CO129-547-4 Military contributions 23-2-1934 - 28-11-1934 — Page 5

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receipts of the Railway and the working expenses

thereof is exempted from assessment for Military

For example the figures for 1933

Contribution.

were as follows:

Railway gross receipts

Railway working expenses

Service of 1906 loan:

$1,630,611 $886,381

Interest

775,911

Sinking Fund

221,069

996,980′

996,980

Gross working expenses

including service of

1906 loan

$1,883,361

In calculating the amount of the Colony's revenue

on which Military Contribution is assessable the

gross figure of revenue for the year is taken as

the basis. From this figure certain deductions

are made including a deduction in 1933 of $1,630,611

on account of the gross receipts of the railway.

Certain additions are also made including the net

profit on the railway in the calculation of which

the cost of service of the 1906 loan is taken into

account on the expenditure side. The net profit

on the working of the year 1935 was nil ($1,630,611

$1,885,361). If, however, the amount required

for the service of the 1906 loan had not been taken

into account in calculating the profit on the

railway the position would have been:

Gross receipts

Working expenses

$1,630,611

886,381

Profit

$ 744,230

and Military Contribution would have been payable

in respect of this profit. Therefore in effect

under

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