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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPTROI~LER OF c-usTOMS & EXCISE FOR THE YEAR 1961.

(Printed by the Authority of his Excellency the Governor.)

GEORGETOWN, DEMERARA, BRITISH GUIANA.

1961 • BRlTlSH GUIANA ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE FOR THE YEAR 1961.

CUSTOMS and EXCISE DEPARTMENT, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana.

28th June, 1962.

FREEDON YEAR Secretary to the Treasury, Sir, I have the honour to submit for the inform ation of His Excellency the Governor, the Annul\!
Report on the work of this Department for the year ended 31st December, 1961.

REVENUE.

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The gross revenue collected by the department during 1961 amounted to $29,876,081.89.

After deducting various sums refunded during the year totalling $44, l 84.88 the aggregate net revenue was $29,83 1,897.01.

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The following table gives particulars ot net revenue collections on 1960 and 1961 to gether with the increase or decrease under each subhead.
SUB-HEADS OF REVENUE 1960 $ c. 1961 $ C. INCREASE C. $ DECREASE C. $ Import Duties 21,015:,467.91 22,296,765.88 1,281,297.97 Bonded Wa rehouses 81,205.37 79,397.48 Export Duties Excise Duties Rum Beer Bitters and Cordials .. Matches Methylated Spirits Miscellaneous Licences- Liquor Unspecified Other heads TOTAL NET RECEIPTS .. TOTAL NET INCREASE .. 28,324.645.22 29,876,081.89 1,756,709.05 205,272.38 1,551,436.67 • 4.
Of the total net revenue collected in 1961 approximately 74.6% was derived from import duty 3.8 % from export duty 17.8% from excise duty on rum 1.9% from excise duty on beer 0.4% from other excise duties 0.7 % from licences and 0.8% from other sources.

The relative importance of the main revenue heads for the past two years compared with 1955 is indicated below.

4 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUE Import Duty Export Duty Excise Duty on Rum Excise Duty on Beer Other Heads 1955 1960 1961 72.5 5.6 19.8 2.
1 74.2 4.6 17.3 2.1 1.8 74.6 3.8 17.8 1.9 1.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 A summary of the gross amounts of revenue derived from the principal classes of commodi ties imported and exported during each of the past five years, is given in Appendix 1.

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The greatest amount of duty levied on a single commodity in 1961 was $3,864,821 on tobacco.

The yield on this item was 17.3 per cent of the total import duty collected on all imports for the year.
The quantities of imported tobacco cleared for home consumption and the duty collected thereon during 1960 and 196 1 were as follows:- 1960 1961 Increase ( +) ) or Decrease ( - Quantity Lbs.

Duty $ Quantity Lbs.

Duty $ Quantity Lbs.

Duty $ Tobacco in leaf - Moisture content below 25 per cent.

.. Moisture content 25 per cent.


or more Manufactured tobacco - Cigarettes Cigars Other kinds .. 709,029 3,259,926 785,235 3,612,078 + 76,206 + 352, 152 30,908 80,36 1 27,849 72,407 3,059 7,954 15,968 123,331 793 6,702 6,394 40,394 16,619 765 7,383 127,'.

!.il + 6,459 46,636 + 65 1 + 28 989 + 3,910 243 6,242 TOTAL: .. 763,092 3,510,7 14 837,85 l 3,864,821 + 74,759 + 354,107 6.
The total revenue collected on alcoholic beverages during 1961 was $7,292,033 showing an increase of $970,335 over collections for 1960.

Of this total, import duty was $1,368,874 in 1961 as compared with $1,247,885 in 1960, whiJe excise duty amounted to $5,923,159 in 1961 and $5,073,813 in the previous year.
Comparative tables showing the excise and import duties collected on alcoholic beverages and the q uantities of such beverages cleared for home consumption during the past ten years are set out in Appendix II to this report.

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Comparison of the quantities of alcoholic beverages and tobacco clea~ed for home consum ption during the year 1961 with those for the year 1952 shows the followmg percentage increases or decreases over the ten year period.

Increase % Decrease % )~/ .

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Malt Liquors Imported spirits .

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Rum, home-made Imported leaf tobacco (moisture .

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.. content under 25 % ) ..

Imported tobacco manufactures Wines, local and imported ..

Imported l'eaf tobacco (content 25 % .. or more) .

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151 - 36 40 44 6 - 10 48 8.

Claims for drawback of duty under the provisions of the Customs Ordinance passed to the Treasury for payment during 1960 and 1961 totalled:- On goods re-exported .

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On gasolene used as fuel for driving machinery in the colony TOTAL .. .

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1960 $ c. 78,691.43 j 1961 $ C. 59,460.75 27,293.19 18,597.86 105,984.62 78,058.61 .

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CONCESSIONS TO INDUSTRY.

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The value of goods imported free of duty unde r the Industries Aid and Encouragement Ordinance amounted to $1,746,374 in 1961 as compa red with $1 4,611 ,564 in 1960.

In addi tion import duty a mounting to $34,347 was refunded by order of the Govern or in Counc il on goods valued $308,096.

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10.

Assistance was given to various industries by concessions of duty free gasolene and drawback of duty on gasolene at the rate of 21 cents per ga11on .

The am ount of duty so re mitted amounted to $281,977 in 1961 as compared with $315,279 in 1960.

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The following table shows the industries which benefited from the concessions on gasolene:- INDUSTRIES D uty Free gasolene issued dur- ing 1961 (gallons) Duty at 32 cents per gallon $ Drawback gasolene issued dur- ing 1961 (gallons) Balata and rubber produc- .. .

