Customs and Excise Duties




RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th JUNE, 1930—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, 1929.
Quantities. Revenue.
Totals— £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
General Tariff .. 305,282 .. 439 17,625 15,431 5,878 23,314 503,785 44,536 2,715 9,419 4,047 8,512 1,111 151,730 11,257 315 141,443 21,093 .. 1,267,932
British Preferential Tariff .. 144,828 .. 74 3,184 6,477 649 4,884 194,230 8,689 607 2,937 655 1,461 152 64,977 11,306 1,050 43,077 8,177 .. 497,414
Primage .. 52,521 .. 17 737 2,224 108 1,619 63,868 2,610 208 1,004 397 607 51 23,970 2,148 214 16,586 3,051 .. 171,940
Grand totals.. .. .. 502,631 .. 530 21,546 24,132 6,635 29,817 761,883 55,835 3,530 13360 5,099 10580 1,314 240,677 24,711 1,579 201,106 32,321 ..
Corresponding quarter, 1929 .. .. 519,730 .. 677 18,897 25,443 6,628 24,605 699,531 51,399 3,986 11619 4,425 9,784 1,170 263,296 17,386 2,597 190,936 29,425 ..

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1929.
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer (a) £ £ £ £ £ £
6s. 3d., 1s. 8d., 1s. 6d. per lb. 29,285 12,887 23,067 51,363 25,642 2,955,711 gals. 142,244
Tobacco 6s. 6d., 4s. per lb. 3,747 4,189 1,960 1,747 20,800 383,161 lb. 32,443
Cigars and snuff 4s. per lb. 334 .. .. .. .. 1,669 ,, 334
Cigarettes, made by hand 5s. 6d. per lb. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Cigarettes, manufactured by machinery 20,617 21,394 7,087 7,823 .. 206,987 lb. 56,921
Alcohol used in manufacturing-warehouses in production of—
Perfumed spirit 36s. per gallon 60 .. 207 .. .. 149 gals. 267
Toilet preparations 30s. ,, 334 218 157 684 .. 929 ,, 1,393
Culinary and flavouring essences 16s. ,, 646 190 512 619 42 2,511 ,, 2,009
Medicinal preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit 4s. 6d. ,, 318 46 280 454 72 5,198 ,, 1,170
Grand totals .. 55,341 38,924 33,270 62,690 46,556 .. 236,781
Corresponding quarter, 1929 .. 46,751 28,089 27,677 61,136 43,753 .. ..

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

Customs Department, Wellington, 23rd August, 1930. GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.



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💰 Customs and Excise Duties Collected During the Quarter Ended 30th June 1930 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
23 August 1930
Customs Duties, Excise Duties, Revenue, Ports, New Zealand
  • GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs