MOTOR TAXATION

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1927, Page 4

MOTOR TAXATION

THE BOARD’S ALLOCATION. WELLINGTON, Alarih 25. It is the duty of the ATlin Highways Board to allocate between the North and the South Islands the motor taxation raised annually, through tyre duties and license fees. This is done generally on the basis ol the proportion to (he total number of motor vehicles in use in eOcli island. In terms of this provision the hoard has supplied the following figures to the South Island Alotor Union: — (1) Total amount received to ,humary 31, 1H27, by the hoard from love nue: £ Tvrc tax 796,130 Alotor registration and annual license fees Afiscelkmoous 78,605 Transferred from Consolidated Fund 105,000 Total 1.565,72.1 (2) Amount of revenue fund allocated to South Island £624,520. (3) Amount of revenue fund allocated to North Island £941,204. (4) Expenditure in South Island: — Revenue £273,754, unexpended balance of revenue fund to credit of South Island £350,766. (5) Expenditure in North Island: — Revenue £519,761. unexpended Irtlance of revenue fund to credit ol North Island £421.443. , Those figures relate to the perio 1 ended January 31, 1927, and do not include supervision and miscellaneous charges, which will be brought ,n at the end of the financial year.