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TABLE No. 3. —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. 4.—TAXATION OF MOTOR-VEHICLES, 1923-1935. Table showing the Annual Yield for the Years ended 31st March, 1923 to 1935, 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; (f) Drivers' Licenses; and (g) Mileage Tax, etc., under Finance Act, 1932-33, No. 2, Section 19.

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Year ended 31st March, 1935. Total since Inception of Boroughs. Amount of Tax, Quarter ended Petrol-tax up to 31st March, 1935. June. September. December. j March. Total. j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington City .. 4,177 0 6 4,052 12 10 5,202 13 1 4,869 7 9 18,301 14 2 106,266 16 3 Auckland City .. 3,940 18 0 3,823 11 0 4,907 1 0 4,592 14 5 17,264 4 5 101,168 12 7 Christchurch City.. 3,373 9 5 3,273 0 4 4,197 11 11 3,928 14 3 14,772 15 11 86,475 7 3 DunedinCity .. 2,558 18 8 2,482 14 8 3,183 8 9 2,979 10 6 11,204 12 7 65,799 6 7 WanganuiCity .. 909 14 5 882 12 7 1,132 7 11 1,059 17 2 3,984 12 1 24,005 15 8 PalmerstonNth. City 803 11 1 779 12 7 1,002 15 8 938 11 0 3,524 10 4 20,060 6 2 Mount Albert .. 776 2 0 752 19 9 966 8 0 904 9 11 3,399 19 8 19,724 13 6 Inveroargill City .. 776 2 0 752 19 9 966 8 0 904 9 11 3,399 19 8 19,663 14 1 Mount Eden .. 746 16 3 724 11 6 930 0 5 870 8 11 3,271 17 1 19,212 7 6 Timaru .. .. 638 16 4 619 15 11 798 2 8 747 0 2 2,803 15 1 16,218 0 5 New Plymouth .. 605 17 5 587 16 7 754 18 7 706 11 5 2,655 4 0 15,254 15 0 Napier .. .. 600 7 7 582 10 0 750 7 7 702 6 4 2,635 11 6 15,601 13 4 Hamilton .. 576 11 8 559 8 3 718 10 11 672 10 5 2,527 1 3 14,741 9 11 Lower Hutt .. 536 6 3 520 6 11 670 15 11 627 16 7 2,355 5 8 12,907 6 5 Gisborne .. 532 13 1 516 15 10 663 19 6 621 8 10 2,334 17 3 13,612 19 6 Hastings .. 453 18 11 440 8 6 568 9 5 532 1 2 1,994 18 0 11,185 0 3 Onehunga .. 412 11 6 400 5 10 513 18 0 480 19 7 1,807 14 11 10,749 3 0 Nelson City .. 410 0 4 397 16 1 511 12 6 478 17 0 1,798 5 11 10,435 2 6 Petone .. .. 409 13 0 397 9 0 509 7 0 476 14 6 1,793 3 6 10,500 13 4 Devonport .. 383 5 10 371 17 7 477 10 4 446 18 7 1,679 12 4 9,977 6 1 Masterton .. 323 5 1 313 12 7 402 9 7 376 13 11 1,416 1 2 8,306 19 0 St. Kilda .. 306 8 3 297 5 9 382 0 3 357 10 10 1,343 5 1 7,939 2 7 One Tree Hill .. 299 9 2 290 10 10 375 3 10 351 3 2 1,316 7 0 5,876 7 4 Whangarei .. 288 9 6 279 17 8 361 10 11 338 7 9 1,268 5 10 7,231 13 9 Greymouth .. 234 5 11 227 6 4 352 9 1 329 17 6 1,143 18 10 5,380 11 4 Oamaru .. 281 3 1 272 15 7 350 3 7 327 14 11 1,231 17 2 7,289 15 11 Takapuna .. 259 11 1 251 16 6 325 3 4 304 6 9 1,140 17 8 6,709 3 2 Totals .. 25,615 6 4 24,852 10 9 31,975 7 9 29,927 3 3 112,370 8 1 652,294 2 5

Customs Duties Motor. Fees ' &C- ' Heavv- . Mileage Year ended j in respect of Tirp.ta-r und er Motor- tra «jc Drivers' Tax, Fi- Total 31st March, Motor-vehicles * £ vehicles Act, n Licenses, nance Act, and Parts.* j ±ax * 1924. * eeS * 1932-33. 1923 .. 221,679 121,092 .. .. .. .. .. 342,771 1924 .. 621,470 123,568 .. .. .. .. .. 745,038 1925 .. 802,903 152,303 .. 257,500 .. .. 1,212,706 1926 .. 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 .. 828,878 130,4081,314,450 393,798 194,557 59,462 .. 2,921,553 1932 .. 272,992 85,4381,677,520 370,126 179,105 58,860 .. 2,644,041 1933 .. 145,059 64,1771,865,762 352,561 178,183 57,132 .. 2,662,874 1934 .. 125,590 62,979 2,368,147 346,249 171,503 60,358 2,016 3,136,842 1935 .. 539,951 92,587 2,610,607 391,661 172,000} 60,000$ 1,594 3,868,400 Totals up to 8,974,818 1,831,94611,744,1413,575,849 1,761,899 525,527 3,610 28,417,790 31st March, 1935 * 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. % Estimated.