8.—6.

Table No. 5. Estimated Revenue of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Year ending 31st March, 1937, compared with the Actual Revenue received for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

Table No. 6. Stamp and Death Duty Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1936, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1935.

IV

Estimate Actual Differences. for for ■— 1936-37. 1935-36. T _ Increase. Decrease. ! I Taxation— £ £ £ £ Customs .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,100,000 8,161,161 938,839 Beer duty .. .. .. .. .. 770,000 715,042 54,958 Sales tax .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,900,000 2,462,601 437,399 Film-hire tax .. .. .. .. 70,000 60,657 9,343 Gold-export duty .. .. .. .. 110,000 106,976 3,024 Highways .. .. .. .. .. 2,512,000 2,124,130 387,870 Stamp and death duties .. .. .. 3,210,000 2,841,766 368,234 Land-tax .. .. .. 1,300,000 458,873 841,127 Income-tax .. .. .. .. .. 6,000,000 4,581,328 1,418,672 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 43,881 1,119 Total—Taxation .. .. 26,017,000 21,556,415 4,460,585 Interest—• On capital liability— Working Railways .. .. .. .. 900,000 1,051,477 .. 151,477 Postal and Telegraph .. .. .. .. 560,000 541,000 19,000 On the Public Debt Redemption Fund .. .. 580,000 615,020 .. 35,020 On other public moneys .. .. .. 480,000 513,949 .. 33*949 Total—Interest .. .. 2,520,000 2,721,446 19,000 220,446 Other receipts— Registration and other fees .. .. .. .. 235,000 235,761 .. 761 National-endowment revenue .. .. .. 145,000 146,126 .. 1,126 Territorial revenue .. .. 290,000 289,478 522 External Affairs .. .. .. .. 154,000 128,562 25,438 Justice .. .. .. .. .. .. 148,000 149,366 .. 1,366 Marine .. .. .. .. .. 138,000 138,189 .. 189 Native .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 5,372 .. 372 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. 195,000 189,581 5,419 Stamp duties .. .. .. .. .. 55,000 54,886 114 Tourist and Health Resorts.. .. .. .. 90,000 85,652 4,348 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 1,070,000 463,072 606^928 Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years.. 5,000 8,461 .. 3,461 Total—Other receipts 2,530,000 1,894,506 642,769 7,275 5,122,354 227,721 227,721 Totals .. .. .. .. 31,067,000 26,172,367 4,894,633

Year Ended 31st March, Item- Increase. Decrease. 1936. 1935. £ £ £ £ Adhesive stamps .. .. 149,575 125,954 23,621 Duty oil instruments.. .. 277,441 238,093 39,348 Estate and succession duty .. 1,510,873 2,159,990 .. 649,117 Gift duty .. .. .. 104,606 45,404 59,202 Impressed stamps, and duty on 197,637 186,741 10,896 cheques Stamp duty on interest .. 53 68 .. 15 Company licenses .. .. 87,781 83,856 3,925 Sharebrokers' licenses .. 1,980 2,051 .. 71 Bank-note duty .. .. 34,389 218,017 .. 183,628 Totalizator revenue .. .. 378,851 371,985 6,866 Amusements-tax .. .. 56,507 49,526 6,981 Lottery duty .. .. 17,762 18,000 .. 238 Overseas-passenger duty .. 20,685 18,455 2,230 Rates, fines, and miscellaneous 3,626 2,583 1,043 154,112 833,069 154,112 Totals .. .. 2,841,766 3,520,723 .. 678,957