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Table No. 7. Statement showing Customs Duties collected for Year 1934-35 compared with the Year 1933-34.

Table No. 8. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1935, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1934.

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1934-35. 1933-34. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Spirits, wine, and beer 679,930 675,096 4,834 Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes .. .. 1,665,726 | 1,611,678 54,048 Apparel and textiles 814,187 686,175 128,012 Motor-vehicles and parts* 487,240 168,854: 318,386 Motor-spirit* .. .'. .. ■■ 1,057,598 960,028! 97,570 Other goods 1,988,843 1,826,679 162,164 Primage and surtax .. .. .. 730,073 556,503 173,570 Totals 7,423,597 6,485,013 938,584 * Excluding tire-tax and petrol-tax earmarked to Main Highways.

— 1 I J Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, Increase. Decrease. 1935. 1934. ___] , Permanent Appropriations : — £ £ I £ £ Under special Acts of Legislature,— Civil List .. .. .. .. •• 23,100 | 22,505 j 595 Debt Services — Interest .. .. .. .. .. 8,023,812 8,836,467 .. 812,655 Amortization of debt— Sinking fund .. .. .. •• 10,859 10,859 .. Repayment of Public Debt Act, 1925 .. 1,578,293 1,392,257 186,036 Transfers to Loans Redemption Account .. 7,326 9,843 .. 2,517 Administration and management .. .. 117,733 61,045 56,688 Payments on guaranteed loans .. .. 42,605 86,861 .. 44,256 Total—Debt Services .. .. •• 9,780,628 10,397,332 242,724 859,428 Other Services — Education .. .. .. •• •• 87,207 53,221 33,986 Contribution towards Singapore Naval Base .. 100,000 100,000 Other grants and subsidies .. .. • • 242,949 35,875 207,074 Salaries and honoraria .. .. • • 60,224 56,013 4,211 Pensions .. .. .. •• •• 40,057 25,081 14,976 Highways— Transfers to Main Highways Account .. 1,455,143 1,079,097 376,046 Paid to boroughs .. .. •• •• 110,748 100,060 10,688 Expenses of collecting, &c... .. •• 21,074 22,680 .. 1,606 Advances .. .. Cr. 6,123 Cr. 4,630 Cr. 1,493 Other special ActsCost of exchange on the purchase from banks of 1,190,265 1,737,745 .. 547,480 surplus sterling in London Exchange on remittances of public moneys to 268,894 59,443 209,451 or from countries overseas Miscellaneous .. .. •• •• 67,596 65,732 .1,864 Total —Other Services .. • • 3,638,034 3,330,317 856,803 549,086 Total—Permanent Appropriations .. 13,441,762 13,750,154 1,100,122 1,408,514