8.—12.
1883. NEW ZEALAND.
COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS REVENUE AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1883.
Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Mxcelleney.
Return of the Amount of Customs Gross Collections at each Port of Entry in New Zealand, and the Cost of Collecting the same, for the Financial Period ended 31st March, 1883.
Note. —The cost of collection for the aboye-named period was £2 9s. per cent. For the financial year 1881-82 it was £2 7s. 2d. In the United Kingdom the rate per cent, of cost of collection in 1881 was £3 12s. lid., and the average of ten years ending 3lßt March, 1881, was £3 Bs. Yd. "William Seed, Secretary and Inspector, "Wellington, 30th May, 1883. Department of Trade and Customs.
By Authority : Q-boege Didsbttey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB3.
Ports. Customs Gross Collections. Rate per cent of Cost of Collection. Ports. Customs Gross Collections. Rate per cent, of Cost of Collection. Luckland ... Thames lussell longonui ... lokianga ... Caipara ?auranga ... few Plymouth Vanganui ... 'oxton Vellington fapier 'overty Bay Vairau £ 338,780 8,220 3,697 262 1,231 3,040 4,187 11,175 19,656 1,521 237,797 49,079 11,566 7,515 £ s. d. 2 0 11 5 6 4 7 13 8 33 11 9 21 15 5 4 17 4 1 11 6 5 18 10 3 7 11 2 13 11 2 18 3 5 0 3 11 11 4 5 5 Picton Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika ... Rivcrton ... Invercargill and Bluff Dunediu and Port Chalmers... Oamaru ... Timaru ... Christchurch and Lyttelton ... £ 472 49,192 13,796 39,268 24,894 2,830 52,647 451,950 17,668 21,997 261,434 £ s. d. 39 8 2 2 11 "2 5 2 2 2 5 5 4 2 0 10 19 9 3 2 9 2 15 3 13 7 3 11 1 2 8 7 Total £1,633,874