New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 22

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✨ Customs and Excise Duties

RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st December, 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.	Invercargill.	TOTALS.	Corresponding Quarter, 1921.
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	Quantities.	Revenue.
Totals—
*{General Tariff ..	..	..	..	less 20	..	..	16	less 1	..	..	less 269	less 10	..	..	..	less 152	..	..	425	..	..	less 11
{Preferential Tariff	..	..	..	36	..	..	..	..	..	..	less 354	3	..	..	..	38	..	..	77	..	..	less 200
South African Tariff	..	..	..	566	..	..	..	..	..	..	416	94	..	..	..	259	..	..	3	113	..	1,490
{General Tariff ..	..	..	..	283387	..	251	13539	12668	5625	21145	271494	25450	3941	7327	1993	8029	1692	142572	9480	459	103465	21150
{British Preferential Tariff	..	..	..	190947	..	201	3645	7487	958	7958	186388	12406	1037	3590	1222	2073	217	89587	12111	2784	66003	7636
{Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency	..	..	..	736	..	..	1	13	2	60	749	39	3	1	..	..	..	493	30	11	271	16
{Dumping duty ..	..	..	..	less 42	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	less 3	..
Primage	..	..	..	34009	..	19	454	1540	94	889	26855	1548	148	434	162	285	25	13986	1276	265	9526	1601
Grand totals	..	..	..	509619	..	471	17655	21707	6679	30052	485279	39530	5129	11352	3393	10410	1934	246784	22897	3519	179767	30516
Corresponding quarter, 1921 ..	..	..	..	353473	195	278	9731	13063	3254	19476	352570	26878	2368	5726	1535	5626	469	155737	9851	1722	119566	22962

Old Tariff. † New Tariff.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of CUSTOMS DUTIES for the YEARS 1922 and 1921.

| Year 1922 .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1734677 | 34 | 1421 | 58310 | 70751 | 22697 | 99097 | 1580888 | 129125 | 16912 | 37532 | 12095 | 43001 | 4901 | 824515 | 55201 | 10385 | 623284 | 106576 | .. | 5,431,402 | .. |
| Year 1921 .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1757131 | 195 | 1454 | 70531 | 73347 | 17086 | 112921 | 1689888 | 149870 | 15568 | 36564 | 9826 | 32580 | 4618 | 866415 | 66082 | 10243 | 640055 | 117341 | .. | .. | 5,671,715 |

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	Rates of Duty.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Lyttelton.	Dunedin.	Other Ports.	TOTALS.	Corresponding Quarter, 1921.
		£	£	£	£	£	Quantities.	Revenue.
Beer ..	..	..	..	(a)	35,189	15,165	27,319	53,727
Tobacco ..	..	..	..	6s. 3d., 1s. per lb.	86	795	398	274
Cigars and Snuff ..	..	..	..	4s. per lb.	320	..	..	..
Cigarettes, made by hand ..	..	..	..	4s.	..	..	..	..
manufactured by machinery	..	..	..	5s. 6d. per lb.	6,721	9,810	2,270	3,067
Medicinal Preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit	..	..	..	9d. per lb.	..	..	..	..
Culinary and Flavouring Essences	..	..	..	14s. per gallon	..	..	..	..
Perfumed Spirits ..	..	..	..	20s.	..	..	..	..
Toilet Preparations	..	..	..	14s.	..	..	..	..
	..	..	..	6s.	..	..	..	..
Totals ..	..	..	..	..	42,316	25,770	29,987	57,068
Corresponding quarter, 1921 ..	..	..	..	..	35,790	19,753	23,520	46,391

(a) Minimum, 11½d., increasing by ⅛d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of EXCISE DUTIES FOR THE YEARS 1922 AND 1921.

| Year 1922 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 153,091 | 86,325 | 102,203 | 198,456 | 139,830 | .. | 679,905 | .. |
| Year 1921 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 95,836 | 74,888 | 62,798 | 125,199 | 92,476 | .. | .. | 451,197 |

Customs Department, Wellington, 5th March, 1923. W. B. MONTGOMERY, Comptroller of Customs.

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