New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 168

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✨ Customs and Excise Duties Report

RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1917.

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	Rates of Duty.	Auckland.	Kaipara.	Tauranga.	Gisborne.	New Plymouth.	Patea.	Wanganui.	Wellington.	Napier.	Wairau (including Picton).	Nelson.	Westport.	Greymouth.	Hokitika.	Lyttelton.	Timaru.	Oamaru.	Dunedin.	Invercargill.	TOTALS.	Corresponding Quarter, 1916.
																					Quantities.	Revenue.
Spirits, ℔ gal.	17s., 18s.*	£52469	£..	£160	£6059	£712	£971	£7673	£67192	£8669	£1623	£2466	£915	£2397	£314	£33901	£2500	£..	£34999	£7008	263,147 gal.	£230,029
" perfumed,	30s.	146	..	..	3	1	..	..	160	..	..	..	..	..	..	44	..	..	71	..	283 "	425
Cigars and Snuff, ℔ lb.	7s., 12s.*	1119	..	..	55	80	..	23	1124	178	..	102	32	21	27	1170	..	..	678	47	11,306 lb.	4,656
Cigarettes ..	See below†	19045	..	20	1004	2540	131	2152	20275	3736	435	845	226	830	255	8793	456	..	8097	1815	..	70,655
" South African ..	Above rates less 3%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10	..	..	10
Tobacco, manufactured, ℔ lb.	3s. 6d.	26223	..	38	1806	2837	436	3722	20720	4892	852	2118	438	1540	367	13943	2108	..	14650	5076	581,520 lb.	101,766
" South African, ℔ lb.	2s. 6d.	223	..	..	13	6	..	..	187	..	..	..	..	..	..	32	..	..	156	6	4,984 "	623
" unmanufactured, ℔ lb.	2s.	121	..	..	..	..	..	..	275	338	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7,340 "	734
Wine, sparkling, ℔ gal.	9s., 15s.*	118	..	..	28	..	..	36	784	110	..	14	..	..	1	139	8	..	156	..	2,227 gal.	1,394
" South African, ℔ gal...	5s.	less 2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	less 8 "	less 2
" Australian, ℔ gal.	5s.	573	..	..	85	7	3	96	702	394	37	19	62	93	13	259	23	..	433	54	11,412 gal.	2,853
" other kinds,	6s.	641	..	..	74	19	9	77	894	134	7	34	..	15	..	894	8	..	408	22	10,787 "	3,236
" South African, ℔ gal.	2s.	93	..	3	50	..	..	12	162	..	..	24	3	6	..	266	9	..	96	17	7,410 "	741
Ale, beer, &c., ℔ gal.	2s.	357	..	..	54	1	4	8	686	78	..	87	..	..	..	126	..	..	188	20	16,090 "	1,609
Chicory, Cocoa, and Chocolate—
General Tariff, ℔ lb.	3d.	122	..	..	..	6	..	5	215	17	..	6	..	8	..	92	2	..	137	28	51,040 lb.	638
Preferential Tariff, ℔ lb.	½d.	26	..	..	..	1	..	1	36	3	..	1	..	1	..	11	..	..	18	3	38,000 "	95
Tea—
General tariff, ℔ lb.	2d., 3d.,*	795	..	..	..	..	..	..	1347	7	..	..	..	..	..	592	..	..	546	17	264,583 "	3,304
5d.*																						40
Preferential tariff, ℔ lb.	½d., 2d.†	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	31	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	5,666 "	41
Opium, ℔ lb	40s.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	4	..	3 "	6
Goods by Weight—
General Tariff	..	8672	..	..	70	455	8	105	8770	290	9	157	8	70	25	4136	46	2	2419	483	..	25,725
Preferential Tariff..	..	332	..	..	3	8	..	14	178	24	1	5	..	..	1	90	4	..	122	87	..	369
South African Tariff	..	less 1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	less 1
Goods ad valorem—
General Tariff	..	83529	..	74	1815	2616	197	2992	92489	5361	500	821	409	554	45	34995	2797	584	31220	4346	..	265,344
Preferential Tariff..	..	13367	..	6	90	579	5	246	18270	571	169	108	73	16	3	5996	149	26	3490	681	..	43,845
South African Tariff	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	17	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18
Other Duties—
General Tariff	..	4544	..	..	45	133	7	614	5387	608	15	40	11	27	..	2129	222	45	1309	114	..	15,250
Preferential Tariff..	..	654	..	..	1	..	2	46	919	76	3	3	..	2	..	241	20	6	148	16	..	2,137
South African Tariff	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Primage	..	14727	1	8	211	505	17	398	11415	709	63	136	54	91	11	5585	427	70	4452	1037	..	39,917
Totals	General Tariff	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	727,624
	Preferential Tariff	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46,987
	South African Tariff	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,389
	Primage	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	39,917
Grand Totals	..	227892	1	309	11466	10506	1790	18220	252235	26200	3714	6986	2231	5671	1062	113437	8779	734	103807	20877	..	815,917
Corresponding quarter, 1916 ..	..	263000	28	376	17371	13593	2322	18631	323344	32918	2567	6256	2974	6940	764	148582	11785	1668	129629	29638	..	1,006,386

Higher rate from and including 2nd August, 1917.

† 17s. 6d., 20s. 6d., and 25s. 6d. per 1,000 of 2½ lb. and under; and 7s., 9s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. per lb. (Rates 20s. 6d. and 9s 6d. from and including 2nd August, 1917. These rates were increased to 25s. 6d. and 10s. 6d., respectively, from and including 5th September, 1917.)

‡ Rate 2d. per lb. preferential on all foreign tea from and including 2nd August, 1917.

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