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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account eok the Year ended 31st March, 1936. £ s. d. £ s. d. Or. £ s d Administrative charges Customs and excise duties .. .. 8 161 662 18 2 Salaries .. .. .. 74,782 10 11 Beer duty .. .. .. . '716*411 7 2 Pay of non-permanents .. 2,266 4 5 Brewery supervision fees .. l'o9B Sll Allowances, overtime, and re- Customs fines .. .. .. '' '132 ]0 0 wards .. .. . . 2,070 5 5 Customs agents' license fees .. 372 5 0 Expenses of official represen- Distillation Act fees .. .. . ] 76 0 0 tatives, London .. 744 10 4 Gold-export duty (12s. 6d. per ounce) .. 106,996 17 9 -hxpenses of official represen- Hop-beer license fees .. .. .. 86 10 0 tative, New York .. 1,465 18 5 Profit on realization of assets .. 10 0 5 Postage and telegrams .. 1, 195 14 10 Sale of seizures .. ' 25 6 Printing and stationery .. 1,632 10 3 Sales tax .. .. .. " 2 475 550 7 2 Telephone services .. 851 8 7 Sales-tax license fees .. .. .. ' '640 0 0 Services rendered by other Timber-export duty .. ~ ~ 2 19 0 Departments .. .. 2,557 0 6 Tobacco Act license fees .. .. .. 600 15 0 Transfer and removal ex- Warehouse license fees .. 11 820 15 1 penses .. .. 1,297 4 3 ' Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 841 1 7 Rent .. .. 4,342 2 3 Maintenance and repairs .. 172 0 1 Miscellaneous expenses .. 2,377 17 1 96,596 8 11 Grants to Cook and Niue Islands Governments 3,270 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 1,055 0 2 Balance carried down .. .. .. 11,374,542 7 1 £11,475,463 16 2 £11,475,463 16 2 £ s. d. £ Interest on capital .. .. .. 792 0 7 Balance brought down .. .. 11 374 542 7 1 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 11,373,750 6 6 ' ' £11,374,542 7 1 £11,374,542 7 1 Note.—Percentage cost of collection, including depreciation and interest on capital, 0-8864 = 17s. 9d. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. „ , Liabilities. Asseta _ £ s . d. £ s d Capital £ s. d. £ s. d. Land ...... « 9<v> a Public Works Fund Capital Buildings .. " " 7 ' 8 o 2 lq - Account .. .. 10,700 10 9 Bicycles .. .. " 13 15 4 Consolidated Fund Capital Furniture and fittings .. .. 123 2 8 Account .. .. 5,870 19 0 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 399 12 4 16,571 9 9 Saleable books .. .. .. .. icq 0 Creditors— Stamps, postage .. .. .. 106 4. Departmental .. .. 2,538 111 Stocks — Sundry .. .. .. 1,316 110 Stationery .. .. 580 13 6 3,854 3 9 Uniform trimmings .. 24 7 7 Fees paid in advance .. .. 10,413 15 0 Testing and gauging instruAmounts held on deposit- ments .. . . 485 11 3 Customs duties .. .. 95,535 12 4 Testing-glasses .. .. 40 8 3 Immigration Restriction Acts 1,780 0 0 I iqi n Export Control Boards .. 11,225 11 2 Debtors — ' 108,541 3 6 Departmental .. .. 12,604 3 4 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 11,373,750 6 6 Sundry .. .. 16'809 13 6 A — 29,413 16 10 Deposit Accounts — Receiver-General .. .. 78,033 0 0 Collectors of Customs .. 17,502 12 4 Immigration Restriction Acts 1,780 0 0 Dairy Produce Act, 1923 .. 8,629 22 Honey-export Control Act, !9 2 4 .. .. .. 1 12 10 Meat-export Control Act, 1921-22 .. .. 2,594 16 2 „ .j. , 108,541 3 6 lreasury Adjustment Account .. 11,357,217 2 6 £11,513,130 18 6 £11,513,130 18 6 E. D. Good, 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV].—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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