COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1944

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1944 Session I, B-12

B.- 12

1944 NEW ZEALAND

COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1944

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His 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, 1944 Particulars of Amount collected £ Customs duties (other than petrol-tax and duties on rubber tires for motor-vehicles) .. 5,598,418 Sales tax .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,762,406 Excise duties on — Beer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,041,760 Cigarette papers and tubes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60,911 Spirits used in manufacturing warehouses .. .. .. .. .. 41,961 Sugar .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 620,094 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. .. .. .. 1,463,598 War Expenses Taxation —■ Customs duties .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,710,359 Beer duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,498,373 Sales tax .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,980,941 Export levies on— Hides .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 80,226 Wool .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21,298 Fees, viz.— Brewery supervision fees and hop-beer license fees .. .. .. .. 1,724 Warehouse license fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,159 Customs agents' license fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 352 Distillation Act license fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 156 Tobacco Act license fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,485 Sales Tax Act license fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 564 Orchard and Garden Diseases Act fees .. .. .. .. .. 629 Marine Department revenue, viz.— Light dues .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62,852 Shipping fees, pilotage, port charges, Sea-fisheries Act fees, and miscellaneous .. 1,658 Seizures, fines, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 804 Other receipts (including petrol-tax, tire-tax, gold duty, and War Expenses taxation— gold duty) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,606,231 £28,568,959

Amount collected at each Port of Entry

Cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = £172,009. Rate per cent, of cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = 12s. Id. Customs Department, Wellington. E. D. Good, 29th June, 1944. Comptroller of Customs.

Approximate Coat of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (434 copies), £2.

Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 944.

Price <3d.]

r>__ f Net Amount p __ f Net Amount lort * collected. roTX " collected. £ £ Wellington .. .. .. .. 10,069,271 Patea .. .. .. .. 71,412 Auckland .. .. .. .. 8,373,545 Hokitika .. .. .. .. 65,379 Lyttelton .. .. .. .. 3,170,991 Wairau (including Picton) .. .. 58,186 Dunedin .. .. .. .. 2,607,107 Oamaru .. .. .. .. 45,941 Napier .. .. .. .. 1,022,046 Westport .. .. .. .. 39,924 Invercargill .. .. .. .. 381,115 Tauranga .. .. .. .. 38,180 Greymouth .. .. .. .. 329,587 Kaipara .. .. .. .. 172 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 300,632 Collected through Post and Telegraph 990,332 Timaru .. .. .. .. 265,589 Department New Plymouth .. .. .. 265,433 Nelson .. .. .. .. 260,227 Total .. .. .. £28,568,959 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 213,890 —=