✨ Customs and Excise Duties
RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1924.
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, 1923. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | Quantities. | Revenue. | ||
| Spirits ℔ gal. | (a) | 56108 | .. | 115 | 6905 | 2068 | 1903 | 7684 | 58847 | 9648 | 1206 | 2119 | 941 | 2917 | 464 | 34558 | 3673 | 52 | 34575 | 5527 | 131,589 gal. | 229,310 |
| " perfumed, ℔ gal. | (b) | 253 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 348 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 200 | .. | .. | 39 | .. | 227 " | 846 |
| Cigars and Snuff, ℔ lb. | 12s. | 813 | .. | .. | .. | 49 | .. | 16 | 893 | 38 | .. | 41 | 6 | 36 | 35 | 748 | .. | 1 | 318 | 68 | 5,103 lb. | 3,062 |
| Cigarettes | (c) | 43131 | .. | .. | 2303 | 3671 | 1849 | 4845 | 34418 | 5583 | 806 | 1713 | 371 | 1788 | 449 | 19676 | 1616 | 4 | 15043 | 4103 | .. | 140,869 |
| Tobacco, manufactured, ℔ lb. | (d) | 55489 | .. | .. | 2896 | 5116 | 1328 | 7430 | 33149 | 6751 | 1239 | 2651 | 799 | 2593 | 537 | 23956 | 3943 | .. | 19648 | 7117 | 645,022 lb. | 174,642 |
| " unmanufactured, ℔ lb. | 2s. | 175 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7605 | 270 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 80,500 " | 8,050 |
| Wine, sparkling, ℔ gal. | 15s., 10s. | 394 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | 40 | 724 | 37 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 234 | .. | .. | 61 | 10 | 2,259 gal. | 1,535 |
| " South African, ℔ gal. | 9s. 6d. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| " Australian, ℔ gal. | 4s. | 1046 | .. | .. | 66 | 63 | 6 | 62 | 602 | 187 | 8 | 7 | .. | 52 | 2 | 348 | 52 | 3 | 386 | 60 | 14,750 " | 2,950 |
| " other kinds, " | 6s. | 913 | .. | .. | 62 | 9 | 21 | 68 | 883 | 59 | .. | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1094 | 19 | .. | 286 | 30 | 11,593 " | 3,478 |
| " South African, ℔ gal. | 3s. 6d. | 587 | .. | 11 | 39 | 6 | .. | 9 | 670 | 125 | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | .. | 468 | .. | .. | 235 | 64 | 12,743 " | 2,230 |
| Ale, beer, &c., ℔ gal. | 2s. | 152 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 61 | 448 | 44 | 4 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 122 | 4 | .. | 182 | 56 | 11,000 " | 1,100 |
| Chicory, Cocoa, and Chocolate— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff, ℔ lb. | 5d. | 86 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 189 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | .. | .. | 89 | .. | 19,480 lb. | 435 |
| British Preferential Tariff, ℔ lb. | 3d. | 499 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | 780 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 104 | 5 | .. | 129 | 7 | 123,500 " | 1,545 |
| Tea— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff, ℔ lb. | 2d., 4d. | 77 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 273 | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 41 | .. | .. | 426 | .. | 81,616 " | 827 |
| British Preferential Tariff, ℔ lb | Free, 2d. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 164 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | less 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 22,690 " | 185 |
| Goods by Weight— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff | .. | 3183 | .. | .. | 36 | 34 | .. | 62 | 6757 | 194 | .. | 54 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2429 | 7 | .. | 1908 | 116 | .. | 14,705 |
| British Preferential Tariff | .. | 9237 | .. | 7 | 72 | 1810 | 4 | 476 | 8910 | 1085 | 33 | 143 | 18 | 55 | 5 | 2410 | 245 | 4 | 2631 | 795 | .. | 27,940 |
| South African Tariff | .. | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 79 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 127 |
| Goods ad valorem— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff | .. | 111729 | .. | 50 | 1390 | 4125 | 239 | 3148 | 122078 | 6070 | 323 | 913 | 244 | 456 | 53 | 57276 | 3224 | 836 | 39281 | 5863 | .. | 357,298 |
| British Preferential Tariff | .. | 220473 | .. | 196 | 5888 | 8408 | 1400 | 9978 | 215593 | 20964 | 1730 | 3319 | 993 | 1358 | 272 | 105145 | 18649 | 2589 | 88673 | 14572 | .. | 720,200 |
| South African Tariff | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
| Other Duties— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff | .. | 11729 | .. | .. | 6 | 846 | .. | 842 | 18943 | 751 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 6813 | 351 | 143 | 4636 | 746 | .. | 45,812 |
| British Preferential Tariff | .. | 10027 | .. | .. | 55 | 94 | 13 | 116 | 11810 | 1001 | 20 | 35 | .. | 43 | .. | 3605 | 6441 | 4 | 3082 | 305 | .. | 36,651 |
| South African Tariff | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Primage | .. | 34940 | 5 | 14 | 624 | 1979 | 132 | 1221 | 31014 | 2791 | 231 | 425 | 152 | 208 | 29 | 16060 | 2532 | 334 | 12779 | 3143 | .. | 108,613 |
| Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency | .. | 1265 | .. | .. | 10 | 63 | .. | 46 | 582 | 80 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 362 | 23 | 7 | 414 | 14 | .. | 2,871 |
(a) 36s., 30s, 18s, 16s., 4s. 6d. per gallon. (b) 90s., 70s. per gallon. (c) 25s. 6d. per 1,000 of 2½lb. and under, and 10s. 6d. per lb. (d) 10s., 4s. 10d., 4s. 8d. per lb. * Old Tariff.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1924, No 42
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1924, No 42
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