CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 58, 2 April 1909, Page 4

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.

Mr. J. H. Hempton supplies us wit.i Hie following customs returns, showing the amount of Customs duties (after deducting refunds) collected during the month of March, and also the totals for March, 1908:

„ . ~ £ s. d. Spirits, perfumed .. .. 0 0 0 Cigars and snuff .. .. 85 5 Cigarettes * 393 15 0 Tobacco, manufactured .. 949 7 0 Wine, Australian .. .. 14 5 o Wine, other kinds .. 3 0 0 Ale and Beer .. .. 40 0 Chicory,cocoa and chocolate: General tariff .. .. 710 u

Preferential tariff .. .. 110 0 Goods by weight -.. ..' 80 3 9 Goods, ad valorem— General 1437 17 0 Preferential .. .. 14 10 9 Other duties not specified— General tariff .. .. 100 8 0 Preferential .. .. 0 4 0

1 3074 U 7 General tariff .. .. 10 4 o 3090 5 4 The excise duty for tile montii amounted to £O4 4s. The duties collected during tiie corresponding mouth of last year amounted to £3277 10s Sd, the excise duty for the same period being £B7 13s.' The customs duties collected (luring tile last quarter ended Wednesday amounted to £8975 13s lid, agahs'l .CBUU3 13s Gd last year. The return for the twelv* months elided March 31st were:—Customs duties .t38,927 14s od, other duties £-'OB4 lis 4d—total .£41,012 5s Ud. In the previous year the returns were:—Customs duties i»i8,794 4s Sd, other duties £2299 2s 2d—total £41,093 0s 10(1. The decrease is lnojre than accounted for by the fact that the Harbor Board now collect their own dues, this item for the past quarter representing about £l4O.

WELLINGTON FIGURES. Wellington, April 1. The returns of the Wellington Customs duties completed for the financial year show all-round decreases compared with the figures of last year. The total receipts, including' Customs duties, beer duty, light dues, pilotage, excise and port charges evidence a decrease of £03,520. The actual Customs receipts show a decrease of £73,745.

The total receipts for 1909 were £.820,071. AUCKLAND RETURNS. Auckland, April 1. The trade returns for the port of Auckland for March show a decrease of £10,248 in Customs duties on imports, but phenomenal increases on staple products, including:—Wool, an increase of £51,085; butter, an increase of £50,004; frozen meat, an increase of £21,831; kauri gum, au increase of £29,748.