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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 19 2 7-19 28.

STATEMENT of the REVENUE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND (ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT) for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1928.

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Receipts. Refunds. Net Revenue. ORDINARY REVENUE £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CUSTOMS .. .. .. .. .. 8,081,788 15 0 139,199 16 2 7,942,588 18 10 BEER Duty .. .. .. .. .. 609,844 11 2 220 12 1 609,623 19 1 Motor-vehicles —Duties, Licenses, etc., — Tire-tax .. .. .. .. .. 52,078 8 0 .. 52,078 8 0 Fees and fines (Section 24, Motor-vehicles Act, 1924) 173,523 13 0 .. 173,523 13 0 Petrol-tax .. .. .. .. .. 143,547 18 11 32 8 2 143,515 10 9 369,149 19 11 32 8 2 369,117 11 9 Stamp and Death Duties, — Adhesive stamps .. .. .. .. 414,142 3 7 328,887 16 1 85,254 7 6 Duty on Instruments .. .. .. .. 435,576 0 11 6,770 12 11 428,805 8 0 Estate Duty .. .. .. .. .. 1,487,171 8 2 31,195 16 8 1,455,975 11 6 Succession Duty .. .. .. .. 400,224 17 6 8,486 13 0 391,738 4 6 Gift Duty .. .. .. .. .. 51,865 4 0 208 13 3 51,656 10 9 Crown and Native Rates .. .. .. 275 13 9 .. 275 13 9 Fines and Penalties .. .. .. .. 5,047 0 6 203 7 8 4,843 12 10 Impressed Stamps .. .. .. .. 189,042 8 10 1,167 10 4 187,874 18 6 Licenses to Companies .. .. .. 70,958 7 8 77 17 3 70,880 10 5 Sharebrokers' Licenses .. .. .. 676 18 0 2 18 0 674 0 0 Bank Composition .. .. .. .. 195,300 11 1 .. 195,300 11 1 Totalizator Revenue .. .. .. .. 567,917 7 7 27 8 5 567,889 19 2 Amusements-tax .. .. .. .. 63,182 9 10 17 18 8 63,164 11 2 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 916 4 4 883 4 7 32 19 9 3,882,296 15 9 377,929 16 10 3,504,366 18 11 ♦Postal and Telegraph,— Postal (including Post Office Savings-bank profits) 1,597,217 9 1 155,000 0 0 1,442,217 9 1 Telegraph .. .. .. .. .. 426,630 19 0 .. 426,630 19 0 Telephone .. .. .. .. .. 1,057,177 1 10 .. 1,057,177 1 10 Toll.. .. .. .. .. .. 397,234 0 11 .. 397,234 0 11 3,478,259 10 10 155,000 0 0 3,323,259 10 10 Land-TAX .. .. .. .. .. 1,170,498 6 5 16,019 2 6 1,154,479 3 11 Income-TAX .. .. .. .. .. 3,417,920 15 7 144,191 12 5 3,273,729 3 2 Registration and other Fees, — Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22 (Part III) 9,297 15 1 0 12 0 9,297 3 1 Apprentices Act, 1908 .. .. .. .. 39 6 6 .. 39 6 6 Arms Act, 1920 .. .. .. .. 2,101 1 0 .. 2,101 1 0 Aviation Act, 1918 .. .. .. .. 110 .. 110 Births, Deaths, and Marriages .. .. .. 18,368 15 8 22 4 0 18,346 11 8 British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1923 .. .. .. .. | 313 6 0 14 3 6 299 2 6 By-laws Act, 1910 .. .. .. .. 25 15 0 .. 25 15 0 Cinematograph-film Censorship Act, 1916 .. 1,634 16 9 27 12 6 1,607 4 3 Coal-mines Act, 1925 .. .. .. .. 206 18 0 5 17 6 201 0 6 Copyright Act, 1913 .. .. . . .. j 4 16 6 .. 4 16 6 Crown Grant Fees .. .. .. .. 761 7 0 6 5 10 755 1 2 Customs Act, 1913 .. .. .. .. 9,228 12 6 188 15 9 9,039 16 9 Dairy Industry Act, 1908 .. .. ..I 2,484 0 0 14 0 0 2,470 0 0 Dentists Act, 1908, and Amendment Act, 1911 .. 44 7 6 .. 44 7 6 Distillation Act, 1908 .. .. .. .. 212 0 0 2 0 0 210 0 0 Education Act, 1914 .. .. .. .. 600 .. 600 Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act, 1925 .. 971 2 4 0 10 0 970 12 4 Engineers Registration Act, 1924 .. .. 74 96 440 70 56 Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908 .. 4,976 17 2 43 2 6 4,933 14 8 Factories Act, 1921-22.. .. .. .. 3,819 1 6 2 3 0 3,816 18 6 Finance Act, 1915 (Part III), (Beer Duty) .. 1,379 17 7 37 4 2 1,342 13 5 Finance Act, 1920 (Section 49), (fees for transfer of New Zealand Stock and Bonds from London to New Zealand Registers) .. .. .. 176 .. 176 Fisheries Act, 1908 .. .. .. .. 478 16 8 .. 478 16 8 Friendly Societies Act, 1909 .. .. .. 280 .. 280 Health Act, 1920 .. .. .. .. 37 15 0 .. 37 15 0 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926 .. 254 19 2 1 0 0 253 19 2 Immigration Restriction Act, 1908 .. .. 200 0 0 .. 200 0 0 Industrial Concil ation and Arbitration Act, 1925 .. 557 11 3 3 0 0 554 11 3 Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908, and Amendment Act, 1910 .. .. .. .. .. 20,501 6 11 106 14 9 20,394 12 2 Land Agents Act, 1921-22 .. .. .. 10,642 1 0 2 0 0 10,640 1 0 Licensing Act, 1908 .. .. .. .. 54 0 0 .. 54 0 0 Carried forward .. .. .. 88,681 12 1 481 9 6 88,200 2 7 I • Note.—The details of Postal and Telegraph revenue have been compiled from departmental returns, and have not been certified by Audit,