COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1886.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1886 Session I, B-14

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1886. NEWJ ZEALAND.

COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1886.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Eeturn of the Gross Amount collected, and the Cost of collecting the same, at each Port of Entry, for the Financial Period ended 31st March, 1886. Pabticulabs op Geoss Amount collected. £ Customs duties .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,417,340 Beer duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 55,166 Gold duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,306 Bonded warehouse duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,639 Chinese immigrants' tax .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 780 Rents, seizures, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 212 Pilotage, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28,521 Lightdues .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,436 Merchant Shipping Act, fees, &c. .. .. .. .: .. .. 120 Shipping and Seamen's Act, fees, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,377 Distillation Act, fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 Other receipts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,748 £1,547,669

Cost of Collection at each Port.

Note. —The cost of collection, if calculated on Customs revenue only (less drawbacks and refunds), amounted to £2 15s. 7d. per cent. In the United Kingdom, on the same basis, it was £4 9s. 4d. for the year ended the 31st March, 1885 ; the average for ten years being £4 Bs. 4d. William Seed, Secretary and Inspector. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,400 copies), 18s. 9d.]

Authority : Geoege Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB6.

Porta. Gross Collections. Bate per cent. of Cost of Collection. Ports. Gross Collections. IRate per cent, of Cost of Collection. Luckland .. 'hames tussell longonui .. lokianga .. [aipara 'auranga .. lew Plymouth 'atea Vanganui .. 'oxton Wellington fapier 'overty Bay Vair&u £ 356,408 8,708 1,145 178 298 2,061 1,745 5,392 1,734 14,592 275 278,105 49,831 11,080 9,263 £ s. d. 2 2 1 4 19 5 27 3 3 48 6 4 89 5 3 4 8 4 3 8 9 12 2 11 2 0 4 4 7 9 13 1 9 1 18 8 3 4 11 3 14 2 3 10 7 Picton Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Riverton Invercargill and Bluff Dunedin Oamaru Timaru Christchurch and Lyttelton Chatham Islands £ 265 46,600 13,970 32,069 21,431 1,940 49,797 387,087 12,472 20,247 220,975 1 £ s. d. 21 17 9 2 13 6 5 0 4 2 15 5 4 6 7 2 18 9 3 3 11 2 3 5 4 10 9 3 17 1 2 16 9 Total Average for whole colony: £2 10 10 £1,547,669