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No. 2. RETURN shewing the Amount expended by the Customs Department on Salaries and Other Expenses during the Financial year ended the 30th June, 1873.

No. 3. RETURN of Revenue Collected by the Customs Department at the several Ports of New Zealand dm-ino- the Financial Year ended the 30th June, 1873, and shewing also the Charges of Collection thereon, and the Rate per cent, of the Cost of Collection.

Heads of Expenditure. Amount Expended. Salaries Gold Allowance Extra Tidewaiters £ 31,925 711 1,015 £ 151 Contingencies Travelling Expenses, and Passage Money for Removal of Officers Books and Instruments Expenses for Protection of Revenue, viz., —Rewards for Seizures, and for Suppression of Illicit Stills, and Expenses of Revenue Cutter "Ringleader" oo,uu± 1,201 482 198 1,108 2,989 £36,640 Total amount of Departmental Expenses for the year ended 30th June, 1873 .—Thi :ies and ex] lenses of the Secreti and Insi lector's Office are included in thi above return.

Rate per cent, of Collection and Supervision. PORTS. Gross Receipt?. Receipts, exclusive of Gold Duty. Charges of Collection. On Gross Receipts. On Receipts, exclusive of Gold Duty. Auckland Thames Russell Mongonui Hokianga Wangarei Kaipara Poverty Bay New Plymouth .. Wanganui Wellington Napier Wairau Picton Havelock Kaikoura Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Okarito Lyttleton Akaroa Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill and| Bluff Harbour j Riverton Chatham Islands £ 192,408 12,316 1,741 697 1,733 9 Nil. 2,007 7,112 19,244 80,029 28,816 5,027 2,003 817 713 37,033 22,940 44,656 43,138 1,281 113,452 269 13,156 7,822 262,128 £ 182,983 12,316 1,741 697 1,733 9 £ 6,039 669 246 170 268 182 50 253 548 882 2,965 1,308 304 210 143 153 1,946 1,033 2,052 1,991 332 4,181 29 636 539 7,398 £ s. d. 3 2 9 5 8 8 14 2 7 24 7 10 15 9 4 £ s. d. 3 6 0 5 8 8 14 2 7 24 7 10 15 9 4 Nil. 2,207 7,112 19,244 80,029 28,816 5,027 1,824 817 713 35,897 18,878 37,432 36,271 952 113,447 269 13,156 7,822 244,300 12 12 1 7 14 1 4 11 8 3 14 1 4 10 9 6 0 11 10 9 8 17 10 1 21 9 2 5 5 1 4 10 1 4 11 11 4 12 4 25 18 4 3 13 8 10 15 7 4 16 8 6 17 10 2 16 5 12 12 1 7 14 1 4 11 8 3 14 1 4 10 9 6 0 11 11 10 3 17 10 1 21 9 2 5 8 5 5 9 5 5 9 8 5 9 9 34 17 5 3 13 9 10 15 7 4 16 8 6 17 10 3 0 7 25,213 24,769 1,510 5 19 9 • 6 1 11 4,888 4,888 291 312 5 19 1 5 19 1 Totals Gold Duty £ £ 930,648 883,149 47,499 36,640 3 18 9 4 3 0 930,648 DISTILLATION.—Duty i Distill on New Zealand S; lation Licenses lirits.... £17,423 636 £18,059 1,453 COST PEE CENT. FOR SUPERVISION. £8 0s. Id. Salarii es and Expenses (i icluded above) ..