8.—6.

Table No. 5. Estimated Revenue of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Year ending 31st March, 1942, compared with the Actual Revenue received for the Year ended 31st March, 1941.

Table No. 6. Stamp and Death Duty Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1941, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1940.

IV

I Estimate Actual Difference. ! for for 1941-42. 1940-41. Iucreas0i Uecrease Taxation — £ £ £ £ Customs .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,700,000 8,777,757 .. 1,077,757 Beer duty .. .. .. .. •• 1,000,000 1,002,030 .. 2,030 Sales tax.. .. .. .. .. .. 3,300,000 3,502,533 .. 202,533 Film-hire tax .. .. .. .. .. 95,000 94,974 26 Gold-export duty .. .. .. .. 110,000 108,915 1,085 Highways .. .. .. .. .. 2,172,000 2,393,756 .. 221,756 Stamp duties 1,700,000 1,697,779 2,221 Land-tax 950,000 959,418 .. 9,418 Income-tax and Excess Profits Tax .. .. .. 16,100,000 15,720,490 379,510 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 10,000 16,080 ... 6,080 Total—Taxation .. .. 33,737,000 34,873,732 382,842 1,519,574 Interest — On capital liability— Working Railways .. .. .. .. 1,500,000 1,694,643 .. 194,643 Postal and Telegraph .. .. .. .. 670,000 665,000 5,000 On the Public Debt Redemption Fund .. .. 396,000 396,520 .. 520 On other public moneys .. .. .. .. 580,000 528,683 51,317 Total —Interest .. .. 3,146,000 3,284,846 56,317 195,163 Other receipts—■ Registration and other fees .. .. .. .. 300,000 319,662 .. 19,662 Territorial revenue .. .. .. .. 400,000 434,511 .. 34,511 External Affairs .. .. .. .. 170,000 176,344 .. 6,344 Justice .. .. .. .. .. .. 160,000 160,367 .. 367 Marine .. .. •• .. .. •• 145,000 151,506 .. 6,506 Native .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 4,738 262 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. .. 325,000 291,905 33,095 Profits of Trading Institutions .. .. .. 600,000 419,853 180,147 Stamp duties .. .. .. .. .. 63,000 64,145 .. 1,145 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. 110,000 112,566 .. 2,566 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 115,000 131,308 .. 16,308 Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years 20,000 12,117 7,883 Recoveries on account of unauthorized expenditure .. .. 327 .. 327 Total—Other receipts .. .. 2,413,000 2,279,349 221,387 87,736 660,546 1,802,473 660,546 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 39,296,000 40,437,927 .. 1,141,927

Year Ended 31st Maroh, Item. I Increase. Decrease. 1941. 1940. I . I £ £ £ £ Adhesive stamps .. .. 55,225 216,771 .. 161,546 Duty on instruments.. .. 390,611 367,890 22,721 Estate and succession duty .. 3,032,795* l,543,954f 1,488,841 Gift duty .. .. .. 194,995* 216,361 j .. 21,366 Impressed stamps, and duty on 233,548 229,739 3,809 cheques Company licenses .. .. 91,501 90,729 772 Sharebrokers'licenses .. 1,511 1,770 .. 259 Totalizator revenue .. .. 785,517 787,418 .. j 1,901 Amusements-tax .. .. 92,700 95,644 .. 2,944 Lottery duty .. .. 24,075 24,083 .. 8 Overseas-passenger duty .. 14,951 25,709 .. 10,758 Miscellaneous .. .. 8,140 3,394 4.746 1,520,889 198,782 198,782 Totals .. 4,925,569 3,603,462 1,322,107 * Paid to War Expenses Account. t £1>443,705 paid to Consolidated Fund and £100,249 to War Expenses Account. t £182,161 paid to Consolidated Fund and £34,200 to War Expenses Account.