New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 15

Page 644

✨ 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—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 ..	..	£ 332908	£ ..	£ 319	£ 14533	£ 15104	£ 5691	£ 24575	£ 311641	£ 33366	£ 4800	£ 8512	£ 2707	£ 8890	£ 1715	£ 164543	£ 15919	£ 362	£ 124088	£ 27008	..	£ 1,096,681
British Preferential Tariff	..	225673	..	2113	4055	9282	862	9930	202422	16642	1398	2977	949	2429	634	98979	12499	2057	71994	12744	..	677,039
South African Tariff	..	942	..	23	16	46	8	..	558	53	..	less 1	11	19	less 4	940	51	..	113	90	..	2,865
Primage	..	38768	25	238	679	1823	89	1468	31755	2712	127	461	167	835	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
Grand totals	..	600098	25	2695	19292	26290	6652	35408	547853	52865	6337	11979	3836	11673	2416	280785	30215	2618	208717	42410	..	1,892,164
Corresponding quarter, 1923 ..	..	623985	8	422	21873	27276	7183	35098	562421	49830	5876	12991	3421	10255	1775	279623	31478	4362	212665	42595	..	..

COMPARATIVE RETURN of Customs Duties for the YEARS 1923 and 1924.

| Year 1924 .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2297003 | 30 | 4326 | 78079 | 106745 | 27784 | 139763 | 2212912 | 207612 | 23263 | 49159 | 14558 | 42615 | 7257 | 1097816 | 133600 | 11794 | 859066 | 167565 | .. | 7,480,947 | .. |
| Year 1923 .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2246907 | 22 | 1437 | 78795 | 96166 | 28087 | 127024 | 2101033 | 181986 | 21048 | 46962 | 13694 | 40648 | 6410 | 1085355 | 100797 | 15970 | 841620 | 153100 | .. | .. | 7,187,061 |

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	Rates of Duty.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Lyttelton.	Dunedin.	Other Ports.	TOTALS.	Corresponding Quarter, 1923.
							Quantities.	Revenue.
Beer	..	*	£ 34,808	£ 16,196	£ 23,880	£ 65,675	£ 37,505	£ 3,699,395 gal.
Tobacco	..	2s. 4d., 6s. 3d. per lb.	395	516	496	546	1,019	26,264 lb.
Cigars and Snuff	..	4s., 6s. 6d. per lb.	421	..	..	..	..	2,050 .
Cigarettes, manufactured by machinery	..	5s. 6d. per lb.	7,095	8,562	2,528	2,879	127	77,058 .
Totals ..	..	..	42,719	25,274	26,904	69,100	38,651	..
Corresponding quarter, 1923	..	..	41,968	23,435	31,032	67,693	37,794	..

COMPARATIVE RETURN OF EXCISE DUTIES FOR THE YEARS 1923 AND 1924.

| Year 1924 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 156,753 | 90,029 | 106,241 | 245,823 | 140,529 | .. | 739,375 | .. |
| Year 1923 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 152,967 | 86,732 | 108,620 | 225,082 | 138,333 | .. | .. | 711,734 |