JUNE STATISTICS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1930, Page 1

JUNE STATISTICS

WELLINGTON FLG.URRS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association)

...//WELLINGTON, June '3O. , Wellington' ;Oiist6ms .';fe'venue:<figtire* for June' show, ai 1 v inor ea ; s’e ; of 'nearly T 91,000, 'compared with thtj correspond', ing' month ’ of.last; 'year. ’ Theiiet .customs revenue. collected last 1 month,-was' ’£295,838 against £201,841. in June,l92o.

For the 'six. montiis of/tiii's -year,: tjie’ ireven'ue. iyas :'£1,539', 102 .’compared .with :£1,394,676 for, the. corresponding period • of 1929,'an increase of £11'4, : 726.. The • duty -'col.lected on motor, spirit last month Wpa .-£45(433 against/£25,7 136 for .Tune, 1929, an increase of ■ £2O- - .' The .figures for the six months period are £^l^)3o( and . £203;465, an increase of £8842. ■ • y. 7

’ The; ' collections , of , tire-:, tax •..- lnisk; month totalled' £3,600 - compared with :£2,483 in , June,.,1928 ;, an increase of £1,017. For the six months a.drop bf: £12,549 is- recorded, the figures being £2l-421 and;£33,970. respectively.

.. ' The - beer excise collections in June were £3,851 -..against. £3,7(52 for JuWe 1929. For the mix months the figureshre • £27,232- anti £24,697,. an in'creajse of £2535.. v'' ; 'f

, DUNEDIN STATISTICS. • .' \ DUNEDIN, June 80^, ■ The vital statistics for Dunedin, and' .- •district, if or 'the month fended .torday,;' •those for;the correspbnding. fnohth. . of last year .'being given in ";paferithdses are as :—Births ."113 . (139i,.> deaths 80''(100), . marriages. 51.' .(53)7 For the ApriLMay.;June quarter 'the figures, with those for the correspond-. ing qiiarter of last year-, quoted;.- .in. parentheses, afe.'.as (follows; 750.(767),; • deaths: 446'' (428),.- . Marriages 371 (367)7 » • ; .For the;7month’; .ended to-day ,;.the rotuths'iaßthe Dunedin Customs Office .showed. " neb:;,Customs duty as £91,852/19/9, beer, duty :£lßj6lo/137.8." tyre '-tax 674/17 petrol tax. £1d;503 17/3. .The."net customs-.''duty for June.; of. last ybar. was £62,-2()7/12/6 .and the "boier(chitW^.3,sß2/7/6;,The figures for the -Ap'-jl-Alay-Jime'. quarter of this ;yyar were Customs duty £204,671/5/6 bebr'duty £51.;387/()/4,styrc tax £2486! pet'rbl' tax £30,658/2/8, For the corresponding qiiarter of./last year • the Oustqms duty amounted to £188,661 10/l.’ahd'. the beer duty to £53,844/9/' , -..