RECORD BROKEN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20057, 2 October 1939, Page 11

RECORD BROKEN

SEPTEMBER CUSTOMS PAYMENTS AT GISBORNE OVER £IO,OOO IN DUES Customs dues paid at Gisborne in September broke all records for the district office, £10,373 being paid in dues on imports during that period. The comparative figure for 1938 was £4590, which was above the average for September, so far as the postslump years are concerned at least.

‘lncreases in revenue were shown in all three main groups, by comparison with those for the same month of last year. The total payments under the headings of customs duties, beer excise and sales tax for the month were £13,768, as against £7496 in September, 1938, while for the nine months of the current year so far expired the aggregate payments are a long yvay ahead of those made during the first nine months of last year. Collections at the Gisborne office for the month, with those for last September. .were:—

Totals £13,768 15 0 7496 4 7 In the following tabulations, the monthly returns for the first nine months of each year are shown for comparison:—

CUSTOMS REVENUE

INCREASES RECORDED WELLINGTON FIGURES (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. 1 Wellington customs returns for. September, compared with September last year, are': —Customs, £412,282, £320,410, an increase of £91,860; sales tax, £114,037, £114,701: beer, £6637, £6098; motor spii'its, £44,989, £42,748; tires, £2218, £2611. , The figures for the six months are:— Customs, £1,923,727, £1,830,871: sales tax, £700,821, £663,519; beer, £39,465, £37,845; motor spirits, £267,928,' £268,808; tires, £11,004, £13,843.

our, -v yere. — 1939 1938 £ s d £ s d Customs 10,373 16 2 4590 10 8 Beer excise 1679 4 3 1259 1 3 Sales tax .. 1715 14 7 1646 6 8

1939 1938 £ s 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 Sept. . .10,373 16 2 4,590 16 8

Totals 40,984 9 8 37,990 17 a BEER EXCISE PAYMENTS 1938-39 1937-38 £ s d £ s d January .. 2,103 10 0 1.694 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 Sept. . . 1,679 4 3 1,259 1 3 Total 15,218 7 6 13,049 8 7 SALES TAX PAYMENTS 1938-39 1937-38 £ s d £ s d January .. 2,192 6 3 2,327 3 6 February .. 1,453 3 0 1,669 5 / March .. 2,080 16 4 1,651 19 4 April . . .. 1,698 7 5 1,464 6 6 May .. 1,636 12 2 1,555 6 0 .. 1,795 14 8 1,671 11 10 July, .. .. 1,554 12 4 1,583 10 4 August .. .. 1,354 19 1 1,565 19 10 Sept. . . 1,715 14 7 1,646 6 8 Total 15,472 3 3 15,135 8 10