COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1941.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1941 Session I, B-12

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1941. NEW ZEALAND.

COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1941.

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

Return of the Amount collected (after deducting Refunds and Drawbacks), and the Cost of collecting the same, for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1941. Particulars of Amount collected. £ Customs duties (other than petrol-tax and duties on rubber tires for motor-vehicles) .. 6,781,780 Duty on motor-spirit (petrol-tax 6d. per gallon) .. .. .. •• •• Duty on rubber tires for motor-vehicles (tire-tax) .. .. .. •• 63,881 Sales tax 3,502,533 Escigduti,,»Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. • • ■ ■ • ■ .. 1,463, 639' Spirits used in manufacturing-warehouses .. .. ■ ■ ■ • • ■ 31, 884 Su»ar .. .. •• •• ' •• •• 716,893 Gold duty 115 . 258 War Expenses Taxation— Customs Duties .. .. •• •• •• •• 650,019 Beer Duty .. .. n Sales Tax •• •• •• •• •• •• 2,248,826 MdSy :: :: Export levies on — Honey W ° ol 1s ; 00 7 Hides .. .. .. •• •• •• 18,837 Fees, viz.— _ Brewery supervision fees and hop-beer license fees .. .. •. • • ' Warehouse license fees .. •• •• •• •• •• •• Customs agents' license fees .. . ■ • • • • • • • • Distillation Act license fees .. .. .. • • • • • ■ • ■ Tobacco Act license fees .. .. •• •• ri9 Sales Tax Act license fees .. . ■ • • • • • • • ■ ■ ■ Orchard and Garden Diseases Act fees .. . ■ • • • • • • Marine Department revenue, viz.— Light dues .. . • •• •• •• •• Shipping fees, pilotage, port charges, Sea-fisheries Act fees, and miscellaneous .. 2,473 Seizures, fines, &c. .. .... ... . • • • • • • • Immigration Restriction Acts: Deposits and receipts .. •• •• •• 1 ' Other receipts .. .. • • •• •• •• •• •• 1,884 £19,729,655

Amount collected at each Port of Entry.

Cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = £181,810. Rate per cent, of cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = 18s. sd. Customs Department, Wellington, D. Good, 2nd July, 1941. Comptroller of Customs.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (475 copies), £1 15s.

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington. —1941.

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,, , Net Amount or t- collected. £ Auckland .. . . • . • • 6 > 203,779 Wellington .. .. •• 6,038,043 Lyttelton .. .. . • ■ • 2,334,344 Dunedin .. .. •• •• 1,988,573 Napier .. .. •• •• 676,7.51 Invereargill .. .. •• ■■ 331,387 Greymouth .. . . •. • • 299,746 New Plymouth .. .. •• 290,069 Wanganui .. .. •• •• 255,407 Timaru 233,723 Nelson .. .. •• 187,135 Gisborne .. .. •• 144,237

II -r, , Net Amount I lort. collected. I £ Wairau (including Picton) .. .. 76,802 Patea .. .. •• 71,972 Oamaru .. .. • ■ • • 68,060 Hokitika .. .. .. •• 54,748 Westport .. .. .. •• 25,411 Tauranga . . .. • • • • 8 > Kaipara . . ■ . ■. • • 183 Collected through Post and Telegraph 440,579 Department Total £19,729,655