GISBORNE PAYMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20083, 1 November 1939, Page 5

GISBORNE PAYMENTS

EXCISE WELL AHEAD SALES TAX IS NORMAL FIGURES FOR OCTOBER Collections of customs dues .at Gisborne for October showed a marked decline on the figure for the same month of 1933, being little more than half the total for the previous October. Beer excise payments were substantially in advance of those for the corresponding- period, on the other hand, and sales tax receipts, though slightly lower, indicated that the volume of business in normal channels had stood up well under the various adverse circumstances now operating. The fall in customs collections is due in a large measure to the heavy withdrawal of bonded goods which took place in September. That month set a record for the post-depression years and probably has never been equalled in the statistics of the department’s Gisborne office, well over CIO,OOO being paid in dues during the month. The effect was that the department anticipated part of the October revenue on goods subject to high rates of import dues. The revenue handled by the Gisborne office Of the Customs Department for October 1939 and 1938 was as follows: —

Monthly Figures

In the following tabulations, the monthly returns for the first 10 months of 1939 and 1938 are shown for comparison:—

CUSTOMS REVENUE

BEER EXCISE PAYMENTS

SALES TAX PAYMENTS

1939 £ s d 1938 £ s d Customs 2490 4 0 4750 5 2 Beer Excise 2490 14 0 1502 3 9 Sales Tax . . 1019 10 4 1038 2 7 Total 0000 9 2 7890 11 (j

1939 938 £ s d £ s cl 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 i 4.301 8 7 Mav 5,264 17 n 4,225 16 10 June 4,395 9 0 4,693 7 9 July 3,071 1 5 3,484 i 2 August 6,400 10 10 5,008 17 3 September . 10,373 16 2 4,590 16 8 October 2,490 4 4 4,750 2 10 Total 49,474 14 0 42,741 2 10

1938-39 1937-38 £ s d £ s d January .. 2.103 10 0 1,694 2 6 February .. 1,916 n 3 1,926 16 3 March 1,888 0 0 2,209 3 3 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 September . 1,679 4 3 1,259 1 3 October 2,496 14 6 1,502 0 Total 17,715 2 0 14,551 12 4

1938-39 1937-38 £ s d £ s d January .. 2,192 6 2 2,327 3 6 February .. 1,453 3 0 1,669 5 i March 2,030 16 4 1,651 19 4 1,098 7 5 1,464 6 6 May lJiJHJ 12 •) 1,555 6 0 June 1,795 11 8 1,671 11 10 Julv 1,554 12 4 1,583 10 4 August 1,354 19 1 1,565 19 10 September . 1,715 14 7 1,646 6 8 October .. 1,619 10 4 1,638 2 7 Total 17,091 13 7 16,773 ii 5