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Amount collected at each Port of Entry Port. Net Amount collected. £ Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,450,405 Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,196,443 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,566,626 Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,459,211 Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,455,878 Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 686,484 Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 494,554 New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. 482,344 Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 400,836 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 343,506 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 340,130 Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 319,124 Patea .. .. .. .. , .. .. 117,137 Wairau (including Picton) .. .. .. .. .. 98,125 Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 89,579 Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70,605 Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60,567 Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48,337 Kaipara .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 222 Collected through Post and Telegraph Department .. .. 1,236,293 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £38,916,406 Cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue=£2so,o6s. Rate per cent, of cost of collecting the above-mentioned revenue = 12s. lOd. D. G. Sawers, Comptroller of Customs Customs Department, Wellington, sth August, 1947.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (560 copies, £3.)

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 947.

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