New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 65

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RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th JUNE, 1928—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 Quantities.	TOTALS Revenue.	Corresponding Quarter 1927.
Totals—		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£		£	£
General Tariff ..	..	281228	7	307	13946	15399	5524	17934	388913	42458	3822	7399	3543	6785	1352	148692	9643	393	107580	23471	..	1,078,296	1,563,138
British Preferential Tariff ..	..	134657	..	141	2536	7504	735	4928	152295	8545	588	2672	805	2017	140	70433	4388	1402	45777	8656	..	448,219	482,112
Primage ..	..	28449	..	9	270	1393	64	779	27374	1554	80	416	133	314	15	11635	704	122	8994	1673	..	83,978	93,722
Grand totals	..	444334	7	457	16752	24196	6323	23641	568582	52557	4490	10487	4481	9116	1507	230760	14735	1917	162351	33800	..	1,610,493	..
Corresponding quarter, 1927 ..	..	603360	..	1160	32237	29308	9453	48798	684584	60728	7702	14936	6175	18010	2510	315216	27470	1717	225053	50555	..	..	2,138,972

(a) 25s. 6d. per 1,000 of 2 1/2 lb. and under, and 10s. 6d. per lb. (b) Fine-cut for cigarettes, 10s. per lb.

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	Rates of Duty.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Lyttelton.	Dunedin.	Other Ports.	TOTALS Quantities.	TOTALS Revenue.	Corresponding Quarter, 1927.
		£	£	£	£	£		£	£
Beer .. .. .. ..	(a)	29,476	12,728	20,487	57,164	31,156	3,137,605 gal.	151,011	144,633
Tobacco .. .. .. ..	6s. 3d., 1s. 8d., 1s. 6d. per lb.	91	303	215	219	14,400	175,448 lb.	15,228	7,134
Cigars and Snuff .. .. ..	6s. 6d., 4s. per lb.	228	..	..	..	..	1,139 "	228	407
Cigarettes, made by hand .. ..	4s. per lb.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cigarettes, manufactured by machinery	5s. 6d. per lb.	9,833	9,861	3,163	2,337	..	91,617 lb.	25,194	19,317
Alcohol used in manufacturing-warehouses in the production of—
Perfumed spirit .. .. ..	36s. per gallon	..	..	56	..	..	31 gal.	56	299
Toilet preparations .. ..	30s. "	229	263	130	561	10	795 "	1,193	2,108
Culinary and flavouring essences ..	16s. "	647	545	294	735	15	2,794 "	2,236	2,223
Medicinal preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit ..	4s. 6d. "	203	91	254	217	55	3,649 "	820	1,315
Grand totals .. ..	..	40,707	23,791	24,599	61,233	45,636	..	195,966	..
Corresponding quarter, 1927 ..	..	36,919	20,827	26,549	56,864	36,277	..	..	177,436

(a) Minimum, 11 1/2 d. per gallon, increasing by 1/16 d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.

Customs Department, Wellington, 16th August, 1928.
GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

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

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated16 August 1928
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