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Table No. 3. Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1938, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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! Year ended Year ended ' 31st March, 31st March, j Inorease. Decrease. 1938. 1937. Taxation — £ £ £ £ Customs .. .. .. ■■ 10,758,733 9,499,254 1,259,479 Beer duty .. .. •• •• 978,437 841,585 136,852 Sales tax .. .. .. .. 3,499.131 3,044,613 454,518 Film-hire tax .. .. .. .. 82,377 72,209 10,168 Gold-export duty .. .. .. 105,412 108,793 j .. 3,381 Highways " .. .. .. 2,838,711 2,503.111 335,600 Stamp and death duties .. .. .. 3,240,139 3.162,502 77,637 Land-tax .. .. .. .. 1,038,034 1,047,877 .. 9,843 Income-tax .. .. .. .. 9,078,763 6,618,716 2,460,047 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 44,693 42,185 2,508 Total—Taxation .. .. .. 31.664,430 26,940,845 4,736,809 13,224 Interest — On capital liabilityWorking railways .. .. .. 632,797 ! 903,858 .. 271,061 Postal and telegraph .. .. .. 590,000 1 566,000 24,000 On Public Debt Redemption Fund .. .. 463,866 J 385,855 78,011 On other public moneys .. .. .. 454,702 531,405 .. 76,703 Total—Interest .. .. .. 2,141,365 2,387,118 102,011 347,764 Other receipts — Registration and other fees .. .. 271,941 251,390 20,551 National-endowment revenue .. .. 154,319 152,632 1,687 Territorial revenue .. .. .. 290,964 298,812 .. 7,848 External affairs .. .. .. .. 238,575 154,127 84,448 Justice .. .. .. .. .. 167,921 141,729 26,192 Marine .. .. .. .. .. 163,578 147,480 16,098 Native .. .. .. .. .. 5,839 6,237 .. 398 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. 278,719 231,331 47,388 Profits of Trading Institutions .. .. 378,372 .. 378,372 Stamp duties .. .. .. .. 68,700 64,253 4,447 Tourist and Health Resorts ... .. 117,945 101,809 16,136 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 98,511 259,170 .. 160,659 Recoveries on account of expenditure of 18,151 10,001 | 8,150 previous years Recoveries on account of unauthorized expendi- 113 i 254 i .. 141 ture of previous years Total—Other receipts .. .. 2.253,648' 1,819,225 603,469 169,046 I 5,442,289 530,034 530,034 Totals .. .. .. .. 36,059,443 31,147,188 4,912,255