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Table No. 7. Statement showing Customs Duties collected for Year ended 31st March, 1939, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

Table No. 8. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1939, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1938.

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I 1938—39. 1937—38. Increase. Decrease. 1 £ £ £ £ 'Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes 2,138,254 2.076,893 61.361 Spirits, wine, and beer .. .. 865,406 902,188 .! 36,782 Motor-vehicles and parts* .. .. .. 734,964 i 972,574 237'610 Motor-spirit* .. .. 1,660 ,'380 1.531' 706 128^674 J ea 136,113 137,479 .. 1,366 Su g ar •• •• 667,176 649,409 17,767 Other goods .. .. .. 3,436,379 3,462,626 . 26 247 Primage duty .. .. .. 293,833 298,986 .. 5 153 Surtax •• •• ■■ 717,923 726,872 .. 8^949 207,802 316,107 207,802 Totals.. 10,650,428 10,758,733 .. , 108,305 * Excluding tire-tax and petrol-tax earmarked to Main Highways.

Year ended j year ended 31st March, [ 31st March, Increase Decrease 1939. 1938. Permanent Appropriations:— £ £ I £ £ Under special Acts of Legislature— Civil List .. .. .. .. .. 30,127 28,802 1,325 Debt Services— Interest .. .. .. .. .. 7,500,515 7.673,071 179 rms Amortization of debt— Sinking fund .. .. .. .. 10,859 10,859 Repayment of Public Debt Act, 1925 .. 1,754,123 1.679,774 74 349 Transfers to Loans Redemption Account .. .. 51,620 '' 5i'6°0 Payments on guaranteed loans .. Gr. 4,864 Or. 24 633 19 769 Securities redeemed .. .. _ . ' 205 ' '' Administration and management .. 50,311 49,888 423 Total—Debt Services .. .. I 9,310,944 9,440,784 94,541 224 38! Other Services— Education.. .. .. .. ,, 101,721 99,540 2 181 Other grants and subsidies .. .. .. 253,906 259,427 .. 5'52] Salaries and honoraria .. .. j 75,005 72 212 2 793 Pensions .. .. .. .. " 45'447 '676 Highways— Transfers to Main Highways Account .. 1 2,852,164 2.646 532 205 63? Paid to boroughs .. .. .. . ,j 176,910 ~13'o83 Expenses of collecting, &c... .. .. 26,021 24 818 l'203 Advances .. .. .. .. .. Gr. 6,750 14,'255 : ' 2l"005 Other special Acts — " ' Exchange on remittances of public moneys to 1,422,085 1.827,678 . 405 593 or from countries overseas ' Miscellaneous .. .. .. 44,993 143,934 98 941 Transfer to Reserve Fund Account .. .. .. 853,897- 853'897 Total—Other Services .. .. 4,991,502 6,150,891 225,568 1,384,957 ~ Total—Permanent Appropriations .. 14,332,573 15.620,477 321,434 1,6091i38~~