B—l2
1948 NEW ZEALAND
COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1948
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, 1948 Particulars of Amount Collected £ Customs duties (other than petrol-tax and duties on rubber tires for motor-vehicles) .. 22,134,915 Duty on motor-spirit (petrol-tax, 6d. per gallon) .. .. .. .. .. 2,938,442 Duty on rubber tires for motor-vehicles (tire-tax) .. .. .. . .. .. 246,912 Sales tax .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,945,813 Excise duties on— Beer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,404,050 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,762,930 Cigarette papers and tubes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 65,252 Spirits used in manufacturing warehouses .. .. .. .. .. 49,785 Sugar .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 681,615 Gold duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 65,659 Export levies on— Hides .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,060,710 Honey .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . . .. 42 Fees, viz.— Brewery supervision fees and hop-beer licence fees .. .. .. .. 4,767 Warehouse licence fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,957 Customs agents' licence fees .. .. .. .. . . .. 419 'Distillation Act licence fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 312 Tobacco Act licence fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,385 Sales Tax Act licence fees . . .. . . .. .. .. .. 799 Orchard and Garden Diseases Act fees . . . . .. . . .. 851 Marine Department revenue, viz.— Light dues .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 71,959 Shipping fees, pilotage, port charges, Sea-fisheries Act fees, and miscellaneous .. 2,887 Seizures, fines, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 702 Immigration Restriction Acts: Deposits and receipts .. .. .. .. 8,280 Other receipts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,066 £49,480,509
B—l2
Amount Collected at Each Port of Entry Port. Net Amount Collected. £ Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,287,790 Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,277,928 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,793,370 Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,904,214 Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,575,422 Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 835,723 New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. 054,774 Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 571,210 Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 445,397 Nelson .. .. .. .. ... .. .. 407,411 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 370,381 Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 305,247 Patea .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 125,540 Wairau (including Picton) .. .. .. .. 113,594 Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 105,553 Hokitika .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 69,103 Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62,129 Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51,657 Kaipara .. . . . . .. . . .. . . 66 Collected through Post and Telegraph Department .. .. 1,523,988 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £49,480,509 Cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = £269,478. Rate per cent, of cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = 10s. lid. D. G. SAWERS, Comptroller of Customs, Customs Department, Wellington, 3rd August, 1948.
Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (568 copies), £2 10s.
Price, 3d.]
By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.—l94B.
2
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1948-I.2.2.2.12
Bibliographic details
COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1948, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1948 Session I, B-12
Word Count
321COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1948 Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1948 Session I, B-12
Using This Item
Copyright in the Appendices of the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHRs) may be held by:
• the Clerk of the House of Representatives
• third parties (which may include government agencies, political parties, or people that have made submissions or others).
In some cases
• no copyright may exist (such as Government bills, parliamentary debates and reports of select committees), or
• copyright may have expired (including Crown copyright in works published before 1 January 1945).
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Where the Clerk of the House of Representatives owns copyright in the AJHRs, the Clerk has licensed that copyright under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). This means you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the material, as long as you attribute it to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and abide by the other licence terms.
Third party copyright
If the copyright is held by third parties, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the National Library cannot grant permission to reproduce or otherwise use material. It is your responsibility to make sure you have permission to re-use this content from the copyright holder.
If you are unsure if copyright in an item is held by a third party, please contact us for assistance at paperspast@natlib.govt.nz
No copyright
If there is no copyright, or if copyright has expired in any material in the AJHRs, there are no copyright restrictions on your use of that material.
We ask that you acknowledge the National Library as the source of the information. If the material is republished online, we would appreciate a link to where you found the information on this site.