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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Dr. £ b. d. £ s. d. Gr. £ a. d. To Administrative charges— By Customs and Excise duties .. .. 6,137,109 8 10 Salaries .. .. 59,449 3 2 Beer duty .. .. .. .. 653,325 7 6 Pay of non-permanents .. 1,861 18 6 Brewery supervision fees .. .. 931 12 4 Allowances, overtime, and Customs fines .. .. .. .. 283 4 4 rewards .. .. 2,019 1 0 Customs agents'license fees .. .. 377 10 0 Expenses of Official Repre- Distillation Act fees .. .. .. 167 0 0 sentatives, London .. 729 16 8 Gold-export duty .. ... .. 15,635 13 9 Expenses of Official Repre- Hop-beer license fees .. .. .. 107 0 0 sentative, New York .. 2,142 610 Sale of seizures .. .. .. 25 5 2 Postages and telegrams .. 839 13 3 Sales tax .. .. .. .. 39,847 16 10 Printing and stationery .. 1,210 17 9 Sales Tax Act fees .. .. .. 103 0 0 Telephone services .. 685 14 10 Timber-export duty .. .. .. 174 0 8 Services rendered by other Tobacco Act license fees .. .. 401 15 1 Departments .. .. 1,204 8 5 Warehouse license fees .. .. .. 10,436 15 8 Transfer and removal ex- Territorial revenue .. .. .. 10 0 penses .. .. 31 0 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 314 18 10 Rent .. .. .. 4,565 8 6 Maintenance and repairs .. 105 6 10 Miscellaneous expenses .. 2,004 19 4 77,164 13 11 I.R.A.—Administrative expenses .. .. Cr. 1 12 2 77,163 1 9 Grants to Cook and Niue Islands Governments .. .. .. .. 3,015 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 1,043 15 4 Balance carried down .. .. .. 6,777,704 13 1* £6,858,926 10 2 £6,858,926 10 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 1,343 12 10 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,777,704 13 1 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 6,776,361 0 3 £6,777,704 13 1 £6,777,704 13 1 Note.—Percentage cost of collection, including depreciation and interest on capital, 1-1598 = £1 3s. 2d. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1933. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 8,202 0 0 Consolidated Fund Capital Buildings .. .. .. .. 12,198 10 9 Account .. .. 9,221 16 11 Cycles .. .. .. .. .. 43 13 11 Public Works Department Ex- Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 8,385 6 8 penditure Account .. 20,700 10 9 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 1,092 16 4 29,922 7 8 Stationery .. .. .. .. 553 811 Creditors— Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 90 18 2 Departmental .. .. 342 12 6 Saleable books .. .. .. .. 20 12 6 Sundry .. .. .. 656 5 6 Uniform trimmings .. .. .. 24 18 0 998 18 0 Testing and gauging instruments .. .. 766 911 Fees paid in advance .. .. .. 9,181 6 2 Debtors — £ s. d. Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 10,303 0 8 Departmental .. .. 16,466 16 5 Amounts held on deposit— Sundry .. .. .. 5,110 3 6 Customs duties .. ..57,19113 8 21,576 19 11 Immigration Restriction Acts.. 1,280 0 0 Deposit Accounts— 58,471 13 8 Receiver-General .. .. 43,655 0 0 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. .. 6,776,361 0 3 Collectors of Customs .. 13,536 13 8 Immigration Restriction Acts 1,280 0 0 58,471 13 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 6,773,810 17 8 £6,885,238 6 5 J £6,885,238 6 5 Note. —The Revenue Account includes the following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Services of Marine Department officers ; (6) rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (c) interest on capital. Depreciation has been allowed for on balance of assets as at Ist April, 1932, 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, for 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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