Customs and Excise Duties Report




RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of New Zealand during the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1922—continued.

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. roargill. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1921.
Quantities. Revenue.
Totals—continued.
General Tariff .. .. £202810 .. £81 £8712 £9245 £3573 £18307 £195558 £14171 £2012 £5003 £1240 £4847 £690 £100450 £2972 £453 £68922 £11517 .. £645,063
British Preferential Tariff .. 138746 .. 40 2679 5175 827 5027 125846 7337 871 2160 991 750 79 58473 4787 1828 46315 5863 .. 407,794
† Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency .. 5452 .. .. 53 18 43 127 3569 156 less 4 21 44 5 2 2955 68 35 2035 44 .. 14,623
Dumping duty .. .. 24 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 20 .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 .. .. 4 4 .. 80
Primage .. 25685 12 6 384 708 67 596 19086 1162 108 269 111 717 24 10834 916 242 7076 952 .. 68,455
Grand totals .. 376675 12 131 11908 15144 4515 19189 349994 23251 3002 7466 2397 14211 815 172696 8678 2559 124302 18531 .. 1,155,476
Corresponding quarter, 1921 .. .. 568026 .. 280 18439 22336 2188 28121 544622 42794 3813 10166 2482 6764 1264 284030 22850 3990 201025 28550 .. 1,791,740
Financial year, 1921–22 .. 1565780 297 1305 64000 66155 19413 108989 1495260 130327 14757 83864 9741 40027 4169 755081 51910 8812 563332 107322 .. 5,035,451

† New Tariff.

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1921.
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer (a) £35,348 £14,877 £23,634 £49,518 £37,539 3,332,858 gal. £160,916
Tobacco 6s. 3d., 2s. 4d., 2s. 2d., 1s. per lb. 195 281 125 63 695 16,025 lb. 1,359
Cigars and Snuff 4s. per lb. 259 .. .. .. .. 1,294 259
Cigarettes, made by hand 4s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
manufactured by machinery 6s. 6d., 5s. 6d. per lb. 3,765 5,188 1,060 1,591 .. 44,077 lb. 11,604
Medicinal Preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit 9d. per lb. less 4 .. .. .. .. less 115 less 4
Culinary and Flavouring Essences 14s. per gallon less 7 .. .. .. .. less 10 gal. less 7
Perfumed Spirits 20s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Toilet Preparations 14s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
6s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. 39,556 20,346 24,819 51,172 38,234 .. 174,127
Corresponding Quarter, 1921 .. .. 22,912 18,587 14,383 27,649 23,325 .. 106,856
Financial year, 1921–22 .. 112,480 76,647 73,234 148,722 107,385 .. 518,468

(a) Minimum, 11½d., increasing by ½d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.

Customs Department, Wellington, 27th May, 1922. W. B. MONTGOMERY, Comptroller of Customs.



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💰 Customs and Excise Duties Collection Report for Quarter Ended 31 March 1922 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
27 May 1922
Customs, Excise, Duties, Revenue, Ports, New Zealand, Tariff, Beer, Tobacco
  • W. B. Montgomery, Comptroller of Customs