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TABLE No. 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 No. 8.—TAXATION OF MOTOR-VEHICLES, 1923-1933. Table showing the Annual Yield for the Years ended 31st March, 1923 to 1933, 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, 1933. . Total since Inception of Boroughs. Amount of Tax, Quarter ended Petrol-tax up to 81st March, 1933. June. September. December. March. Total. £ s. d. £ s. (I. £ s. (!. £ s. (1. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington City .. 3,951 I II 3,r.r,e 11 1 4,413 13 10 4,335 12 8 16,256 1!) 6 71,337 18 2 Auckland City .. 3,726 II 5 3,354 II 8 4,163 Oil 4,089 8 r> 15,333 15 5 68,244 1 7 Christchurch City 3,179 Iβ 2 2,862 5 8 3,552 2 0 3,489 5 7 [3,083 « 5 58,298 5 3 DunedinCity .. 2,41!) (I 9 2.177 9 s 2,702 6 2 2,654 !t 5 9,953 5 0 44,427 18 10 WanganuiCity .. 876 9 3 788 18 10 979 1 7 961 15 3 3,606 4 11 16,380 15 6 Palmerston Nth. City 748 10 0 673 lf> 2 836 2 8 821 6 11 3,079 14 9 13,364 3 6 Mount Albert .. 727 ii 3 664 Iβ 5 812 12 9 798 .", :i 2,993 3 8 13,248 5 11 [nveroargill City .. 727 9 3 l>51 Lβ 5 812 12 9 798 5 3 2,993 3 8 13,201 19 8 Mount Eden .. 704 13 8 634 6 2 787 3 7 773 5 2 2,899 8 5 12,988 13 0 Timaru .. .. 804 15 2 544 7 5 675 11 4 663 12 4 2,488 6 3 10,879 18 1 New Plymouth .. 569 14 0 512 16 3 636 8 0 625 2 11 2,344 1 2 10,204 7 1 Napier .. .. 667 19 0 511 4 8 634 8 10 623 4 6 2,336 17 0 10,578 4 5 Hamilton .. 643 8 2 489 2 I I 607 0 7 596 5 11 2,235 17 7 9,936 8 6 Gisborne .. r>03 1 10 452 17 1 561 19 10 552 1 1 2,069 19 10 9,161 5 2 Lower Hutt .. 499 11 8 449 13 11 558 16 548 4 1 2,055 11 2 8,427 17 1 Hastings .. 420 14 1 378 13 10 469 19 2 461 12 11 1,731 0 0 7,395 10 11 Onehunga .. 392 13 1 353 8 11 j 438 12 7 430 17 5 1,615 12 0 7,293 6 8 Petone .. .. 390 18 1 351 17 5 I 436 13 5 428 18 11 1,608 7 10 7,071 2 11 Nelson City .. 383 17 10 345 11 2 428 16 9 421 5 1 1,579 10 10 7,018 1 2 Devonport .. 364 12 2 328 4 0 407 5 11 400 1 11 1,500 4 0 6,768 5 6 Masterton .. 305 0 2 274 11 1 340 14 5 334 13 11 1,254 19 7 5,609 1 3 St. Kilda .. 289 4 8 260 7 0 323 1 11 317 7 8 1,190 1 3 5,372 12 9 One Tree Hill .. 282 4 5 254 0 10 315 5 3 309 13 <) 1,161 4 3 3,373 8 3 Whangarei .. 269 19 0 242 19 11 301 11 1 296 4 6 1,110 14 6 4,827 1 1 Oamafu.. .. 206 8 11 239 16 9 297 12 10 292 7 6 1,096 6 0 4,937 5 0 Takapiina .. 245 8 3 220 18 1 274 2 10 269 5 11 1,009 15 1 4,536 19 0 Greymouth .. 219 2 4 197 4 9 244 15 5 240 8 10 901 11 4 3,312 4 9 Totals .. 24,179 17 4 21,765 7 1 27,010 16 11 26.533 3 1 99,489 4 5 438,195 1 0 i

Customs Duties Fees, &c., Year ended in respect of „. Motor-spirits under Motor- Heavy-traffic Drivers' T . 31st March, Motor-vehicles "re-iax. Tax vehicles Act, Fees. Licenses, and Parts.* 1924. 1923 .. 221,679 121,092 .. .. .. .. 342,771 1924 .. 621,470 123,568 .. .. .. .. 745,038 1925 .. j 802,903 152,303 .. 257,500 .. .. 1,212,706 1926 .. i 1,007,641 228,711 .. 86,681f 114,009 33,162 1,470,204 1927 .. 1,074,052 190,575 .. 395,797 220,616; 50,650 1,931,690 1928 .. 856,556 227,451 143,516 345,510 157,651 52,495 1,783,179 1929 .. 1,045,635 196,747 802,232 244,598 190,789 36,830 2,516,831 1930 .. 1,432,412 155,910 961,907) 391,368 183,486 56,578 3,181,661 1931 .. 828,878 130,408 l,300,o:>u 393,798 194,557 59,462 2,907,153 1932 .. 272,992 85,438 1,677,520 370,126 179,105 58,860 2,644,041 1933 .. 145,059 64,177 1,865,762 352,561 180,0O0J 55.000J 2,662,559 Totals up to 8,309,277 1,676,330 6,750,987 2,837,939 1,420,213 403,037 21,397,833 31st March, 1933 ♦Calendar year ending on previous 31st December. Includes primage and surtax on vehicles and parts; also on all tires and tire-tax on tires attached to vehicles or parts. f Alteration in licensing period. J Estimated.