NEARLY £20,000 DOWN
CUSTOMS STATISTICS OTAGO COLLECTIONS (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. A drop ol nearly £20,000 in the customs duty for November, as compared with the same month last year, is revealed in the figures for the port of Otago. The total last month was £47,719, the figures for November, 1938, being £67,134, a decrease of £19,415. There is also a , decrease in the figures for the 11 months of the year, the total for 1939 being £680,511, compared with £712,133 for the same period last year. The following are the totals for last month, together with the figures for the corresponding month last year: A?«.. n non tvt „.. moo
Nov.'1939 Nov.. 1938 £ £ Customs duty .... 47,719 67,134 Beer duty ... . .. . 40,373 30,194 Sales tax . .. . 29,042 25,937 Petrol tax .... . . . . 15,286 17,001 Tyre tax .... 412 684 Gold duty .... 721 1,820 Tlie figures for the 11-monthly period are:— 1 1939. 1938. £ ' £ Customs duty 680,511 712,133 Beer duty .... 334,350 296,033 Sales tax >.... 298.038 280,463 Petrol tax — ...... 157,431 ,179,715 Tyre tax 7,389 7,345 Gold duty .... 14,300 18,433
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20109, 1 December 1939, Page 4
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