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Pacific Islands Monthly, 23 July 1937Vol. VII, No. 12

Fiji’S Customs Figures

p. 64 · Read in the full issue

From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, June 25.

CUSTOMS revenue for Fiji for the first five months of the year show an increase of £21,027 over the estimate.

Import duties totalled £176,515, an increase of £21,515 on the estimate of £155,000. Port and Customs Service import tax realised £12,273, aft increase of £2,690 on the £9,583 estimate. The decrease in Port and Customs Service export tax amounted to £3,178. Total revenue was £192,277, a gross increase of £24,205 on the estimate of £171,250, and this less the decrease of £3,178 in one item, leaves the net increase at £21,027.