CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 471, 1 April 1909, Page 10

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR. ALL-ROUND DECREASE. Tho figures for tlio financial year of the Customs Department at Wellington, which closed yesterday, show an all-romul dccreaso on tho figures for tho corresponding twelve months of last year. Tlio total receipts, which •include ordinary Customs revenue, beer duty, excise pilotage, light dues, and port chargcs, show a decreaso of .£G;),520 3s. lOd. as against tho figures at the close of tho 1908 financial year. The actual Customs revenue shows a decreaso of .£73,715 12s. lid., tho falling off'being marked in every quarter. Tho beer duty has fallen o(f by ,£717 9s. 9d. as against tho total for 190 S. Tho totals of the years 1908 and 1909 aro as under:— Year Ended March 31, 1909. Customs duties Quarter. and cxciso. Beer. .£ s. d .£ s. d. June, 1903 165,381 10 8 3381 0 G Sept., 1908 230,713 15 3 3312 18 2 Doc., 1908 185,093 0 1 3839 910 March, 1909 188,235 0 3 3408 3 0 Totals ,£770,02G G 3 .£13,939 11 G Year Ended March 31, 1908. Customs duties Quarter. and excise. Beer. £ s. d. £ s. d. June, 1907 185,822 3 7 3128 Gll Sept., 1907 243,280 13 3 3320 17 1 Dec., 1907 187,734 i 7 4213 8 2 March, 1908 226,934 17 9 3989 9 1 rTotals .£843,771 19 2 .£14,657 1 3 The total receipts (which include Customs duties, excise, beer duty, pilotage, port charges, and light dues) for the year just closed amount to .£820,671 17s. Bd., as against .£BB-1,192 Is. 6d. for tho year ended March 31, 1908. The Customs duty for tho month ended yesterday was .£63,742 125., and the beer duty ,£llBB 18s. 6d., as against ,£74,510 13s. and <£:2S"O 3s. Bd. respectively for the month of March last year. Principal Exports Values. Tho values of the principal exports from the port for the year just closed were as under:— Butter, ,£287,359; cheese, .£132,140; frozen beef, <£91,074; mutton and lamb, .£657,770; llax, .£197,291; tallow, X 173.687; tow, -,£9S7O; wool, £1,251,458; and hides, .£172,098. Immigration. The number of passengers arriving at Wellington from oversea ports for the twelve months ended yesterday show an increase, and the samo applies to tho passengers leaving Wellington for overseas. The figures are as under, the totals for tho corresponding twelve months being given in parentheses:— Inwards. Outwards. Apr., 1903 ... IGII (998) 1674 (1335) May, 1908 ... 1310 (937) 1771 (1648) June, 1908 ... 1217 (9SG) 1183 (1037) July, 1908 ... 1085 <SSK>>- 1175 (989) Aug., 1908 ... 1085 (1454) BS3 (875) Sept., 1903 ... 2202 (1079) GSG (744) Oct., 1903 ... 2034 (1994) 869 (839) Nov., 1908 ... 2297 (1G82) G9l (854) Dec., 1908 ... 2984 (2102) 1321 (872) Jan,, 1909 ... 2518 (2565) 1103 (117G) Feb., 1909 ... 2012 (2218) -13-17 (1302) Mar., 1909 ... 1654 (1263) 2257 (1650) Totals ... 22,609(18,177) 14,965(13,304) Chinese Immigrants. The figures dealing with Chinese show very little variation as compared with the previous twelve months. For the year just closed the arrivals totalled 200, as against 227 at the end of tho 1908 financial year. The number of Chinese leaving Wellington was 159, as against 155 during the corresponding twelve months. Of the new arrivals 129 paid the poll tax of ,£IOO, the balance proving that they had been in the Dominion before.