NEW INCREASES
CUSTOMS REVENUE GISBORNE COLLECTIONS RETURNS FOR AUGUST IMPORT DUES WELL AHEAD
Import dues paid at Gisborne for August were substantially greater than those of the corresponding month of last year, the margin _in favour of the month just closed being nearly £I4OO. Beer excise payments, too, showed a marked 1 increase, due in part at least to the imposition of an additional fid per gallon on the tax. Sales tax receipts fell away slightly, by comparison with last August; on the other band. For the eight months of 1939 now completed, the collections made through the Gisborne office of the Customs Department have totalled £62,906, as against £58,679 for the first eight months of 1938. The average increase per month has been approximately £SOO, all three of the principal avenues- of taxation showing improvement in some degree. Revenue for August was divided as shown in the following tabulation, in which the comparative figures for 1938 are also given:—
Monthly Returns Monthly returns for the portion of the year now completed are given below, with the corresponding returns likewise: —
CUSTOMS REVENUE 1939 1938
Totals .. 35,610 13 6 33,400 1 0 BEER EXCISE PAYMENTS
1939 1938 £ s d £ s cl Customs G,400 10 10 5,008 17 3 Beer excise 1,520 5 9 1.373 19 2 Sales tax .. 1,354 19 1 1,505 19 10 Totals 9,281 15 8 7,948 16 3
£ £ d £ s d January .. 4,558 10 2 3,596 9 2 February .. 3,887 19 6 3,119 13 0 March .. 4,361 19 7 4,970 7 3 April .. 3,669 15 1 4,301 8 7 May .. 5,264 17 11 4,225 16 10 June .. 4,395 9 0 4,693 7 9 July .. 3071 1 5 3,484 1 2 August .. .. 6,400 10 10 5,008 17 3
1938-39 1937-38 £ s d £ £ d January .. 2,103 10 0 l',694 2 6 February .. 1,916 11 3 1,926 16 3 March .. 1,888 0 0 2,209 3 8 April .. 1,377 10 0 1,593 0 0 May ■ .. .. 1,780 5 10 1,596 9 3 June .. 1,473 5 0 1,164 8 9 July .. 1,473 16 3 1,232 17 9 August .. .. 1,526 5 9 1,373 19 2 Totals .. 13,539 3 3 11,790 7 4
SALES TAX PAYMENTS 1938-39 1937-38 £ s d £ s d January .. 2,192 0 3 2,327 3 6 February .. 1,453 3 0 1,669 5 7 March .. 2,080 10 4 1,651 19 4 April .. .. 1,898 7 15 1,464 1,555 6 6 May .. 1,636 12 2 6 0 June .. 1,795 Id 8 1,671 11 10 July, .. .. 1,554 12 4 1,583 10 4 August .. ..1,354 19 1 1,565 19 10 Totals'! , . .. 13,756 8 8 13,489 2 2
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20031, 1 September 1939, Page 4
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429NEW INCREASES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20031, 1 September 1939, Page 4
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