RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1925—continued.
CUSTOMS DUTIES—continued.
| HEADS OF REVENUE. | Rates of Duty. | Auckland. | Kaipara. | Tauranga. | Gisborne. | New Plymouth. | Patea. | Wanganui. | Wellington. | Napier. | Vairau (including Picton). | Nelson. | Westport. | Greymouth. | Hokitika. | Lyttelton. | Timaru. | Oamaru. | Dunedin. | Invercargill. | TOTALS. | Corresponding Quarter, 1924. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | Quantities. | Revenue. | £ |
| Totals— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| General Tariff | | 305000 | 786 | 16725 | 15848 | 5975 | 25925 | 292898 | 33655 | 4399 | 7322 | 2803 | 7018 | 1253 | 159496 | 13904 | 299 | 118003 | 26001 | .. | 1,037,310 | 981,034 |
| British Preferential Tariff | | 241497 | 1712 | 6007 | 11966 | 1602 | 11252 | 247561 | 20692 | 2008 | 4285 | 1413 | 2596 | 449 | 116352 | 17050 | 2716 | 103048 | 15634 | .. | 807,840 | 790,405 |
| South African Tariff | | 1139 | 6 | 38 | 12 | .. | 36 | 506 | 56 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | .. | 558 | 24 | .. | 177 | 97 | .. | 2,660 | 2,378 |
| Primage | | 38883 | 5 | 251 | 572 | 2146 | 121 | 1730 | 35269 | 2826 | 211 | 436 | 225 | 328 | 40 | 17490 | 2200 | 259 | 14254 | 2592 | .. | 119,838 | 108,613 |
| Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency | | 1328 | .. | .. | 14 | 58 | .. | 56 | 990 | 61 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 453 | 24 | 2 | 156 | 41 | .. | 3,188 | 2,871 |
| Grand totals | | 587847 | 5 | 2755 | 23356 | 30030 | 7698 | 38999 | 577224 | 57290 | 6621 | 12047 | 4444 | 9948 | 1742 | 294349 | 33202 | 3276 | 235638 | 44365 | .. | 1,970,836 | .. |
| Corresponding quarter, 1924 | | 560482 | 5 | 393 | 20359 | 28367 | 6405 | 36104 | 555125 | 55708 | 5620 | 11442 | 3548 | 9555 | 1858 | 275099 | 40785 | 3925 | 223053 | 42598 | .. | .. | 1,880,431 |
| Financial year, 1924–25 | | 2324369 | 30 | 6688 | 81076 | 108408 | 29077 | 142658 | 2235011 | 209194 | 24264 | 49764 | 15454 | 43008 | 7141 | 1117066 | 126017 | 11145 | 871651 | 169332 | .. | 7,571,353 | .. |

Excise Duties.
| HEADS OF REVENUE. | Rates of Duty. | Auckland. | Wellington. | Lyttelton. | Dunedin. | Other Ports. | TOTALS. | Corresponding Quarter, 1924. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | Quantities. | Revenue. | £ |
| Beer | | * | 32,674 | 13,952 | 24,535 | 62,061 | 36,501 | 3,526,113 gal. | 169,723 | 174,577 |
| Tobacco | | 6s. 3d., 1s. 8d., 1s. 6d. per lb. | 383 | 658 | 530 | 461 | 6,200 | 24,008 lb. | 8,232 | 2,872 |
| Cigars and Snuff | | 4s., 6s. 6d. per lb. | .. | 381 | .. | .. | .. | 1,605 | 381 | 354 |
| Cigarettes, made by hand | | 4s. per lb. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 | 19 | .. |
| manufactured by machinery | | 5s. 6d. per lb. | 6,937 | 7,640 | 2,774 | 2,800 | 203 | 74,015 | 20,354 | 16,294 |
| Alcohol used in manufacturing-warehouses in the production of— | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfumed spirit | | 36s. per gallon | .. | .. | 593 | 155 | 166 | 6 | 512 gal. | 920 | 716 |
| Toilet preparations | | 30s. | .. | .. | 403 | 45 | 302 | 623 | 9 | 1,382 | 1,726 |
| Culinary and flavouring essences | | 16s. | .. | .. | 272 | 342 | 211 | 897 | 4 | 2,157 | 2,837 |
| Medicinal preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit | | 4s. 6d. | .. | .. | 189 | 50 | 195 | 258 | 59 | 3,337 | 751 | 584 |
| Totals | | | 41,239 | 23,280 | 28,721 | 67,266 | 42,982 | .. | 203,488 | .. |
| Corresponding quarter, 1924 | | .. | 41,191 | 22,522 | 30,641 | 67,049 | 37,565 | .. | .. | 198,968 |
| Financial year, 1924–25 | | .. | 156,801 | 90,787 | 104,321 | 246,040 | 145,946 | .. | 743,895 | .. |

• Minimum, 11½d. per gallon, increasing by 1½d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.
  Customs Department, Wellington, 25th May, 1925.
  GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.