8.—6.

Table No. 7. Statement showing Customs Duties collected for Year 1931-32, compared with the Year 1930-31.

Table No. 8. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1932, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1931.

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I I I 1931-32. ! 1930-3]. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Spirits, wine, and beer .. .. .. 796,403 1,079,881 .. 283,478 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. 1,518,244 1,544,412 .. 26,168 Apparel and textiles .. .. .. 897,945 1,401,232 .. 503,287 Motor-vehicles and parts* .. .. .. 142,267 637,447 .. 495,180 Other goods .. .. .. .. 1,725,377 2,072,189 .. 346^812 Primage and surtax .. .. .. 824,112 870,815 .. 46,703 Totals .. .. .. 5,904,348 7,605,976 .. 1,701,628 * Excluding tire-tax and petrol-tax earmarked to Main Highways.

Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, Increase. Decrease. 1932. 1931. Permanent appropriations— £ £ £ £ Under special Acts of Legislature— Civil List .. .. .. .. 26,821 30,862 .. 4,041 Debt services— Interest .. .. .. .. 9,035,025 9,267,276 .. 232,251 Amortization of debt— Sinking fund .. .. .. 3,251 3,119 132 Repayment of funded debt .. .. 220,741 425,540 .. 204,799 Repayment of Public Debt Act, 1925 1,190,729 1,207,059 .. 16^330 Transfers to Loans Redemption Account 6,420 2,954 3,466 Securities redeemed.. .. .. 610 .. 610 Administration and management .. 38,168 44,584 .. 6,416 Payments on guaranteed loans .. 17,045 ; 2,573 14,472 Total—Debt services .. .. 10,511,989 10,953,105 18,680 459,796 Grants and subsidies— Hospital and charitable institutions* .. 642,809 670,847 .. 28,038 Education .. .. .. .. 158,873 124.345 34,528 Superannuation Funds and National Pro- 198,749 165,095 33,654 vident Fund Contribution towards Singapore Naval Base 100,000 125,000 .. 25,000 Unemployment Fund .. .. 1,118,753 .. 1,118,753 Subsidies to local bodies for unemployment 11,478 .. 11,478 relief works Miscellaneous .. .. .. 54,730 78,062 .. 23,332 Salaries and honoraria .. .. .. 93,220 101,538 .. 8,318 Pensions— Family allowances .. .. .. 90,100 63,608 26,492 Old-age pensions .. .. .. 1,277,107 1,118,286 158,821 Widows' pensions .. .. .. 340,162 325,998 14,164 War pensions .. .. .. 1,261,778 1,245,499 16,279 Other pensions .. .. .. 106,268 98,639 7,629 Motor-taxation^-Transfers to Main Highways Account .. 1,685,977 1,742,195 .. 56,218 Paid to boroughs .. .. .. 100,541 83,012 17,529 Expenses of collecting, &c. .. .. 21,148 17,555 3,593 Advances .. .. .. .. 2,433 9,523 .. 7,090 Other special Acts— Maintenance of overseas war graves and .. 30,750 .. 30,750 memorials Compensation for stock destroyed or con- 23,236 30,610 .. 7,374 demned Miscellaneous .. .. .. 28,290 21,334 6,956 Total—Other services .. .. 7,315,652 6,051,896 1,449,876 186,120 Total— Permanent appropriations 17,854,462 17,035,863 1,468,556 649,957 * Includes subsidy to Jubilee Institute for the Blind, which is really educational.