Year ending Year ending Mar. 31, 1918. Mar. 31, 1917. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Customs 71,261,000 70,561,000 700,000 --- Excise 38,772,000 56,380,000 --- 17,608,000 Estate, etc., Duties 31,674,000 31,232,000 442,000 --- Stamps 8,300,000 7,878,000 422,000 --- Land Tax 665,000 640,000 25,000 --- House Duty 1,960,000 1,940,000 20,000 --- Income Tax and Super Tax 239,509,000 205,033,000 34,476,000 --- Excess Profits Duties, etc. 220,214,000 139,920,000 80,294,000 --- Land Value Duties 685,000 521,000 164,000 --- Postal Service 35,300,000 34,100,000 1,200,000 --- Crown Lands 690,000 650,000 40,000 --- Sundry Loans, etc. 6,056,250 8,055,817 --- 1,999,567 Miscellaneous 52,148,315 16,516,765 35,631,550 --- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 707,234,565 573,427,582 153,414,550 19,607,567 | | +-----------+----------+ £133,806,983 Net Increase. A more interesting comparison perhaps is to take the actual receipts during the past financial year and compare them, not with the former year, but with the estimates of the expected yield of the various items. In this case we get the following comparisons:-- [Transcriber's Note: Corrected a typo in the table: "Sundry Loans" line should have a minus(-) instead of a plus(+) as printed.] Actual. Estimated. Difference. £ £ £ Customs 71,261,000 70,750,000 + 511,000 Excise 38,772,000 34,950,000 + 3,822,000 Estate Duties 31,674,000 29,000,000 + 2,674,000 Stamps 8,300,000 8,000,000 + 300,000 Land Tax and House Duty 2,625,000 2,600,000 + 25,000 Income Tax and Super Tax 239,509,000 224,000,000 + 15,509,000 Excess Profits Tax 220,214,000 200,000,000 + 20,214,000 Land Value Duties 685,000 400,000 + 285,000 Postal Services 35,300,000 33,700,000 + 1,600,000 Crown Lands 690,000 600,000 + 90,000 Sundry Loans, etc. 6,056,000 7,500,000 - 1,444,000 Miscellaneous 52,148,000 27,100,000 + 25,048,000