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1919. NEW ZEALAND.

COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH FORT OF ENTRY (RETURN OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1919.

['resented 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 Yeah ended 31st March, 1919. Particu'ars of Amount collected. & Customs duties ... ... ... ... ... 3,831,297 Rents, seizures, &c. ... ... ... ... .... ... 1,164 Bonded-warehouse license fees ... ...' ... ... 6,568 Beer duty .. ... ... 273,451 Gold duty ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19,206 Light dues... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24,718 Pilotage and port charges ... ... .. ... ... 1,075 Distillation Act ... ... ... ... ... ... 304 Sea-fisheries Act ... ... ... ... 1,136 Shipping Acts ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,196 Timber-export duties ... ... ... ... ... 15 Other receipts ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,745 £4,172,875

Cost of Collection at each Port.

Customs Department, W. B. Montgomery, Wellington, Ist September, 1919. Comptroller of Customs.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (750 copies), £.1 10s.

Authority : Marcus F. Masks, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l9.

Price 3d.]

Ports. Net Collection'. Rate per Cent. of Cost of Collection. Ports. Net Collection. Rate per Cent. of Cost of Collection. Wellington Auckland .. [jyttelton .. Dunedin .. Napier [nvercargill vVaDganui Sew Plymouth 2tisborne .. £ 1,248,036 1,068,268 560,781 547,209 107,167 76,156 70,151 59,473 52,418 33,712 30,714 £ s. d. 18 1 1 8 11 1 14 10 1 11 1 1 16 10 2 10 10 2 6 10 1 17 10 1 18 9 3 15 10 3 6 2 Groymouth Wairau (including Picton) .. Westport .. Patea Hokitika .. Oamaru Tauratiga Kaipara Collected through Postal Department Total i! 24,577 13,623 10,882 9,165 8,596 3,791 1,039 965 246,152 £ s. a, 3 8 7 4 5 2 5 9 9 1 1 G 2 7 11 8 15 5 9 9 8 5 10 fimaru Nelson 4,172,875 1 10 8 * Included in the ave] ;e for the Dominion.