MORE REVENUE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 500, 1 November 1928, Page 2

MORE REVENUE

CUSTOMS SHOW BIG INCREASE INFLUX OF SUMMER GOODS The Customs revenue for the port of Auckland showed an increase for last month, when net Customs and tyre tax revenue amounted to £224,470, as compared with £147,596 in October, 1927, and £224,897 in October, 1926, representing an increase in th© first instance of £76,874, and a. small decrease in the second case. Last month’s figures were exceeded only by August: the revenue for August amounting to £227,402. The increased figures are accounted for by the importation of Christmas goods for the shops. The 10-months total for 192 S show that the revenue is lighter than it was during th© corresponding period of the. two previous years. It is £154(760 smaller than in 1927, and £251,401 below that of 1926. • Customs revenue and tyre tax figures for th© first 10 months of 1928, as compared with those for the corresponding period in 1927 and 1926, are as follow:

Totals . £1,823,094 £1,977.854 £2,074,495 Following is a return for the first 10 months of th© year, giving the revenue collected through motor spirit and tyre taxation:— jjotor Spirit. Tyre Tax.

Last month’s revenue from motor spirit is beaten only by the figures foi last March, when was collected. , »Py r e taxation also returned more, £3 921 being collected last month, as aga'inst £1.898 in September and £3,292 in August. ___

192S. 1927. 1926. £ £ £ January 172,14S 178,573 209,989 . . 204,962 . . 184,S33 221,231 . 137,729 157,229 211.933 157,770 . 151,316 278,887 July . . . , 170,514 156,640 186,806 . . 227,402 2oH,061 . . 187,907 22l,34!> October . .

Tor,,, £ 11,900 n.oss February . March April May 11,96-°. . .. 28,453 17,915 2,985 5.051 8.209, 3.465 103 15,665 19,782 September October . . 14,519 24.281 3,921 Totals . . • • . . £167,649 £36,647