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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. Administrative charges — Customs and excise duties .. .. 9,503,734 13 3 Salaries .. .. .. 85,695 511 Beer duty .. .. .. .. 845,628 0 9 Pay of non-permanents .. 2,711 5 1 Brewery supervision fees .. .. .. 1,255 18 7 Allowances, overtime, and re- Customs fines .. .. .. .. 1,375 134 wards .. .. .. 2,169 18 9 Customs agents'license fees .. .. 383 10 0 Expenses of official represen- Distillation Act fees .. .. .. 62 0 0 tative, London .. .. 737 17 9 Gold-export duty (12s. 6d. per ounce) .. 109,175 16 8 Expenses of official represen- Hop-beer license fees .. .. .. 87 15 0 tative, New York .. 1,529 2 7 Immigration Restriction Act fines .. .. 200 0 0 Postage and telegrams .. 1,217 1 6 Profit on realization of assets .. .. 216 5 Printing and stationery .. 1,902 19 7 Sale of seizures .. .. .. .. 4 3 2 Telephone services .. .. 891 5 1 Sales-tax .. .. .. .. 3,043,299 16 7 Services rendered by other Sales-tax license fees .. .. .. 695 0 0 Departments .. .. 1,460 15 2 Territorial revenue .. .. .. 10 0 Transfer and removal expenses 1,170 13 5 Timber-export duty .. .. .. 818 7 Travelling allowances and ex- Tobacco Act license fees .. .. .. 529 6 11 penses .. .. 863 19 3 Warehouse license fees .. .. .. 11,061 11 10 Rent .. .. .. 4,533 15 8 Maintenance and repairs ..396 311 Miscellaneous expenses .. 2,212 0 3 107,492 3 11 Grants to Cook and Niue Islands Governments 3,312 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 1,067 0 6 Balance carried down .. .. .. 13,405,634 16 8 £13,517,506 1 1 £13,517,506 1 1 £ s. d. £ 8 . d. Interest on capital .. .. .. 703 19 11 Balance brought down .. .. .. 13,405,634 16 8 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 13,404,930 16 9 £13,405,634 16 8 £13,405,634 16 8 Note.—Percentage cost of collection, including depreciation and interest on capital, 0-8328 = 16s. Bd. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 8,202 0 0 Public Works Fund Capital Buildings .. .. .. .. 7,523 3 4 Account .. .. 10,700 10 9 Bicycles .. .. .. .. 811 11 Consolidated Fund Capital Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 374 10 10 Account .. .. 5,857 710 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 449 12 6 16,557 18 7 Saleable books ~ .. .. .. 110 8 0 Creditors — Stamps, postage .. .. .. .. 108 5 4 Departmental .. .. 683 611 Stocks — £ s. d. Sundry .. .. .. 962 1 11 Stationery .. .. 586 13 0 1,645 8 10 Uniform trimmings .. 22 1 5 Fees paid in advance .. .. .. 10,448 5 0 Testing and gauging instruAmounts held on deposit— ments .. .. 418 1 3 Customs duties .. .. 134,257 16 1 Testing-glasses .. .. 23 14 11 Immigration Restriction Acts 4,560 0 0 1,050 10 7 Export Control Boards .. 6,899 6 3 Debtors — 145,717 2 4 Departmental .. .. 22,217 17 10 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 13,404,930 16 9 Sundry .. .. .. 17,004 1 6 39,221 19 4 Deposit Accounts— Receiver-General .. 123,832 0 0 t Collectors of Customs .. 10,425 16 1 Immigration Restriction Acts 4,560 0 0 Dairy Produce Act, 1923 .. 0 4 4 Honey-export Control Act, 1924 .. .. .. 37 4 9 Meat-export Control Act, 1921-22 .. .. 2,574 18 4 Wool Industry Promotion Act, 1936 .. .. 4,286 18 10 145,717 2 4 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 13,376,533 7 4 £13,579.299 11 6 £13,579,299 11 6 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. —J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General. 2—B. 1 [PT. IYI.

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