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Table No. 3. Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1940, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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I Year ended | Year ended | 31st March, i 31st Mareh, I Increase. Decrease. 1940. i 1939. Taxation — £ £ £ £ Customs .. .. •• •• 9,946,858 10,650,428 .. 703,570 Beer duty .. •• •• •• 1,378,999 1,076,796 302,203 Sales tax 3,510,130 3,555,696 .. '45,566 Film-hire tax .. .. .• •• 93,117 85,882 7,235 Gold-export duty •• •• •• 116,889 100,012 16,877 Highways " .. •• •• 2,997,441 3,059,989 .. 62,548 Stamp and death duties .. .. .. 3,469,013 3,409,440 59,573 Land-tax 1,019,084 1,058,499 .. 39,415 Income-tax 10,271,352 9,303,495 967,857 Miscellaneous .. .. •• •• 7,716 5,535 2,181 Total—Taxation 32,810,599 32,305,772 1,355,926 851,099 Interest — On capital liability — Working railways .. .. •• 1,189,031 701,064 487,967 Postal and telegraph .. .. ... 639,000 588,000 51,000 'On Public Debt Redemption Fund .. .. 445,557 392,486 53,071 On other public moneys .. .. ... 635,158 445,896 189,262 Total—Interest 2,908,746 2,127,446 781,300 Other receipts— Registration and other,fees .. .. 308,283 290,104 18,179 National-endowment revenue .. .. .. 147,394 .. 147,394 Territorial revenue .. .. .. 395,489 319,244 76,245 'External affairs .. .. .. .. 159,203 196,503 .. 37,300 Justice 172,765 164,117 8,648 Marine 159,456 167,850 .. 8,394 Native 5,658 5,748 .. 00 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. 300,827 344,402 .. 43,575 Profits of Trading Institutions .. .. 420,143 202,294 217,849 Stamp duties .. .. .. .• 63,188 66,798 .. 3,610 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. 114,963 126,229 .. 11,266 Miscellaneous .. .. .. •• 129,972 113,094 16,878 Recoveries on account of expenditure of 18,564 4,844 13,720 previous years Recoveries on account of unauthorized expendi- 6,303 206 6,097 ture of previous years Total—Other receipts .. .. 2,254,814 2,148,827 357,616 251,629 2,494,842 1,102,728 1,102,728 Totals .. .. .. .. ————■— 37,974,159 36,582,045 1,392,114