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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1939. Dr. Or. £ s- d. Administrative charges— £ s. d. £ s. d. Customs and excise duties .. .. .. 10,645,186 13 7 Salaries .. .. ..98,828 11 7 Beer duty .. .. .. .. 1,075,867 14 10 Pay of non-permanents .. 4,955 7 8 Brewery supervision fees .. .. .. 1,144 1 4 Allowances, overtime, and rewards 7,309 10 11 Customs fines .. .. .. .. 501 10 0 Expenses of official representative, Customs Agents'license fees .. .. 398 10 0 London .. .. .. 955 14 11 Distillation Act fees .. .. .. 60 0 0 Expenses of official representative, Gold-export duty (12s. 6d. per ounce) .. 100,457 9 4 New York .. .. .. 1,724 19 6 Hop-beer license fees .. .. .. 84 10 0 Postages and telegrams .. 2,000 1 6 Profit on realization of assets .. .. 8 19 5 Printing and stationery . . 3,490 10 3 Sale of seizures .. .. • • • • 24 10 1 Services rendered by Post and Sales-tax .. .. .. •• 3,551,698 5 1 Telegraph Department .. 2,080 11 6 Sales-tax license fees .. .. .. 555 0 0 Transfer and removal expenses .. 1,727 1 6 Territorial revenue .. .. .. 1 0 0 Travelling allowances and expenses 736 11 6 Timber-export duty .. .. •• * ® Rent .. .. .. 5,416 15 8 Tobacco Act license fees .. .. .. 644 0 0 Maintenance and repairs .. 472 17 2 Warehouse license fees .. .. .. 11,247 12 3 Miscellaneous expenses.. .. 4,808 9 5 134,507 3 1 Grants to Cook and Niue Islands .. .. 4,839 0 0 Depreciation .. .. . ■ • • 1,427 3 0 Writing off reserve .. .. .. 4 16 3 Balance carried down .. .. .. 15,247,104 5 3 15,387,882 7 % £15,387,882 7 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. 794 17 11 Balance brought down .. .. .. 15,247,104 5 3 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 15,246.309 7 4 15,247,104 5 3 £15,247,104 5 3 Note. —Percentage cost of collection including depreciation and interest on capital, 0-9203 = 18s. sd. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1939. Liabilities. Assets. Capital — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. . Public Works Fund Capital Ac- Land .. .. .. .. •• 8,202 0 0 count .. .. •• 10,700 10 9 Buildings.. .. .. .. •• 6,903 11 2 Consolidated Fund Capital Ac- Bicycles .. .. .. .. • • 5 5 1 count .. .. v 9,722 4 8 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 3,860 3 5 20,422 15 5 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 1,451 15 9 Writing off reserve .. .. • • 416 3 Saleable books .. .. • • ■ • 83 11 0 Creditors— Stamps, postage .. .. .. .. 172 15 b Departmental.. .. .. 882 11 0 Stocks — £ s. d. Sundry .. .. •• 4,810 5 7 Stationery .. .. 623 18 8 5,692 16 7 Uniform trimmings .. 38 7 10 Fees paid in advance .. .. .. 10,319 5 0 Testing and gauginginstruAmounts held on deposit— ments .. .. 372 16 0 Customs duties .. .. 108,039 6 6 Testing-glasses .. .. 32 19 6 Immigration Restriction Acts .. 4,260 0 0 Sealing pliers and crown Export Control Boards.. .. 9,199 19 3 locks .. .. 20 9 8 F 121,499 5 9 1,088 11 8 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 15,246,309 7 4 Debtors — Departmental .. .. 34,868 16 2 Sundry .. .. 12,695 19 0 47,564 15 2 Deposit Accounts — Receiver-General .. 96,935 0 0 Collectors of Customs .. 11,104 6 6 Immigration Restriction Acts.. .. .. 4,260 0 0 Honey-export Control Act, 1924.. .. .. 2 4 11 Meat-export Control Act, 1921-22 .. .. 4,486 12 1 Wool Industry Promotion Act, 1936 .. .. 4,711 2 3 121,499 5 9 Assets in Suspense .. .. ■ • 4 16 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 15,213 411 15 7 £15,404,248 6 4 £15,404,248 6 4 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.

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