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, 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 .. .. 287,316 .. 345 6,954 11,173 1,256 7,025 445,650 26,787 1,352 9,485 3,078 5,494 628 143,423 10,946 380 83,400 16,671 ..
British Preferential Tariff .. .. 181,820 .. 184 3,501 8,133 627 5,851 224,832 11,795 1,088 3,465 756 1,461 178 91,678 11,238 1,386 79,595 11,488 ..
Primage .. .. 16,808 4 6 197 1,002 69 504 18,184 733 53 633 58 415 9 7,532 494 78 6,459 1,494 ..
Surtax .. .. 62,831 .. 30 954 1,863 137 1,465 74,065 3,316 241 977 196 435 52 26,264 3,205 299 19,425 2,355 ..
Grand totals.. .. .. 548,775 4 565 11,606 22,171 2,089 14,845 762,731 42,631 2,734 14560 4,088 7,805 867 268,897 25,883 2,143 188,879 32,008 ..
Corresponding quarter, 1929 .. .. 665,619 6 771 21,706 30,589 5,105 25,453 897,255 60,806 4,997 13166 5,068 12057 1,402 355,940 25,448 2,411 232,637 39,417 ..

EXCISE DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ports. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1929.
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer .. .. .. .. .. (a) £ £ £
Tobacco .. .. .. .. 9s. 9d., 6s. 3d., 1s. 8d., 1s. 6d. per lb. 26,389 13,161 21,017
Cigars and snuff .. .. .. .. 5s. 6d., 4s. per lb. 296 .. ..
Cigarettes made by hand .. .. .. .. 8s. 6d., 4s. per lb. .. .. ..
Cigarettes manufactured by machinery .. .. .. .. 10s., 5s. 6d. per lb. 26,227 28,599 11,009
Alcohol used in manufacturing-warehouses in the production of—
Perfumed spirit .. .. .. .. 36s. per gallon .. .. 171
Toilet preparations .. .. .. .. 34s., 30s. per gallon 299 135 183
Culinary and flavouring essences .. .. .. .. 20s., 16s. per gallon 888 196 497
Medicinal preparations containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit .. .. .. .. 4s. 6d. per gallon 319 14 155
Grand totals .. .. .. .. .. 63,085 49,527 36,519
Corresponding quarter, 1929 .. .. .. .. .. 43,850 27,428 28,140

(a) Minimum of 11½d. or 1s. per gallon, increasing by ⅛d. for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.

Customs Department, Wellington, 24th November, 1930. E. D. GOOD, Acting Comptroller of Customs.



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

💰 Finance & Revenue
24 November 1930
Customs Duties, Excise Duties, Revenue Statistics, Ports of New Zealand, Quarterly Return
  • E. D. Good, Acting Comptroller of Customs