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Table No. 7. Statement showing Customs Duties collected for Year 1930-31, compared with the Year 1929-30.

Table No. 8. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1931, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1930.

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1930-31. 1929-30. Increase. Decrease. ! I £ £ £ £ Spirits, wine, and beer 1,079,881 1,172,199 .. 92,318 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. 1,544,412 1,472,662 71,750 Apparel and textiles 1,401,232 1,866,548 .. 465,316 Motor-vehicles and parts* .. .. ..' 637,447 1,216,579 j .. 579,132 Other goods | 2,072,189 2,399,207 .. 327,018 Primage and surtax .. .. ., 870,815 769,851 100,964 172,714 1,463,784 172,714 Totals .. 7,605,976 8,897,046 .. 1,291,070 \ _____ * Excluding tire-tax and petrol-tax earmarked to Main Highways.

Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, Inorease. Decrease. 1931. 1930. _ j Permanent appropriations — £ £ £ £ Under special Acts — Civil List ... .. .. .. 30,862 j 30,528 334 Debt services— Interest .. .. .. .. 9,266,676 9,136,301 130,375; Sinking fund .. .. .. 3,119 2,889 230 | Repayment of Funded Debt .. .. 425,540 | 405,136 20,404 Repayment of Public Debt Act, 1925 .. | 1,207,059 ; 1,154,245 52,814 Transfer to Loans Redemption Account 2,954 j 1,374 j 1,580 j Administration and management .. 44,584 31,168 13,416 Payments on guaranteed loans .. i 2,573 1,022 1,551 Grants and subsidies — Hospitals and charitable institutions* .. 670,847 743,847 .. 73,000 Education ! 124,345 j 139,171 .. 14,826 Superannuation Funds and National Pro- 165,096 j 381,548 .. 216,452 vident Fund Local authorities on rates .. .. .. 219,688 .. 219,688 Working Railways Account .. .. .. 29,929 j .. 29,929 Contribution towards Singapore Naval Base 125,000 j 125,000 j Miscellaneous .. .. .. 78,062 85,637 | .. 7,575 Salaries and honoraria .. .. .. 101,538 107,173 j .. 5,635 Pensions — Family allowances 63,608 j 60,876 2,732 Old-age pensions .. .. .. 1,118,286 1,067,603 i 50,683 Widows' pensions .. .. .. 325,998 322,886 j 3,112 War pensions .. .. .. 1,245,499 1,204,422 41,077 Other pensions 98,639 94,196 4,443 Motor taxation — Transfers to Main Highways Account .. 1,742,194 1,420,460 j 321,734 Paid to boroughs .. .. .. | 83,012 74,565 j 8,447 Expenses of collecting and making refunds 17,555 14,385! 3,170 Advances — On account of other Governments .. 6,617 10,000 .. 3,383 To Working Railways Account .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 2,906 15,000 .. 12,094 Other special Acts — Maintenance of overseas war graves and 30,750 30,750 | memorials Compensation for stock destroyed or con- 30,610 30,203 407 demned Transfer to Discharged Soldiers Settlement ... 50,000 .. 50,000 Loans Act 1920 Depreciation Fund Miscellaneous 21,934 87,603 .. 65,669 Total permanent appropriations .. 17,035,863 17,227,605 656,509 848,251 i * Includes subsidy to Jubilee Institute for the Blind, which is really educational.