CUSTOMS INCREASE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 782, 1 October 1929, Page 7

CUSTOMS INCREASE

PORT OF AUCKLAND

YIELD FOR NINE MONTHS Customs revenue collected at Auckland since April shows a definite increase over the total for the corresponding period last year. Figures for September also reveal a marked increase over those for September. 1928. Comparative figures for customs revenue and tyre-tax for the first nine months of 1929. 1928 and 1927 are as follow: 1929. 1928. 1927. January .. February .. 184,112 204,962 202,518 March .. 179,659 184,833 221,231 April . .. 199,873 137,729 157,229 May .. .. 164,396 161,813 157,770 June .. .. 162,150 151,316 278,887 July .. .. 177,522 170,514 156,640 August .. 268,490 227,403 256,061 September . 224,372 187.907 221,349 Totals £1,776,627 £1,598,625 £1,830,258 During September last customs revenue and tyre-tax were £36,465 in excess of the collection in September, 1928, and £3,023 larger than in September, 1927. The total yield for the past nine months has eclipsed the collection for the corresponding period last year by £178,002. This amount is £53,631 smaller than the collection for the first nine months of 1927. Tyre-tax figures total £3,567 for the month and £30,543 for the nine months, compared with £1,899 for September, 1928, and £35,142 for the first nine months of that year. Collections of motor-spirit duty continue to show an increase. The figures for September were £24,874, compared with £14,520 in September of last year, and collections for the nine months total £243,026, compared wi V £161,974 for the corresponding period in 1928. Beer duty collections show little change. September’s total was £8.039, a decrease of £475 compared with September of last year. For the year to date £85.679 has been collected, compared with £86.555 in the first nine months of 1928.