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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Administrative charges— By Customs and excise duties .. .. 0,155,430 0 8 Salaries .. .. 79,911 19 10 ' Beer duty .. .. .. .. 012,506 13 2 Allowances, overtime, and Warehouse license fees .. .. 7,123 6 11 rewards .. .. 2,045 8 8 Brewery supervision fees .. .. 1,269 18 4 Kxpenses of Inquiry Agent, Hop-beer license fees .. .. .. 139 0 0 London .. .. 361 12 1 Customs Agents' license foes .. .. 302 0 0 Establishment of Inquiry Distillation Act license fees .. .. 118 0 0 Agency in America .. 1,05.1 1 4 Tobacco Act license fees .. .. 74 13 3 Printing and stationery .. 1,727 10 3 Customs fines .. .. ■ .. 178 0 0 Payments toother Depart- Sale and disposal of seizures .. .. 73 0 7 ments for services of Immigration Restriction Act— officers .. .. 4,754 16 6 Chinese poll-tax .. .. .. 12,700 0 0 Postage, telegrams, and Other receipts .. .. .. 100 0 0 rent of boxes .. 1,056 1 0 Timber-export duty .. .. .. 35 7 0 Telephone services .. 485 12 1 Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. 27 11 0 Temporary assistance .. 400 3 9 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. 1,521 7 0 Rent .. .. .. 5,013 10 0 Miscellaneous expenses of head and local offices .. 1,799 4 6 100,728 7 0 Main Highways Account .. .. 106,355 14 7 Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Governments .. .. .. .. 2,382 5 11 Depreciation Fund .. .. .. 619 7 4 Balance carried down .. .. 6,580,052 2 1 £6,790,137 16 11 £6,790,137 10 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 1,161 7 3 By Balance brought down .. .. 6,580,052 2 1 Kxcess of revenue over expenditure .. 6,578,890 14 10 £0,580,052 2 1 £6,580,052 2 1 Percentage cost of collection = £1 9s. Bd. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liab il ities, A ssets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital funds— Office furniture and fittings .. 6,098 8 3 Balance, Ist April, 1922 .. .. 25,808 2 5 Additions during year .. 43.18 0 Sundry creditors— 6,142 6 3 Outstanding expenses 904 6 11 Mechanical office appliances .. 577 0 0 Fees received in advance .. 6,683 0 0 Additions during year .. 7 3 4 Main Highways Account .. 15,133 0 7 584 3 4 — 22,720 7 6 Buildings .. .. .. .. 11,080 14 2 Deposit Accounts — Reserves .. .. .. .. 8,052 0 0 Immigration Restriction Acts 390 0 0 Sundry debtors — Customs duties .. .. 69,729 18 7 Post and Telegraph Depart70,119 18 7 ment—Customs and beer Depreciation Eund .. .. .. 1,091 18 0 duty on hand, 31st March, Excess of revenue over expenditure.. .. 6,578,890 14 10 1923 .. .. .. 26,032 8 0 Pees paid in advance .. 398 0 0 20,430 S 6 Deposit Accounts— Receiver-General .. 60,885 0 0 Collectors of Customs .. 8,844 18 7 69,729 18 7 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 6,576,611 10 6 £6,698,631 I 4 £6,698,631 1 4 Geo. Craig, 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, except that the accounts include charges for rent and interest for which there is no appropriation by Parliament, and also charges for services rendered to other Departments for the payment of which those Departments possess no parliamentary appropriation.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.