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TABLE 7.—PETROL-TAX ALLOCATION TO BOROUGHS WITH 6,000 OR MORE POPULATION. Table showing the Distribution of the Petrol-tax to Boroughs with a Population of 6,000 and over.

TABLE 8.—TAXATION OF MOTOR-VEHICLES, 1923-1931. Table showing the Annual Yield for the Years ended 31st March, 1923 to 1931, in respect of (a) Customs Duties on Motor-vehicles and Parts; (b) Tire-tax; (c) Motorspirits Tax; (d) Fees, etc., under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924; (e) Heavy-traffic Fees; and (f) Drivers' Licenses.

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Year ended 31st March, 1931. : : i : Tota] since Inception of Boroughs. Amount of Tax, Quarter ended Petrol-tax up to : L 31st March, 1031. June. September. December. March. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington .. 3,862 0 7 3,000 9 6 3,143 13 8 3,098 12 4 13,104 16 1 37,580 17 10 Auckland .. 3,687 12 3 2,864 19 5 3,001 14 3 2,958 13 7 12,512 19 6 36,336 5 8 Christchurch .. 3,150 2 8 2,447 7 10 2,564 4 1 2,527 8 10 10,689 3 5 31,167 13 6 Dunedin.. .. 2,397 6 1 1,862 10 2 1,951 8 0 1,923 8 7 8,134 12 10 23,770 12 8 Wanganui .. 889 17 4 691 7 1 724 7 0 713 19 4 3,019 10 9 8,842 18 0 Mount Albert .. 718 13 2 558 6 9 584 19 9 576 12 0 2,438 11 8 7,021 18 5 Mount Eden .. 703 14 2 546 14 5 572 16 4 364 12 1 2,387 17 0 6,950 4 2 Invercargill .. 713 9 10 554 6 7 580 15 8 572 9 2 2,421 1 3 7,007 0 0 PalmerstonNorth .. 717 4 8 557 4 8 583 16 6 575 9 2 2,433 15 0 6,988 9 3 Napier .. .. 575 4 3 446 17 10 468 4 5 461 10 2 1,951 16 8 5,698 15 2 Timaru .. .. 586 8 6 455 12 1 477 6 11 470 10 1 1,989 17 7 5,754 16 4 New Plymouth .. 547 5 5 425 3 8 445 9 6 439 1 10 1,857 0 5 5,364 15 6 Hamilton .. 536 4 8 416 12 2 436 9 11 430 4 9 1,819 11 6 5,283 10 8 Gisborne.. .. 491 11 3 381 18 1 400 2 8 394 7 11 1,667 19 11 4,862 11 3 Onehunga .. 395 16 3 307 10 3 322 3 10 317 11 5 J ,343 I 9 3,926 3 2 Lower Hutt .. 457 15 0 355 12 8 372 12 2 367 5 4 1,553 5 2 4,174 19 7 Hastings .. 400 15 11 311 7 8 326 4 11 321 11 5 1,359 19 11 '3,891 0 1 Nelson .. .. 378 14 7 294 4 10 308 5 8 303 17 3 1,285 2 4 3,743 8 11 Petone .. .. 383 7 I 297 16 8 312 1 0 307 11 6 1,300 16 3 3,736 5 10 Devonport .. 366 19 8 285 2 3 298 14 5 294 8 10 1,245 5 2 3,642 I 2 Masterton .. 303 8 11 235 15 0 247 0 1 243 9 3 1,029 13 3 3,004 5 11 St. Kilda.. .. 290 9 1 225 13 2 236 8 7 233 0 9 985 11 7 2,892 8 7 Oamaru .. .. 267 6 4 207 13 8 217 11 11 214 9 6 907 1 5 2,648 2 5 .Whangarei .. 257 14 1 200 4 4 209 15 5 206 15 3 874 9 1 2,523 10 1 Takapuna .. 245 19 2 191 1 10 200 4 3 197 6 10 834 12 1 2,434 16 2 Greymoutli .. 217 .2 7 168 13 10 176 14 10 174 4 2 736 15 5 1,440 14 2 One Tree Hill .. 281 18 2 219 0 5 229 9 6 226 3 8 956 11 9 956 11 9 Totals .. 23,824 1 8 18,509 6 10 19,392 15 3 19,114 15 0' 80,840 18 9 231,644 16 3

Customs Duties | Fees, &c., Year ended in respect of , , Motor-spirits ; under Motor- Heavy-traffic : Drivers' r| , 31st March, Motor-vehicles 116 ax ' Tax. ' vehicles Act, Fees. | Licenses. J-Otai. and Parts.* 1924. i 1923 .. 206,344 121,092 .. .. .. .. 327,436 1924 .. 586,808 123,568 .. .. .. .. 710,376 1925 .. 767,778 152,303 .. 257,500 .. .. 1,177.581 1926 .. 949,794 228,711 .. j 86.681f 114,009 33,162 1,412^357 1927 .. 1,022,553 190,575 .. i 395,797 220,616 50,650 1,880,191 1928 .. 821,472 227,451 143,516 345,510 157,651 52,495 1,748,095 1929 .. 1,004,288 196,747 802,232 244,598 190,789 36,830 2,475,4-84 1930 .. 1,349,885 155,910 961,907 391,368 183,486 56,578 3,099,134 1931 .. 849,856 1.30,408 1,300,050 393,798 184,084 50,0001 2,908,196 Totals up to 7,558,778 1,526,765 j 3,207,705 I 2,115,252 1,050,635 279,715 15,738,850 31st March, 1931 J * Calendar year. t Alteration in licensing period. $ Estimated.