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1889. NEW ZEALAND.
COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1889.
Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.
Return of the Amount collected (after deducting Refunds and Drawbacks), and the Cost of collecting the same, at each Port of Entry, for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1889. Particulars of Amount collected. £ Customs duties .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,413,152 Primage duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46,129 Rents, seizures, &c .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 791 Bonded warehouse duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,669 Beer duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51,053 Gold duty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,891 Light dues .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,098 Pilotage and port charges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,630 Under Chinese Immigrants Act .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,420 „ Distillation Act .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 „ Oyster Act .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 „ Shipping and Seamen's Acts .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,209 Other receipts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,021 £1,588,081
Cost of Collection at each Port.
H. S. McKellab, Secretary and Inspector.
{Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,380 copies), 168. 6d.]
Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB9.
Ports. Net Collection. Bate per cent. of Cost of Collection. Ports. Net Collection. Bate per cent. of Cost of Collection. Auckland .. Russell Mongonui .. Kaipara Tauranga .. New Plymouth Patea Wanganui .. Wellington.. Napier Poverty Bay Wairau Picton £ 336,759 639 43 1,179 1,137 4,712 2,079 15,434 266,786 54,406 11,473 9,544 334 & s. d. 1 17 4 15 12 11 6 19 1 4 13 2 7 10 3 1 14 7 2 18 0 1 14 8 2 17 0 3 18 3 3 3 10 11 1 6 Nelson Westport .. Greymouth Hokitika Inveroargill and Bluff Dunedin Oamaru Timaru Christchurch and Lyttelton £ 59,949 12,961 35,874 18,568 40,952 404,549 16,820 17,113 276,770 & a. d. 1 18 1 5 3 2 2 7 4 2 16 10 3 4 2 1 10 8 2 8 6 4 0 6 1 17 0 Total Average for colony. 1,588,081 1 19 6 • ( Note. —The cost of collectii it was £2 10s. 6d. per cent. lost of collect >n, if calculai ;ion included ted on the gi in the average for the colony. O8S revenue, amounted to £1 19i i. 2d.; in the previous year
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COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1889., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1889 Session I, B-14
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339COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1889. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1889 Session I, B-14
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