Customs and Excise Revenue




RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of New Zealand during the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1924—continued.

CUSTOMS DUTIES—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, 1923.
Quantities. Revenue.
Totals—
General Tariff .. .. £283857 .. £165 £13598 £15943 £4850 £24194 £285180 £29454 £3593 £7511 £2380 £7817 £1552 £146968 £12887 £1036 £116465 £23634 .. £*less 170
930,308
British Preferential Tariff .. £241571 .. £203 £6081 £10396 £1423 £10634 £238234 £23258 £1796 £3504 £1011 £1515 £277 £111838 £25392 £2600 £94930 £15743 .. £*less 109
757,921
South African Tariff .. .. £647 .. £11 £46 £6 .. £9 £749 £125 .. £1 £5 £11 .. £468 £1 .. £235 £64 .. 752
Primage .. .. £34940 £5 £14 £624 £1979 £132 £1221 £31014 £2791 £231 £425 £152 £208 £29 £16060 £2582 £334 £12779 £3143 .. 102,100
Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency .. £1265 .. .. £10 £63 .. £46 £582 £80 .. £1 .. £4 .. £362 £23 £7 £414 £14 .. 4,126
Grand totals .. .. £562280 £5 £393 £20359 £28387 £6405 £36104 £555759 £55708 £5620 £11442 £3548 £9555 £1858 £275696 £40785 £3977 £224823 £42598 .. 1,885,302
Corresponding quarter, 1923 .. .. £576680 £1 £232 £19785 £21068 £5787 £30597 £498492 £45402 £5393 £11625 £3508 £9451 £1387 £268666 £19453 £4860 £230962 £41579 .. 1,794,926
Financial Year 1923-24 .. .. £2232507 £26 £1598 £79369 £103485 £28705 £132531 £2158300 £192292 £21275 £46779 £13734 £40752 £6881 £1092385 £122129 £15087 £835481 £154119 .. 7,277,435
  • Old Tariff.

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1923.
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer .. (a) £32,956 £16,302 £27,018 £61,686 £36,615 3,621,730 gal. £174,577
168,408
Tobacco .. 2s. 4d., 6s. 3d. per lb. £516 £372 £433 £673 £878 21,504 lb. £2,872
2,647
Cigars and Snuff .. 4s. per lb. £354 .. .. .. .. 1,770 lb. £354
291
Cigarettes, made by hand .. 4s. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
manufactured by machinery 5s. 6d. per lb. £5,566 £5,214 £2,593 £2,921 .. 59,251 lb. £16,294
18,098
Totals .. .. £39,392 £21,888 £30,044 £65,280 £37,493 .. £194,097
..
Corresponding quarter, 1923 .. .. £40,824 £23,101 £27,597 £58,986 £38,936 .. ..
189,444
Financial Year 1923-24 .. .. £151,535 £85,519 £111,067 £231,376 £136,890 .. £716,387
..

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

Customs Department, Wellington, 14th June, 1924. GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.



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💰 Customs and Excise Duties Collected (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
14 June 1924
Customs, Excise, Duties, Revenue, Ports, New Zealand
  • GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs