✨ 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, 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) | £80003 | .. | £182 | £7921 | £2390 | £2404 | £9897 | £73068 | £11822 | £1993 | £2517 | £1253 | £3770 | £359 | £43839 | £4390 | £48 | £38844 | £7680 | 165,445 gal. | £291,880 |
| " perfumed, " | (b) | 489 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | 585 | 16 | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 216 | .. | .. | 134 | .. | 368 " | 1,459 |
| Cigars and Snuff, ₱ lb. | 12s. | 2219 | .. | .. | 2 | 116 | .. | 177 | 2482 | 280 | .. | 48 | 2 | 34 | .. | 1567 | 9 | .. | 1297 | 11 | 13,742 lb. | 8,244 |
| Cigarettes .. | (c) | 48197 | .. | 2 | 2488 | 3535 | 1425 | 4931 | 39614 | 5861 | 1145 | 1924 | 569 | 1777 | 536 | 20268 | 2205 | 4 | 15558 | 4853 | .. | 154,892 |
| Tobacco, manufactured, ₱ lb. | (d) | 53162 | .. | 1 | 2410 | 4433 | 1665 | 5749 | 33969 | 5828 | 1352 | 2086 | 705 | 2102 | 485 | 20062 | 3734 | .. | 16982 | 6483 | 599,287 lb. | 161,208 |
| " unmanufactured, ₱ lb. | 2s. | 191 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7153 | 824 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81,687 " | 8,168 |
| Wine, sparkling, ₱ gal. | 15s., 10s. | 730 | .. | .. | 42 | 13 | .. | 34 | 1193 | 133 | .. | 25 | 2 | 15 | .. | 341 | 3 | .. | 176 | 18 | 3,818 gal. | 2,725 |
| " South African, ₱ gal.. | 9s. 6d. | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 " | 16 |
| " Australian, ₱ gal. | 4s. | 1546 | .. | .. | 32 | 57 | 79 | 83 | 1184 | 340 | 76 | 76 | 47 | 179 | 45 | 939 | 203 | .. | 628 | 220 | 28,820 " | 5,734 |
| " other kinds, " | 6s. | 1356 | .. | .. | 96 | 16 | 5 | 60 | 1361 | 130 | 15 | 91 | .. | 7 | 10 | 1330 | 1 | .. | 312 | 11 | 15,906 " | 4,801 |
| " South African, ₱ gal. | 3s. 6d. | 780 | .. | 23 | 16 | 46 | 8 | .. | 511 | 53 | .. | less 1 | 11 | 19 less 4 | .. | 868 | 51 | .. | 113 | 90 | 14,765 " | 2,584 |
| Ale, beer, &c., ₱ gal. | 2s. | 342 | .. | .. | 2 | 21 | 8 | 88 | 511 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 12 | .. | 4 | 441 | 7 | .. | 95 | 69 | 16,664 " | 1,666 |
| Chicory, Cocoa, and Chocolate— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff, ₱ lb. | 5d. | 74 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 101 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 10 | .. | 59 | 21 | 16,437 lb. | 314 |
| British Preferential Tariff, ₱ lb. | 3d. | 382 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 362 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | .. | 132 | 12 | .. | 104 | 63 | 86,736 " | 1,083 |
| Tea— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff, ₱ lb. | 2d., 4d. | 201 | .. | .. | .. | less 15 | .. | 2 | 215 | 8 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 6 | 88 | 4 | .. | 221 | 3 | 86,269 " | 738 |
| British Preferential Tariff, ₱ lb | 2d. | 66 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 78 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 28,022 " | 181 |
| Goods by Weight— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff | .. | 7982 | .. | .. | 47 | 390 | .. | 200 | 4913 | 451 | .. | 69 less 1 | 13 | .. | 1 | 1566 | 66 | .. | 1027 | 3538 | .. | 20,262 |
| British Preferential Tariff | .. | 18132 | .. | less1 | 231 | 1204 | 14 | 647 | 10774 | 881 | 41 | 114 | 71 | 212 | 34 | 4460 | 387 | 11 | 3666 | 1408 | .. | 42,286 |
| South African Tariff | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Goods ad valorem— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff | .. | 122084 | .. | 134 | 1499 | 3330 | 184 | 3235 | 129390 | 6726 | 274 | 1225 | 165 | 1145 | 314 | 66443 | 5247 | 310 | 42397 | 3933 | .. | 388,085 |
| British Preferential Tariff | .. | 197300 | .. | 2104 | 3677 | 7849 | 755 | 8531 | 180751 | 14392 | 1272 | 2729 | 797 | 1976 | 540 | 88810 | 9297 | 1965 | 63264 | 10747 | .. | 596,756 |
| South African Tariff | .. | 145 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 259 |
| Other Duties— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Tariff | .. | 16200 | .. | .. | 41 | 871 | .. | 706 | 17519 | 1319 | 8 | 488 | 2 | 27 | .. | 8485 | 246 | .. | 7086 | 341 | .. | 53,339 |
| British Preferential Tariff | .. | 7925 | .. | 10 | 98 | 150 | 14 | 58 | 8840 | 974 | 9 | 52 | 29 | 32 | .. | 4500 | 2597 | 81 | 4230 | 300 | .. | 29,899 |
| South African Tariff | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Primage | .. | 38768 | 25 | 238 | 679 | 1823 | 89 | 1468 | 31755 | 2712 | 127 | 461 | 167 | 335 | 64 | 16105 | 1712 | 189 | 12036 | 2519 | .. | 111,272 |
| Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency | .. | 1807 | .. | 2 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 35 | 1477 | 92 | 12 | 30 | 2 | .. | 7 | 218 | 34 | 10 | 486 | 49 | .. | 4,307 |
(a) 36s., 30s., 18s., 16s., 4s. 6d. per gallon. (b) 70s., 90s. 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.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1925, No 15
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1925, No 15
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