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Session 11. 1923. NEW ZEALAND.

COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1923.

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, at each Port of Entry for the Financial Year ended 3Lst March, 1923. Particulars of Amount collected. £ Customs duties ... ... ... ... ... ... 6,153,972 Beer duty ... ... ... ... ' ... ... ... 612,143 Brewery supervision fees ... ... ... ... . 1,406 Warehouse license fees ... ... ... ... ... 6,913 Customs agents' license fees ... ... ... ... ... 314 Distillation Act fees... ... ... ... ... ... 116 Chinese poll-tax ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,800 Timber-export duty ... ... ... ... ... 35 Tobacco Act license fees ... ... ... ... ... 58 Rents, seizures, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 208 Gold duty ... ' ... ... ... ... ... ... 10,537 Light dues... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39,698 Shipping-fees ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,392 Pilotage and port charges ... ... ... ... ... 854 Sea-fisheries Act fees ... ... ... ... ... 1,060 Meat-export levy ... ... ... ... ... ... 33,034 Other receipts ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,302 £6,878,842

Cost of Collection at each Port.

Customs Department, W. B. Montgomery, Wellington, 19th June, 1923. Comptroller of Customs.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (525 copies), £2,

Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 923.

Price 3d.]

Ports. Net Collection. Rate per Cent. of Cost of Collection. Ports. Net Colloction. Rate per Gent of Cost of Collection. Auckland .. Wellington Lyttelton .. Dunedin .. Napier Invercargill Wanganui Gisborne .. Timaru New Plymouth Nelson £ 2,050,917 1,755,448 990,535 907,542 161,575 134,925 111,058 81,948 76,338 74,812 50,439 £ s. d. 14 3 16 4 18 2 19 1 1 17 8 2 0 8 2 5 2 1 13 2 2 5 10 2 8 3 2 15 7 Greymouth Patea Wairau (including Pioton) .. Hokitika Westport Oamaru Taucanga Kaipara Collected through Postal Department Total £ 39,329 23,888 23,273 21,886 20,069 11,626 1,435 606 341,193 £ s. d. 2 15 1 1 14 4 3 3 11 18 9 3 7 3 3 16 7 5 5 11 17 6 6 * 6,878,842 18 8 * Included in the avej :age for the Dominion.