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TABLE No. 9.—PETROL-TAX ALLOCATION TO BOROUGHS WITH 6,000 OR MORE POPULATION. Table showing the Distribution of the Petrol-tax to Boroughs with a Population of 6,000 and over.

TABLE No. 10.—TAXATION OF MOTOR-VEHICLES, 1923-1934. Table showing the Annual Yield for the Years ended 31st March, 1923 to 1934, in respect of (a) Customs Duties on Motor-vehicles and Parts; (6) Tire-tax; (c) Motor,spirits Tax; (d) Fees, etc., under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924; (e) Heavy-traffic Fees; (f) Drivers' Licenses; and (g) Mileage Tax, etc., under Finance Act, 1932-33, No. 2, Section 19.

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Year ended 31st March, 1934. __ Total since Inception of Boroughs. Amount of Tax, Quarter ended Petrol-tax up to 31st March, 1934. June. September. December. March. Total. £ s d ~0sci £ s (i £ s d. £ s d £ s d. Wellington City .. 3,803 7 7 3,535 15 2 4,678 13 10 4,609 7 4 16,627 3 11 87,965 2 1 Auckland City .. 3,582 4 3 3,330 3 2 4,406 12 6 4,341 6 8 15,660 6 7 83,904 8 2 Christchurch City.. 3,066 3 3 2,850 8 3 3,771 16 2 3,715 18 5 13,404 6 1 71,702 11 4 Dunedin City .. 2,325 11 10 2,161 19 0 2,860 16 1 2,818 8 3 10,166 15 2 54,594 14 0 WanganuiCity .. 832 14 5 774 2 7 1,024 7 4 1,009 3 9 3,640 8 1 20,021 3 7 Palmerston Nth. City 725 9 10 674 8 10 892 9 1 879 4 7 3,171 12 4 16,535 15 10 Mount Albert .. 703 14 2 654 3 10 865 13 3 852 16 8 3,076 7 11 16,324 13 10 Invercargill City .. 700 7 2 651 1 5 861 10 9 848 15 5 3,061 14 9 16,263 14 5 Mount Eden .. 675 4 6 627 14 3 830 12 5 818 6 3 2,951 17 5 15,940 10 5 Timaru .. .. 579 14 5 538 18 7 713 2 10 702 11 5 2,534 7 3 13,414 5 4 New Plymouth .. 547 17 9 509 6 9 673 19 7 663 19 10 2,395 3 11 12,599 11 0 Napier .. .. 546 4 3 507 15 7 671 18 4 661 19 3 2,387 17 5 12,966 1 10 Hamilton .. 521 J 7 484 8 3 641 0 3 631 10 1 2,278 0 2 12,214 8 8 Lower Hutt .. 485 17 11 451 14 2 597 14 4 588 17 3 2,124 3 8 10,552 0 9 Gisborne .. 484 4 5 450 2 11 595 13 2 586 16 7 2,116 17 1 11,278 2 3 Hastings .. 410 9 11 381 12 3 504 19 5 497 9 9 1,794 11 4 9,190 2 3 Onehunga .. 376 19 9 350 9 3 463 14 11 456 17 6 1,648 1 5 8,941 8 1 Petone .. .. 374 6 1 347 19 4 460 9 0 453 12 6 1,636 6 11 8,707 9 10 Nelson City .. 370 5 8 344 4 7 455 10 1 448 15 1 1,618 15 5 8,636 16 7 Devonport .. 349 16 11 325 4 7 430 7 2 423 19 7 1,529 8 3 8,297 13 9 Masterton .. 293 4 3 272 11 7 360 13 10 355 6 11 1.281 16 7 6,890 17 10 St. Kilda .. 279 16 2 260 2 5 344 4 1 339 2 1 1,223 4 9 6,595 17 6 One Tree Hill .. 271 8 7 252 6 7 333 17 11 328 19 0 1,186 12 1 4,560 0 4 Whangarei .. 259 14 1 241 8 7 319 9 5 314 14 9 1,135 6 10 5,963 7 11 Oamaru .. .. 256 7 0 238 6 3 315 7 0 310 13 6 1,120 13 9 6,057 18 9 Takapuna .. 235 18 2 219 6 3 290 4 0 285 18 1 1,031 6 6 5,568 5 6 Greymouth .. 211 9 0 196 11 5 260 2 2 256 5 2 924 7 9 4,236 12 6 Totals .. 23,269 12 11 21,632 5 10 28,624 18 11 28,200 15 8 101,727 13 4 539,922 14 4

!Customs Duties Motor Fees, &c., „ Mileage Year ended in respect of rr - .. cl . " under Motor- Drivers' Tax, Pi- „ . 31st March, Motor-vehicles 1 x ' S, vehicles Act, Licenses, nance Act, ° a ' and Parts.* ; ax ' 1924. Cees ' 1932-33. t t 1923 .. 221,679 121,092 .. .. .. .. .. 342,771 1924 .. 621,470 123,568 .. .. .. .. .. 745,038 1925 .. 802,903 152,303 .. 257,500 .. .. .. 1,212,706 1926 .. 1,007,641 228,711 .. 86,681t 114,009 33,162 .. 1,470,204 1927 .. 1,074,052 190,575 .. 395,797 220,616 50,650 .. 1,931,690 1928 .. 856,556 227,451 143,516 345,510 157,651 52,495 .. 1,783,179 1929 .. 1,045,635 196,747 802,232 244,598 190,789 36,830 .. 2,516,831 1930 .. 1,432,412 155,910 961,907 391,368 183,486 56,578 .. 3,181,661 1931 .. 828,878 130,4081,314,450 393,798 194,557 59,462 .. 2,921,553 1932 .. 272,992 85,4381,677,520 370,126 179,105 58,860 .. 2,644,041 1933 .. 145,059 64,1771,865,762 352,561 178,183 57,132 .. 2,662,874 1934 .. 125,590 62,979 2,368,147 346,249 178,000J 57,000J 1,597 3,139,562 Totals up to 8,434,867 1,739,3599,133,5343,184,188 1,596,396 462,169 1,597 24,552,110 31st March, 1934 * Calendar year ending on previous 31st December. Includes primage and surtax on vehicles and parts; also on all tires and tire-tax on tires attached to vehicles or parts. f Alteration in lioensing period. J Estimated.