8.—12

1907. NEW ZEALAND.

COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY

(RETURN OP) FOR THK YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1907.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Commatid 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, 1907.

Cost of Collection at each Port.

W. T. Glasoow, Secretary and Inspector.

Approximate Cost «) Paper— Preparation, not given ; printing (1,500 copies), £ 1 Is. 6d.

By Authority : John Mackay. Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o7.

Pit* ad.

Particulars of Amount collected. Customs duties Bents, seizures, &c. ... Bonded-warehouse duty Beer duty ... Gold duty ... Light dues Pilotage and port charges Chinese Immigrants Act Distillation Act Sea-fisheries Act, fees Shipping Acts Timber-export duties Other receipts £ 2,941,040 155 4,970 107,573 29,819 32,454 75,846 13,000 76 421 6,324 385 1,559 £3,213,622

Ports. Wellington .. .. Auckland Lyttelton and Christchurch .. Dunedin and Port Chalmers .. Napier .. .. .. i Invercargill .. Wanganui Nelson .. .. Timaru Poverty Bay New Plymouth Greymouth .. .. Net |Rate per Cent. Col.ection. | „, &£&,„. P °»»- £ £ s. d. 815,214 14 1 Westport.. 795,887 1 5 4 Hokitika .. 512,418 1 7 6 Wairau .. 494,995 18 5 Oamaru .. 110,197 1 8 1 Patea 100,637 1 12 11 Kaipara .. 82,377 1 13 1 Picton .. 47,194 | 2 3 8 Tanranga 43,418 ! 1 9 8 Parcel-post 40,111 ' 15 9 34,657 1 14 11 28,157 1 17 7 Total Net Rate per Cent Collection. „,&£»{„,, I £ £ s. d. 15,531 2 17 1 12,483 2 14 0 12,394 2 8 9 9,561 4 7 10 5,464 1 11 10 2,371 3 7 6 1,039 3 7 4 640 7 19 4 48,877 .. 3,213,622 1 7 2 * Included in the average for the colony.