CUSTOMS REVENUE.
SATISFACTORY RETURNS. By Telegraph—Press Association, Greyinouth, last night. The official returns of the customs revenue for December, 1901, amounted to ,£184,440, which, with the quarterly return through the Post-office of £6,848, totals £191,283. For December, 1900, the total was £151,984. The total customs revenue for nine months of the current year is £1,619,724, which is £37,224 over the estimate, and £15,807 more than for the corresponding nine months of 1900. The gold export for 1901 was 455,559 ounces, valued at £1,753,783, or an increase for the year of 83,566 ounces, valued at £320,830. The return is the highest since 1871. The principal increases are: Auckland, 23,448 ounces in ]sol, as against 18,445 ounces in 1900, and Greymouth 10,714 in 1901 as against 1788 (sic) in 1900. In 1901 Auckland exported 85,805 ounces of silver, valued at £10,225, as against 32,732 ounces, valued at £3,835 in 1900.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 307, 7 January 1902, Page 3
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148CUSTOMS REVENUE. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 307, 7 January 1902, Page 3
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