8.—6,

Table No. 5. Estimated Revenue of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Year ending 31st March, 1940, compared with the Actual Revenue received for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

Table No. 6. Stamp and Death Duty Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1939, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

IV

Estimate Actual Differences. for for : 1939-40. 1938-39. ! T Increase. Decrease. Taxation— £ £ £ £ Customs .. .. .. .. .. 10,000,000 10,650,428 .. 650 428 Beer duty .. .. 1,300,000 1,076,796 223 204 Sales tax.. .. .. .. .. 3,500,000 3,555,696 .. 55 696 Film-hire tax • .. 85,000 85,882 .. '882 Gold-export duty .. .. .. .. 100,000 100,012 12 Highways .. .. .. . . .. 3,250,000 190,011 Stamp and death duties .. . . . . .. 3,480,000 3,409,440 70,560 Land-tax .. .. .. 1,000,000 1,058,499 58 499 Income-tax .. .. .. 9,600,000 9,303,495 296,505 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 5,535 .. 535 Total—Taxation .. 32,320,000 , 32,305,772 780,280 766,052 Interest— On capital liability— Working Railways .. .. .. ,. 1,200,000 701,084 498 936 Postal and Telegraph .. .. . 645,000 588,000 57 000 On the Public Debt Redemption Fund .. .. 480,000 i 392,486 87 514 On other public moneys .. .. .. .. 455,000 9'104 Total—Interest .. .. 2,780,000 j 2,127,446 652,554 Other receipts— Registration and other fees .. .. .. .. 300,000 290,104 9,896 National-endowment revenue .. .. ,, 140,000 147,394 ' 7 394 Territorial revenue .. .. .. .. 295,000 " 24'244 External Affairs .. .. .. .. 180,000 196,503 .. 16'503 Justice .. .. .. .. .. .. 172,000 164,117 7,883 Marine .. .. .. .. .. .. 165,000 167,850 .. 2 850 Native •• •• •• ■ • •• .. 6,000 5,748 252 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. .. 320,000 344,402 24 402 Profits of Trading Institutions .. ... .. 261,000 202 294 58 706 Stamp duties .. .. .. .. .. 66,000 66,798 "798 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. 128 000 *>9Q i 771 Miscellaneous " "B 1,003! 906 " Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years, . 10,000 4,844 5 156 Recoveries on account of unauthorized expenditure .. .. '206 " 206 Total—Other receipts .. 3,160,000 2,148,827 1,087,570 76,397 2,520,404 842,449 842,449 Totals •• •• • 38,260,000 ! 36,582,045 1,677,955 "

Year Ended 31st March, * tem ! I Increase. Decrease. 1939. | 1938. j I , i, . , £ 1 £ £ £ Adhesive stamps .. .. 62,992 139,947 .. 76 955 Duty on instruments.. .. 393,619 -392,829 | 790 Estate and succession duty .. 1,702,681 1,576,483 126,198 Gift duty .. .. .. 115,031 103,116 ll'915 Impressed stamps, and duty on 233,430 227,326 6,104 cheques Company licenses .. .. 90,451 89,404 1,047 Sharebrokers'licenses .. 1,862 2,092 . ' 230 Totalizator revenue .. .. 661,443 102^569 Amusements-tax .. .. 92,993 98,64-6 .' 5*653 Lottery duty .. .. 20,389 20,883 .. '494 Overseas-passenger duty .. 30,598 26,673 3,925 Rates, fines, and miscellaneous 3,951 3,866 ' 85 252,633 83,332 83,332 Tota ls •• .. 3,409,440 3,240,139 169,301