Customs and Excise Duties




RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 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 .. £386490 .. £554 £17826 £17306 £5369 £26532 £372689 £38905 £4365 £8580 £3011 £8599 £1331 £186802 £13719 £698 £147258 £30634 .. £1,270,668
British Preferential Tariff .. 223169 .. 515 6161 9653 1475 11464 244723 19265 1569 3454 949 2562 402 99745 9989 1846 85486 12835 .. 735,262
South African Tariff .. 258 .. 22 22 27 7 17 403 3 .. 8 5 .. .. 642 .. .. 217 44 .. 1,675
Primage .. 41127 1 117 729 1932 123 1473 34772 3122 189 467 142 333 39 15519 1402 188 13660 2489 .. 117,824
Special duty on goods from countries having depreciated currency .. less 96 .. .. .. .. .. less 2 less 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. less 3 .. .. .. .. .. less 113
Grand totals .. 650948 1 1208 24738 28918 6974 39484 652575 61295 6123 12509 4107 11494 1772 302705 25110 2732 246621 46002 .. 2,125,316
Corresponding quarter, 1924 .. 600201 .. 822 20265 28352 6735 34183 623143 53531 5619 13643 3629 10522 1350 298532 37487 2774 229244 44894 .. ..

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1924.
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer .. £27,198 £13,063 £20,254 £52,510 £30,266 2,972,932 gal. £143,291
Tobacco .. 316 522 558 525 1,208 30,254 lb. 3,129
Cigars and Snuff .. 401 .. .. .. .. 2,005 " 401
Cigarettes, made by hand .. .. .. 18 .. .. 90 " 18
manufactured by machinery .. 5,307 6,399 2,525 2,117 182 60,111 " 16,530
Alcohol used in manufacturing-warehouses in the production of—
Perfumed spirit .. .. 594 96 160 32 490 gal. 882
Toilet preparations .. 302 206 198 446 4 770 " 1,156
Culinary and flavouring essences .. 757 584 201 967 8 3,146 " 2,517
Medicinal preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit .. 163 117 197 248 62 3,498 " 787
Totals .. 34,444 21,485 24,047 56,973 31,762 .. 168,711
Corresponding quarter, 1924 .. 37,400 20,505 25,610 56,789 31,835 .. ..
  • Minimum, 11½d. per gallon, increasing by 1/16d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.

Customs Department, Wellington, 6th November, 1925. GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.



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💰 Customs and Excise Duties Collected During Quarter Ended 30th September 1925 (continued from previous page)

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