Customs and Excise Revenue Statistics




Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2831

RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1923—continued.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Kaiapara. Tauranga. Gisborne. New Plymouth. Patea. Wanganui. Wellington. Napier. Waihau (including Picton). Westport. Greymouth. Hokitika. Lyttelton. Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Invercargill. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1922.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Totals—
*{General Tariff .. 686 .. .. 15 17 .. 103 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Less 146
Preferential Tariff 315011 .. .. 19614587 15004 .. 6409 22121 31933 3871 7490 2721 8827 1481 167700 12126 983121606 21445 2566 Less 659
South African Tariff 176624 .. .. 68 3416 .. 7042 198752 13917 948 2581 1579 1579 207 91563 16529 2381 12610 1,058,972 3,112
(General Preferential Tariff 775 .. .. 4 12 .. 903 5729 10 .. 17 .. .. 2 137 80 169 .. 611,169 842,663
British Preferential Tariff .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,270 510,832
+ Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,957
Dumping duty .. 31093 4 7 497 1759 100 1127 29054 2153 118 357 119 272 22 14761 1591 242 11787 97,039 Less 219
Primage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1976 .. 81,910
Grand totals 524189 4 271 18527 22513 7405 30390 534012 48122 4937 10445 3562 10742 1712 275000 30249 3606 209233 1,771,016 ..
Corresponding quarter, 1922 .. .. 12 318 13905 17057 5359 25572 396316 37049 4113 10199 9959 13347 1007 211630 180000 2351 31507 .. 1,440,850

Excise Duties.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter 1922.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
Beer .. (a) 26,892 11,149 19,649 42,636 28,330 128,656 129,616
Tobacco .. 1s., 2s. 4d., 6s. 3d. per lb. .. 534 702 294 547 177 2,254 2,166
Cigars and Snuff .. 4s. per lb. 306 .. .. .. .. 306 330
Cigarettes, made by hand .. 4s. " .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
" manufactured by machinery 5s. 6d. per lb. .. 7,357 2,722 3,125 .. 19,147 16,690
Medicinal Preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit 9d. per lb. 5,943 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Culinary and Flavouring Essences 14s. per gallon .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Perfumed Spirits .. 20s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Toilet Preparations 14s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
6s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. 33,675 19,208 22,665 46,308 28,507 150,863 148,802
Corresponding quarter, 1922 .. 34,746 19,937 22,644 41,724 29,751 .. ..

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

Customs Department, Wellington, 10th November, 1923.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.



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💰 Customs and Excise Duties collected during the quarter ended 30th September, 1923 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
10 November 1923
Customs, Excise, Duties, Revenue, Statistics, Ports
  • GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs