CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3337, 2 October 1911, Page 2

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. , SOME RECENT STATISTICS. The following is tlio return of revenue received at the local Customhouse during the quarter _ which ended on Saturday, together with a return of the principal articles of produce exported during the month of September : , . „ The imports for the month of September were made up as follows: Spirits Cigars, etc. Tobacco Wine ... ... Beer .... ... Coffee Goods by weight Goods ad valorem Other duties Total of duties Other receipts ... Total... Excise duty on beer. The following table shows the amounts collected during the months of August and July':— August. July. £ s. d. £ s. d. ..2276 2 0 1655 311 ..518 17 6 239 18 6 Spirits Cigars Tobacco ... ... 762 13 10 Wine... ... ... 139 18 3 Beer... 216 14 0 Coffee ... ... Surtax ... ... Goods by weight 81 13 0 Goods ad va1....1757 3 0 Other duties ... 55 11 11 579 19 145 4 16 8 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 6 220 6 9 683 13 0 23 4 10 Total of duties 5808 3 6 3566 4. 3 Other receipts... 282 16 9 205 1 9 Total A. 6091 0 3 3771 6 0 Excise duty on _ beer 196 3 6 154 17 0 For the week ending on Saturday the revenue received was as follows: — Customs duties £507 11 1 Light dues 24 11 8 Other receipts 3 17 6 Total... ...‘ £536 0 2 EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER. The official return for the quarter of the chief items of export is not yet available, but the figures for the-month of September are as follows: Half month ending September 15: Timber ... 97,584 ft. Value £427 This was the only entry for the period. . Half month ending on Saturday, 30th September : . Beef, 3551 carcases,, value £4143; mutton, 13,395 carcases, 14,0”5cwt., value £18,062; mutton (pieces), 41cwt., value £162; skins, 9463, value £964; tallow, 50 tons, value £1390; 1 110,874 ft., value £455; wool, 27,4411 b., | value £lOlO.