THE CUSTOMS RETURNS.
GENERAL INCREASE SHOWN. | The New Plymouth Customs returns for T.l]o show a substantial increase when compared with the figures for ]!))■">. The duty paid on general imparts during last year was £50,3-18 10s "d, as against £43.(137 ISs 4d in Ift J;). an increase of £(>7lo 12s 4d. The ini|.;.vt duty for the month just past, was ,C."f1.")7 !)s 4d, as compared with £.'1142 lis f/d for Tjc■•cniber, 1015. The figure- for the last quarter of last year w -£13.327 Is 3d. as against .i 11.240 17< 4d for the "orresponding period last, year A heavy increase i:' slu'wn in the beer , eluty paid last year as con pared with the previous year, the figures being: 1010. -C1784 8s 'ld: ]!>ls, !>32 8s; J>eemiier 101 (i. £l7B lis 7<l. D'-embcr 1015, £l4O 2s; qnarter en din December 31, Mild, £450 Is lid, sum* period, 1015, £302 2s. The increase in the general customs duty is largely due to primage duty of one per cent, imposed in the latter part of 1015, and the increased rate of duty levied on motor cars and motor bicycles. A higher rate of duty is also paid on be ']'.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1917, Page 2
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196THE CUSTOMS RETURNS. Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1917, Page 2
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