New Zealand Gazette – 1930 – No. 20

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✨ Customs and Excise Revenue Statistics



RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 31st DECEMBER, 1929—continued.

Customs Duties—continued.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Kaipara. Tauranga. Gisborne. New Plymouth. Patea. Wanganui. Wellington. Napier. Waiian (including Picton). Nelson. Westport. Greymouth. Hokitika. Lyttelton. Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Invercargill. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1928.
Quantities. Revenue.
Totals— £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
General Tariff .. .. 379913 .. 546 15693 18382 4327 17815 489288 41568 2833 15635 3478 8774 1106 182334 13375 652 122541 21145 .. | 1,339,405 | 1,359,625
British Preferential Tariff .. .. 208645 .. 349 3730 9427 831 7151 279708 13655 853 4433 919 2173 218 94676 18136 1936 72010 12136 .. | 730,986 | 622,992
Primage .. .. 76621 .. 73 1021 3076 170 2254 78877 4558 261 1906 261 709 66 31765 3675 461 23779 3970 .. | 233,503 | 108,432
Grand totals .. .. 665179 .. 968 20444 30885 5328 27220 847873 59781 3947 21974 4658 11656 1390 308775 35186 3049 218330 37251 .. | 2,303,894 | ..
Corresponding quarter, 1928 .. .. 604086 12 781 20144 29550 6786 27266 745668 57040 5489 22366 4639 12887 1584 268121 27442 3221 212496 41471 .. | .. | 2,091,049

COMPARATIVE RETURN of CUSTOMS DUTIES for the YEARS 1929 and 1928.
Year 1929 .. .. .. .. 2420874 100 2952 80984 110815 21953 101139 3155746 224501 18968 57476 17564 42733 5465 1216814 107077 10741 846872 139619 .. 8,582,393 ..
Year 1928 .. .. .. .. 2191153 26 2662 75021 102508 24398 103796 2702931 223332 19797 53936 16848 40796 6112 1062018 85575 11168 784920 141750 .. .. 7,648,747

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1928.
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer .. .. .. .. .. .. £ £
Tobacco .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,708,764 gals. 178,570 | 169,946
Cigars and snuff .. .. .. .. .. .. 308,367 lb. 26,248 | 16,259
Cigarettes, made by hand .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,580 ,, 316 | 414
Cigarettes, manufactured by machinery .. .. .. .. .. .. 182,584 lb. 50,210 | 30,322
Alcohol used in manufacturing-warehouses in production of—
Perfumed spirit .. .. .. .. .. .. 396 gals. 714 | 1,906
Toilet preparations .. .. .. .. .. .. 634 ,, 950 | 928
Culinary and flavouring essences .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,286 ,, 3,430 | 3,109
Medicinal preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,688 ,, 830 | 670
Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 261,268 | ..
Corresponding quarter, 1928 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. | 223,554

(a) Minimum of 11½d. per gallon, increasing by ½d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.

COMPARATIVE RETURN OF EXCISE DUTIES FOR THE YEARS 1929 AND 1928.
Year 1929 .. .. .. .. .. £ £ £ £ £ .. £ £
Year 1928 .. .. .. .. .. 198,569 119,602 118,185 266,650 185,576 .. 888,582 ..
166,751 96,924 102,202 251,852 192,450 .. .. 810,179

Customs Department, Wellington, 17th March, 1930. GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.



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

💰 Finance & Revenue
17 March 1930
Customs, Excise, Duties, Revenue, Ports, New Zealand, Comparative Statistics
  • GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs