8.—6.

Table No. 7. Statement showing Customs Duties collected for Year 1933-34, compared with the Year 1932-33.

Table No. 8. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1934, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1933.

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1933—34. 1932—33. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Spirits, wine, and beer .. .. .. 675,096 709,739 .. 34,643 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. 1,611,678 1,618,537 .. 6,859 Apparel and textiles .. .. .. 686,175 853,553 .. 167,378 Motor-vehicles and parts* .. .. .. 168,854 117,739 51,115 Other goods .. .. .. .. 2,786,707 2,106,823 679,884 Primage and surtax .. .. .. 556,503 725,023 .. 168,520 Totals .. .. .. 6,485,013 6,131,414 730,999 377,400 377,400 353,599 * Excluding tire-tax and petrol-tax earmarked to Main Highways.

Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, Increase. Decrease. 1934. 1933. Permanent Appropriations:— £ £ £ £ Under special Acts of Legislature,— Civil List .. .. .. .. .. 22,505 22,184 321 Debt Services— Interest .. .. .. .. .. 8,836,467 8,498,681 337,786 Amortization of debt— Sinking fund ... .. .. .. 10,859 9,855 1,004 Repayment of Public Debt Act, 1925 .. 1,392,257 1,291,182 101,075 Transfers to Loans Redemption Account .. 9,843 7,408 2'435 Administration and management .. .. 61,045 13' 016 Payments on guaranteed loans .. .. 86,861 52^001 Total—Debt Services .. .. .. 10,397,332 9,890,015 507,317 Other Services— Education 53,221 51,938 1,283 Contribution towards Singapore Naval Base .. 100,000 100,000 Other grants and subsidies .. .. .. 35,875 31,668 4,207 !! Salaries and honoraria .. .. .. 56,013 59,133 '3 120 Pensions 25,081 24,092 989 Motor-taxation— Transfers to Main Highways Account .. 1,079,097 1,059,941 19,156 Paid to boroughs .. .. .. 100,060 98,591 1^469 Expenses of collecting, &c... .. .. 22,680 21,175 1 505 Advances Or. 4,630 11,991 iē,621 Other special Acts — Cost of exchange 011 the purchase from banks of .. 470,338 .. 470 338 surplus sterling in London Exchange on remittances of public moneys to 1,797,188 342,113 1,455,075 or from countries overseas Miscellaneous .. .. .. 65,732 10,029 55,703 Total—Other Services .. .. 3,330,317 2,281,009 1,539,387 490,079 Total—Permanent Appropriations .. 13,750,154 12,193,208 2,047,025 490,079