New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 56

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✨ Customs and Excise Revenue



RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1925—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, 1924.
Quantities. Revenue.
Totals— £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
General Tariff 356061 30 246 18530 15564 6802 25842 358866 36881 4713 8660 2789 7969 1571 176437 15505 223 129525 28620 .. 1,199,046
British Preferential Tariff 204370 .. 295 3474 10043 944 7034 193492 10208 868 2881 634 2409 206 77445 12601 1325 57582 10744 .. 592,343
South African Tariff 697 .. 11 57 31 8 45 340 55 .. .. .. .. 25 .. .. 518 3 4 265 42
Primage 37968 2 50 422 2040 69 1279 32493 1987 104 427 141 259 26 15078 1819 166 11019 2472 .. 107,821
Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency less 247 .. .. .. .. .. 4 20 2 .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 .. .. ..
Grand totals 598849 32 602 22483 27678 7823 34204 585211 49133 5685 11971 3564 10662 1803 269514 29928 1718 198402 41879 .. 1,901,141
Corresponding quarter, 1924 532117 .. 416 18161 23684 7992 34068 484472 45478 5687 12095 3545 10865 1633 241355 25113 2306 193361 37663 .. ..
Excise Duties.
Heads of Revenue. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1924.
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer .. .. .. .. 30,090 13,041 21,043 52,631 33,409 3,118,615 gal. 150,214 152,136
Tobacco .. .. .. .. 6s. 3d., 1s. 8d., 1s. 6d. per lb. 354 538 549 617 1,397 32,536 lb. 3,450 2,644
Cigars and Snuff .. .. .. .. 4s. per lb. 410 .. .. .. .. 2,048 410 367
Cigarettes, made by hand .. .. .. .. 4s. .. .. 27 .. .. 137 27 ..
, manufactured by machinery .. .. 5s. 6d. per lb. .. 6,925 7,790 3,155 1,945 347 73,316 20,162 19,624
Alcohol used in manufacturing-warehouses in the production of—
Perfumed spirit .. .. .. .. 36s. per gallon .. .. .. 90 69 .. 88 gal. 159 316
Toilet preparations .. .. .. .. 30s. .. 292 38 188 699 .. 6 815 1,223 1,365
Culinary and flavouring essences .. .. .. .. 16s. .. 667 407 424 618 .. .. 2,646 2,116 1,763
Medicinal preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit .. .. .. .. 4s. 6d. .. .. 173 139 280 218 47 3,803 857 820
Totals .. .. .. .. 88,911 21,948 25,756 56,797 35,206 .. 178,618 ..
Corresponding quarter, 1924 .. .. .. .. 39,549 24,047 25,131 57,575 32,733 .. .. 179,035
  • Minimum, 11½d. per gallon, increasing by ½d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.

Customs Department, Wellington, 4th August, 1925.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.



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

💰 Finance & Revenue
4 August 1925
Customs, Excise, Revenue, Duties, Ports, New Zealand
  • GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs