New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 57

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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 30th June, 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 .. .. 313937 .. 200 15003 14519 7289 23556 288810 80657 4669 7952 2840 8932 1420 156009 13832 662 124541 24289 .. 1,039,117
British Preferential Tariff .. 183410 .. 183 2774 7422 636 9048 168930 12770 881 3644 571 1634 190 72069 9783 1553 59508 10009 .. 545,015
South African Tariff .. 751 .. 6 47 6 7 36 566 61 .. .. 5 20 .. 447 .. .. 229 86 .. 2,267
Primage .. 34738 .. 17 336 1733 60 1422 25899 1939 137 491 115 267 23 13421 1481 147 10348 3229 .. 95,803
Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency .. 563 .. 10 3 19 .. 6 790 51 .. 8 14 12 .. 276 17 3 251 50 .. 2,073
Grand totals .. 533399 .. 416 18163 23699 7992 34068 484995 45478 5687 12095 3545 10865 1633 242222 25113 2365 194877 37663 .. 1,684,275
Corresponding quarter, 1923 .. .. 522053 9 512 18610 25309 7712 30937 506108 38632 4842 11901 3203 10200 1536 262066 19617 3142 188761 32829 .. ..

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1923.
£ £ £ £ £ Quantities. Revenue.
Beer .. (a) 31,025 15,307 21,255 52,829 31,720 3,155,298 gal.
Tobacco .. 2s. 4d., 6s. 3d. per lb. 284 607 417 399 937 24,174 lb.
Cigars and Snuff .. 4s. per lb. 367 .. .. .. .. 1,834 .
Cigarettes, made by hand .. .. 4s. per lb. .. .. 2,592 2,831 .. ..
manufactured by machinery .. 5s. 6d. per lb. 6,591 7,610 .. .. .. 71,359 lb.
Totals .. .. .. 38,267 23,524 24,264 56,059 32,657 ..
Corresponding quarter, 1923 .. .. .. 36,428 20,998 27,326 52,096 33,045 ..

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

Customs Department, Wellington, 15th August, 1924. GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.



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💰 Customs and Excise Duties collected for Quarter ended 30 June 1924 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
15 August 1924
Customs Duties, Excise Duties, Revenue, Ports of New Zealand, Statistics
  • GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs