NEW CUSTOMS RECORD

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 34, 3 November 1937, Page 14

NEW CUSTOMS RECORD

Revenue for Napier Shonld BE £600,000 STEADY RISE SINCE 1931 If Ihe nvarage Increase in. monthly Cnstoms revenue at the port of Napier this year is maintained for the1 coneluding two months of the year, it is possible fihat a new record figure of £600,000 will be TeachecL During 1937 there hare been two months only that have not shown an Increase in the corresponding figures for 1936, and it appears eertain that the year will see'the £gure of £539,618, which was the new iigh reeord establishel last year, eclipse d. Comparisons between the figures for last year, and those for the corresponding months of 1937 which have already elapsed, give strong xeasons for this belief. In JanuaTy and MaTch alone have the monthly totals fallen below the 1936 levels, and the total revenue collected during this year to the end of last month is greater. thaa that for any previous yefar with. the exception of 1936. Whereas, at the end of October, 1936, the total of £432,011 had been collected in Customs revenue at Napier, the figure -for the corresponding 10 months of this year is £481,801 — £49,790 greater. / Pollowing is a comparison, • month by month, of the takings at Napier for 1936 and 1937, with the 'additional months of the former yeair also In-

To reach the £600,000 mark within the year, it is required that the sum of £118,199 must be collected during the next two months, or approximately £59,100 a month, .and, while sueh an amount has not been previously collected in Napier in any one month, the figures for the concluding two months of last year, and in particular 'that for December, give grounds for supposing that this aincunt is within reach, the last two menlhs being usually those. in which the greatest amount of revenue is collected. Since 1931, the rise in Customs revenue at Napier has been steady, the following figures showiug the position: — £ 1931 266,851 1932 353,905 1933 354,668 1934 425,920 1935 450,326 1936 539,619

1936 1937 & & January 41,511 41,223 February .... 39,427 42,419 Maroh ...... 57,578 53,648 April - 42,250 47,346 May 42,2*9 51,929 June 38,388 49,181 July 46,124 50,565 " August 40,569 46,134 September ... 33,960 49,627 October ' 46,837 49,729 November .... 51,635 — December .... 57,925 —