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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1935. Dr. Or. £ s. d. To Administrative charges — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Customs and excise duties .. .. 7,416,560 1-' 10 Salaries .. ..67,197 13 3 Beer duty .. .. •• 672,244 11 11 Pay of non-permanents .. 2,102 11 4 Brewery supervision fees .. .. 5)52 8 8 Allowances, overtime, and Customs fines .. . • • ■ • • 6» 15 0 rewards .. •• 2,416 11 11 Customs agents'license fees .. .. 364 5 0 Expenses of official repre- Distillation Act fees .. .. 180 10 0 sentatives, London .. 757 6 6 Gold-export duty (12s. 6d. per ounce) .. 102,753 12 6 Expenses of official repre- Hop-beer license fees .. .. • ■ 91 0 0 sentative, New York .. 1,786 810 Profit on realization of assets .. .. 015 0 Postage and telegrams .. 1,131 6 2 Sale of seizures , .. ■■ 8 0 9 Printing and stationery .. 1,329 3 5 Sales tax .. .. •• •• ® Telephone services .. 765 7 0 Sales-tax Hcense fees .. .. 588 0 0 Services rendered by other Territorial revenue .. . • • • 1 0 0 Departments .. .. 575 12 2 Timber-export duty . . .. • • o 0 A Transfer and removal ex- Tobacco Act license fees .. .. 603 4 0 penses .. •• 585 18 7 Warehouse license fees .. .. .. 11,446 16 i Travelling allowance and expenses .. ■• 517 15 1 Rent 4,321 19 0 Maintenance and repairs .. 173 7 11 Compensation under Workers' Compensation Act 1,025 18 0Miscellaneous expenses .. 2,836 3 7 87,523 2 9 Grants to Cook and Niue Islands "Governments .. .. 2,577 0 0 Depreciation — Buildings .. 309 16 1 Furniture and fittings .. 652 2 8 Mechanical appliances, &c. 113 13 1 1,075 II 10 Balance carried down .. •• •• 10,285,259 16 2 £10,376,435 10 9 £10,376,435 10 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. •• 774 12 11 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 10,285,259 16 2 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 10,284,485 3 3 £10,285,259 16 2 £10,285,259 16 2 Note. —Percentage cost of collection, including depreciation and interest on capital, 0-8613 = 17s. 3d. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital: Public Works Department Expendi- Land .. .. .. .. 8,202 0 0 ture Account .. .. •• •• 20,700 10 9 Buildings .. .. .. .. 8,142 15 6 Creditors— £ s. d. Bicycles .. .. .. .. .. 1829 Departmental .. .. 368 3 1 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 1,049 911 Sundry •• •• 1,370 8 8 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 157 5 0 1,738 11 9 Saleable books .. .. .. .. 82 6 0 Fees paid in advance .. .. ■ • 10,363 5 10 Stamps, postage .. .. .. .. 70 2 7 Amounts held on deposit— Stocks at Printing and Stationery Customs duties .. .. 68,922 8 1 Department— £ s. d. Immigration Restriction Act 1,380 0 0 Stationery .. .. 597 10 6 Export Control Board .. 10,915 10 7 Uniform trimmings.. .. 16 5 9 81,217 18 8 Testing and gauging instruExcess of revenue over expenditure .. ..10,284,485 3 3 ments .. .. .. 609 19 1 1,223 15 4 Debtors — Departmental .. .. 10,420 16 6 Sundry .. .. .. 4,775 9 9 15,196 6 3 Deposit Accounts — Receiver-General .. 57,923 0 0 « Collectors of Customs .. 10,999 8 1 Immigration Restriction Acts 1,380 0 0 Dairy Produce Act, 1923 .. 9,162 6 5 Honey - export Control Act, 1924 .. .. .. 3 15 8 Meat - export Control Act, 1921-22.. .. .. 1,749 8 6 81,217 18 8 Treasury Adjustment Acconnt .. .. 10,283,145 8 3 £10,398,505 10 3 £10,398,505 10 3 Notes. —(1) The Revenue Account includes the following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Services of Marine Department officers ; (b) rentals as assessed by Public Works Department; (c) interest on capital. Depreciation has been allowed for on balance of assets as at Ist April, 1934, the total charge being carried to Depreciation Reserve. Credit has been taken without appropriation for services rendered to Internal Affairs Department, Marine Department, and Land and Income Tax Department. (2) No charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the account. E. D. Good, Comptroller of Customs. I hereby certify that the Revenue Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the departmental notes enfaced thereon. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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