 19s »d Decrease. £s.'» 7*. Sales Tax. $2984 13s I'd £253 J 2a 7d Increase, £425 Us 2d. Petrol Tax. £3587 9s 6d £2SSV IJs Cd Increase, £697 16s 6d Tyre Tax. £240 4s 4d £214 0» Id increaac. £26 4s 3dI
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 6
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