CUSTOMS REVENUE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1932, Page 13

CUSTOMS REVENUE

A FURTHER FALL

WELLINGTON FIGURES

The net Customs revenue collected at Wellington last month was £189,321, as compared with £231,714 for December, 1930, a fall of £42,393. The total for the year was £2,263,878, as compared with £3,056,051 for the previous twelve months; a drop of £792,173. A detailed comparitwi for each of the twelve months is afforded by the following table:—•

The duly collected on motor spirit last month totalled £57,029, as against £43,533 for December, 1930, an increase of £13,496. This increase is due entirely to the now tax of 2d a gallon which came into force last October, bringing the old rate of 6d per gallon up to .■ Bd. The sum collected under this new tax was £14.470. This sum is paid into the Consolidated Fund, and'does not, like the 6d tax, go to the Highways Board funds. It is also included in the net Customs figures given above. The figures for the twelve months were £532,517 and £443,867 respectively, an increase of £88,650.

I Collections of tire tax last month totalled £1730, as against £3516 ia December, 1930, a decrease of £1786. For the twelve months a decrease of £15,041 was recorded, the figures being £23,991 and £39,032 respectively. Beer excise collections for December were £7966, as against £6600, an increase of £1366. For the twelve months the figures were £56,930 and £56,686 respectively, an increase of £244.

1931. 1930. • £ Z January M ,220,594 277,486 'February , 173,284 214,611 March .... 241,839' 279,930 April .... 181,404 208,613 May ' 132,730 262,952 June 183,427 . .295,838 July ...... 190,171 245,630 August ... 178,779 247,834 September . 175,043 283,186 October ... 192,255 254,954 November . 204,961 253,303 December ... 189,321 231,714 Totals .. 2,263,878 3,056,051 MOTOR SPIRIT AND TIRES.