CUSTOMS INCREASE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 678, 1 June 1929, Page 12

CUSTOMS INCREASE

SMALLER MARGIN FOR MAY REVENUE MORE FROM PETROL TAX Customs duty for the port of Auckland for the month of May amounted to £162,170, representing an increase of £3,822, compared with May of last year, whereas the increase in April was £62,044. For the first five months of this year Customs duty and tyre tax totalled £944,093. compared with £861,485 for the similar period of 1928, and £917,321 in 1927, Details are as follow:

The increase in the revenue derived from the motor-spirit taxation is over £30,000 for th€> five months, compared with 1928, when the tax was introduced. The figures for May show an increase of £3,927. The tax this year has already produced £121,166, compared with £90.417 in the same period of last year. Following is a comparison of the returns:

The tyre tax for the past five months amounted to £19,630, compared with £22,146 in the corresponding period of 1928. The respective figures for May in 1929 and 1928 were £2,226 and £3,465. Beer duty augmented the Customs revenue during the past month by £B,BIO, compared with £11,337 in May of last year, and £10,023 in the same month of 1927.

1929. 192S. 1927. January .. £216,053 £ 172,14S £ 1 7S,573 February . 1S4.112 204,962 202,51S March 179,659 ] 84,833 221,231 April .. . . 199,873 137,729 157,229 May .. .. 164,396 161, S13 157,770 Totals . - £944,093 £861,4S5 £917,321

1929. 192S. January .. £31,919 £11,900 February . . .. 26,445 11,963 March 10,219 30,741 20,1 S6 May .. 17,915 Totals .. £121,166 £90,417