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Table No. 7. Statement showing Customs Duties collected for Year 1929-30, compared with the Year 1928-29.

Table No. 8. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1930, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1929.

1929-30. 1928-29. 1 Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Spirits, wine, and beer .. .. .. 1,172,199 1,062,152 110,047 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. 1,472,662 1,464,732 7,930 Apparel and textiles .. .. .. 1,866,548 1,726,231 140,317 Motor-vehicles and parts* .. .. .. 1,216,579 1,141,734 74,845 Otter goods .. .. .. .. 2,399,207 2,142,504 256,703 Primage .. .. .. .. .. 769,851 j 416,899 352,952 Totals .. .. .. 8,897,046 7,954,252 942,794 * Excluding tire-tax and petrol-tax earmarked to Main Highways.

Year ended Year ended i 31st March, 31st March, ! Increase. Decrease. 1930. 1929. Permanent appropriations — £ £ £ £ Civil List .. .. .. .. 30,528 30,167 361 Interest .. .. .. .. 9,134,972 8,675,221 459,751 Sinking Fund .. .. .. .. 2,889 2,882 7 Repayment of Public Debt .. .. 1,154,245 1,046,928 107,317 Reduction of Funded Debt .. .. 405,136 385,710 19,426 Under special Acts — Compensation for stock condemned and 30,203 29,762 441 destroyed Contribution to Singapore Naval Base .. 125,000 125,000 Education purposes .. .. .. 140,561 137,233 3,328 Exchange on remittances to and from London 47,602 24,813 22,789 Maintenance of overseas war graves and 30,750 30,750 memorials Main Highways Account Revenue Fund— 548,842 441,346 107,496 Transfer of tire tax, fees, fines, &c.* Motor-spirits taxation —Allocation of revenue 960,568 793,670 166,898 N.Z. Consolidated Stock —Amount paid Bank 24,493 29,844 .. 5,351 of England for management Pensions — Old-age .. .. .. .. 1,067,603 1,018,353 49,250 Widows' .. .. .. 322,886 312,963 9,923 Military .. 11,510 13,673 .. 2,163 War .. .. .. .. 1,204,422 1,178,646 25,776 Miners' .. .. .. .. 49,198 45,725 3,473 Blind .. .. .. .. 14,716 13,339 1,377 Various .. .. .. .. 18,687 20,020 .. 1,333 Family allowances .. .. ..I 60,876 54,815 6,061 Refunds in respect of totalizator-tax .. j 25,784 26,166 .. 382 Salaries and honoraria (legislative, judicial, ! 107,173 100,260 6,913 &c.) Subsidies paid to Hospital Boards! •• 732,456 673,689 58,767 Subsidies paid to local authorities on rates.. 219,688 216,065 3,623 Subsidies to superannuation funds and the 381,548 204,716 176,832 National Provident Fund Working Railways — Losses on isolated sections and branch lines | 29,929 496,578 .. 466,649 Loan to meet liabilities .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Transfer to Discharged Soldiers Settlement 50,000 50,000 Loans Act 1920 Depreciation Fund Account Westport Harbour Board—Repayment on .. Or. 30,000 .. Or. 30,000 account of advance Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 145,340 96,263 49,077 17,227,605 16,244,597 1,428,886 445,878 * Includes expenses of collection. f Subsidy under Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act for the Jubilee Institute for the Blind is included in "Eduoation purposes."