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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1932. Or £ s. d. £ s. d. Gr. £ s - d. To Administrative charges— By Customs and Excise duties .. .. 5,900,731 16 4 Salaries .! •• 67,128 810 Beer duty .. .. •• •• 644,399 9 6 Pay of non-permanents .. 2,074 3 4 Brewery supervision fees .. .. 1,021 5 3 Allowances, overtime, and Customs fines .. .. .. •• rewards .. .. 2,094 19 11 Customs Agents license fees .. .. ™ « Expenses of Official Repre- Distillation Act fees 167 10 0 sentatives, London .. 624 22 Hop-beer license fees 108 10 0 Expenses of Official Repre- Sale of seizures .. .. •• I o sentative, New York .. 1,473 .10 6 Timber export duty j U 5 Postages and telegrams .. 1,080 8 8 Tobacco Act license fees .. .. 354 .1 b Printing and stationery .. 1,001 12 2 Warehouse license fees 10' , 1 0 Telephone services .. 721 10 7 Territorial revenue LOU Services rendered by other Departments .. .. 633 18 0 Transfer and removal expenses .. •• 129 11 9 Travelling allowances and expenses .. • • 371 6 9 Rent .. • • .. 4,723 1 9 Maintenance and repairs .. 153 10 3 Miscellaneous expenses .. 2, 940 7 1 85,150 11 9 Grants to Cook and Niue Islands Governments 2,691 0 0 Depreciation .. .. •• 7'J Balance carried down .. .. •• 6,469,177 7 4 £6,558,062 6 0 £6,558,062 6 0 £ s. d. £ s - To Interest on capital .. .. •• 1,347 611 By Balance brought down 6,469,177 7 4 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 6,467,830 0 5 £6,469,177 7 4 £6,469,177 7 jt Note —Percentage cost of collection, including depreciation and interest, on capital, 1-3759 — £1 7s. 6d. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. | 3 ; d ; Par»i+al £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. •• •• s,ZOZ 0 0 ' Consolidated Foud .. .. 0,094 <J 6 Buildings ' Public Work. Fund - »-»»■» » „ 3 " n Mechanical office appliances .. .. 1,092 16 4 Creditors — D , ik q Departmental .. .. 193 17 6 Stationery 667 16 J 427 17 3 Stamps... .. •• •• •• y4 111 10 621 14 9 Saleable books .. .. .. •• 26 10 6 TVoc rmirl in ndvflncp .. 9,697 16 1 Uniform-trimmings .. .. •• 17 18 3 Depreciation Reserve .. .. 9,262 13 10 Testing and gauging instruments .. 85111 1 Amounts held on deposit— Debtors • • Customs duties .. ..61,305 17 9 Departmental .. .. 9,980 211 Immigration Restriction Act,.. 1,090 0 0 822 7 14 ,802 10 7 Writings-off, Suspense '214 0 9 Deposit accountsEsoess of wraiue over expenditure .. „.«,,83» « 5 » "J® ,? 5 Immigration Restriction Acts 1,090 0 0 62,395 17 9 Assets in Suspense .. . • • • 214 0 9 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 6,471,061 8 1 £6,579,817 3 10 £6,579,817 3 10 NoTE -The Revenue Account includes the following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriations • la) Services of Marine Department officers; (b) rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; M interest at 41 per cent, on capital. Depreciation has been allowed for on balance of assets as at Ist April 1931, the total charge being carried to Depreciation Reserve. Credit has been taken without appropriation for services rendered to Internal Affairs and Marine Department. E. D. Good, Acting 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, subject to the above departmental notes—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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