COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1936.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1936 Session I, B-12

B. —12.

1936. NEW ZEALAND.

COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1936.

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

Return op the Amount collected (after deducting Refunds and Drawbacks), and the: Cost of collecting the same, for the Financial Year ended 31st March. 1936. Particulars of Amount collected. £ Customs duties (other than petrol-tax and duties on rubber tires for motor-vehicles) .. 6,645,139 Duty on motor-spirit (petrol-tax 6d. per gallon) .. .. .. .. •• 1,761,411 Duty on rubber tires for motor-vehicles (tire-tax) .. .. .. .. 94,071 Sales tax .. .. . • • • • • • • • ■ ■ • • • 2,462, 601 Excise duties on — Beer 715,042 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. .. •• 821,382 Spirits used in manufacturing-warehouses .. .. .. ■ ■ • • 21,434 Sugar 673,206 Gold duty .. .. •• ■■ •• •• 115,787 Export levies on — Meat . . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 37, 941 Dairy-produce .. .. .. •• -• 76,454 J x cr\c\ Hone}?' .. .. .. •. • • • • • • • • • • Fees, viz.— Brewery supervision fees and hop-beer license fees .. .. .. . • 1, 291 p I 1 nop Warehouse license fees .. .. . • • • • • • • • • 11, 000Customs agents' license fees .. .. .. • • • • • • 376 Distillation Act license fees .. .. . . ■ • • • ■ • • • 76 Tobacco Act license fees .. .. .. • • • • • ■ • • 539 Sales Tax Act license fees .. .. .. • • ■ • ■ • • ■ . 640 Orchard and Garden Diseases Act fees . . .. ■ ■ • • • ■ 939 Marine Department revenue, viz.—• Light dues .. . • ■ • • • • • • • • • • 93,420 Shipping fees, pilotage, port charges, Sea-fisheries Act fees, and miscellaneous .. 2,850 Seizures, lines, &c. .. .. . • • ■ • • ■ • • • • • 135 Immigration Restriction Acts : Deposits and receipts .. .. .. .. 2,040 Other receipts .. .. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2, 396 £13,541,615

Amount collected at each Port of Entry.

Cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = £122,075. Rate per cent, of cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = 18s. Customs Department, Wellington, E. D- Good, 26th June, 1936. Comptroller of Customs. Approximate Cost of Paper— Preparation, not given ; printing (460 copies), £1 ss.

By Authority: G. H. Loney, Government Printer, Wellington. —193 C.

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Net Amount p ort Net Amount Port. collected. collected. £ £ Auckland .. .. •• 4,446,820 Patea .. .. .. •• 51,421 Wellington .. .. .. 4,278,886 Oamaru .. .. .. 36,593 Lyttelton .. .. .. •• 1,566,128 Wairau (including Picton) .. .. 32,720 Dunedin .. .. 1,353,433 Westport .. .. •• 18,402 Napier 483,387 Hokitika 16,477 Invercargill .. .. .. •• 260,791 Tauranga .. .. • • 2,287 New Plymouth .. .. .. 179,506 Kaipara .. .. . . •• 246. Wanganui .. .. .. •• 154,662 Collected through Post and Telegraph 222,063 Timaru .. .. •• 150,399 Department Greymouth .. .. .. .. 130,686 Gisborne .. .. •• 82,183 Total .. .. .. £13,541,615 Nelson .. .. .. 74,525