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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Administrative charges— By Customs and excise duties .. .. 8,413,332 15 7 Salaries .. .. 87,671 0 5 Beer duty .. .. .. .. 621,072 911 Pay of non-permanents .. 1,223 16 4 Warehouse license fees .. .. .. 7,240 15 6 Allowances, overtime, and Customs agents' license fees . . . . 353 15 0 rewards .. .. 2,496 12 5 Brewery supervision fees .. .. 1,176 7 5 Expenses of official repre- Hop-beer license fees .. .. .. 118 15 0 sentative, London .. 429 1 11 Customs fines .. .. .. .. 680 4 7 Expenses of official repre- Distillation Act license fees . . . . 160 10 0 sentative, New York .. 1,311 2 5 Tobacco Act license fees .. .. 313 0 0 Payments to other Depart- 'Timber Act export duty . . . . 28 6 6 ments for services of Sale and disposal of seizures .. .. 32 3 6 officers .. .. 5,630 11 11 Immigration Restriction Act—Chinese pollPostage and telegrams, tax .. .. .. .. 2,400 0 0 and rent of boxes .. 767 5 5 Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. 0 19 0 Printing and stationery .. 2,088 5 10 Telephone services .. 746 10 10 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 331 19 10 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 845 8 10 Kent .. .. .. 4,650 7 10 Maintenance and repairs 88 12 8 Miscellaneous expenses of Head Office and local offices .. .. 3,373 6 1 111,654 2 9 Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Governments .. .. 2,817 0 0 ! Depreciation .. .. .. 947 2 7 Main Highways Account .. .. 188,450 6 1 j Balance carried down .. .. 8,743,241 10 7 ! £9,047,110 2 0 I £9,047,110 2 0 £ s. d. j £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. 1,354 8 10 | By Balance brought down .. .. .. 8,743,241 10 7 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. .. .. 8,741,887 1 9 £8,743,241 10 7 £8,743,241 10 7 Note.—Percentage cost of collection, including depreciation and interest on capital, 1'26 = £1 ss. 2d. The Revenue Account includes charges for rent, interest, and maintenance of buildings for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, and also charges for services rendered to other Departments for which those Departments possess no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1927. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital funds .. .. .. 30,096 13 8 Office furniture and fittings .. 7,109 16 0 Sundry creditors — Additions during year .. 345 4 10 Outstanding expenses .. 2,217 12 5 7,455 0 10 Fees received in advance .. 6,770 15 8 Mechanical office appliances .. 780 611 Main Highways Account .. 7,792 15 1 Additions during year .. 147 911 16,781 3 2 927 16 10 Deposit Accounts — Buildings .. .. .. .. 13,358 10 9 Customs duties .. .. 99,363 9 2 Reserves .. .. .. .. 8,852 0 0 Immigration Restriction Acts 4,410 0 0 Stock on hand at Government — 103,773 9 2 Stationery Office— Depreciation Fund .. .. .. 4,474 10 1 Uniform trimmings .. .. 47 15 5 Excess of revenue over expendi- Testing and gauging instruture .. .. .. .. 8,741,887 1 9 ments .. .. .. 955 5 0 Customs forms .. . . 650 0 0 1,653 0 5 Sundry debtors — Government Departments .. 35,978 13 1 Other .... .. 181 0 1 36,159 13 2 Deposits Accounts— Receiver-General .. . . 87,090 0 0 Collectors of Customs .. 12,273 9 2 99,363 9 2 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 8,729,243 6 8 £8,897,012 17 10 £8,897,012 17 10 30th August, 1927. Geo. Craig, 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 note. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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