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tion .

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Gold, col um bite, tanlalite and diamond mining 2,240 245 717 78 Wood-cutting .

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Rice production Sugar production Ranching .. .

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276,815 88,58 1 532,105 - 170,274 - 9,345 2,990 .

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tion Other agricultural produc- .. .

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Launches, tugs, etc.

Bauxite production 2,310 - - 739 - - - - 2,420 - 53,192 - - 18,772 14,177 Duty at 21 cents per gallon Total D uty Con- cessions Percent- age of Total $ - - - $ % 717 78 508 89,089 170,274 11,171 11,171 - - 3,942 2,977 2,990 739 3,942 2,977 0.2 - 31.6 60.4 4.0 1.1 0 .3 1.4 1.0 TOTAL: 823,060 263,379 88,561 18,598 28 11977 100.0 ---- ---------------------------------- t i 6 TOTAL TRADE.

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The following table shows the total value of the external trade Qf the colony for each of the past five years: - 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 118,469,312 116,026,343 110,620,386 147,211.350 146,549,911 106,979,421 96,315,628 l O 1,985,268 124,988,2 19 146,484.266 974,175 744,740 1,353,907 1,526,1 J 0 1.1 69,684 [mports .

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Domestic Exports Re-exports Stores for ships and aircraft - Domestic produce .. Foreign produce .. 39,831 92,261 30,053 i37,126 33,769 147,110 43,039 265,267 41 ,859 572,410 TOTAL TRADE 226,555,000 213,253,890 214,140,440 $274,033,985 294,8 18,130 The above figures include:- Exports of gold mined in j the Colony .

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498,707 I 644,466 I Excluded from the above figures are : - 39,302 353 Other bullion and specie:- Imports Exports Transhipments .. Exports from bonded warehouses Personal effects:- Imports ExQQ!ts BALANCE OF VISIBLE TRADE 13.
The vi5iblc trade balances for the Colony for the years 1957 to 1961 were as follows:- Unit - B .W.I.
$ 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Domestic Exports Re-Exports TOTAL EXPORTS TOTAL IMPORTS 107,019,252 1,066,436 108,085,688 118,469,312 96,345,681 881,866 97,227,547 Jl6,026,343 102,019,037 1,501,017 103,520,054 I 10,620,386 125,031 ,258 1,791,377 l 26.822,635 147,211 ,350 146,526,125 1,742,094 148,268,219 146,549,911 Visible Trade } Balance of t 10,383,624 18,798,796 1 7,100,332 20,388,715 + 1,718,308 EXPORTS 14.
The total value of goods exported from the Colony during the year 1961 (including goods exported through Parcels Post and the personal effects of emigrants) was $148,863,190 as compared with $ 127,311,756 in 1960 which shows an increase in the Colony's Expor t Trade ot $21 ,55 J ,434 or 16.9 per cent.

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Exports of domestic produce · were valued $146,545,155 (including stores for ships and aircraft valued $41,859) in the year 1961 as against $125,050,939 (including stores $43,039 in 1960.
Exports of foreign produce (re-exports) were valued $2,31.8,035 (including stores $572,410) in 1961 and $2,260,817 (including stores $265,267) in 1960.

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The following table shows a comparison of the value of total exports by sections of the Standard International Trade Classification for the years 1960 and 1961 with actual and percentages increases and decreases: - Total Exports according to Sections 1960 1961 Increase ( +) ) or Decrease ( - Section Food 0 - 1 - Beverages and tobacco 2 - Crude materials, inedible, except fuels fats 3 - Mineral fuels, lubricants and re lated materials 4 - Animal and vegetable oils and 5 - Chemicals (pharmaceuticals, toilet preparations, etc.)
6 - Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (manufactures of wood, of leather, of glass, etc.)

7 - Machinery and transport equip ment 8 - Miscellaneous-manufactured art- travel goods, icles clothing, etc.)
(furniture, 9 - Miscellaneous transactions $ 78,321,279 3,135,806 36,268,156 245,866 2,541 1,368,722 4,996,681 1,202,121 522,466 1,248,118 $ .% $ 85,929,820 + 9.7 3,187,954 + 1.7 50,050,333 + 13,782,177 or 38.0 311,098 or 126.5 7,608,541 or 52,148 or 556,964 + 1,189 1,352 or 53.2 1,286,724 81,998 or 6.0 5,448,336 + 45 1,655 or 9.0 740,588 461,533 or 38.4 510,380 1,150,902 12,086 or 97,216 or 2.3 7.8 TOTAL VALUE OF EXPORTS 127,311,756 148,863,190 + 21,551,434 or 16.9 IMPORTS 17.
The total value of imports ( including goods imported through Parcels Post and the personal effects of immigrants) reached the sum of $147,000,928 in.

1961 which compared with the total of $147,598,724 for 1960 shows a decrease of $597,796 or 0.4 per cent.

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The following table shows a comparison of the value of imports by sections of the Standard International Trade Classification for the years 1960 and 1961 with actual and per centage increases and decreases: - Imports according to Sections 1960 1961 INCREASE ( + ) or DECREASE ( -) Section Food 0 - 1 - Beverages and tobacco 2 - Crude materials, inedible, except fuels fats 3 - Mineral fuels, lubricants and re- · lated materials 4 - Animal and vegetable oils and 5 - Chemicals (dyes, pharmaceutical products, fertilizers, etc.)
6 - Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 7 - Machinery and transport equip- ·ment .

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8 - Miscellaneous manufactured art- travel goods, (furniture, icles clothing, etc.)
9 _:_ Miscellaneous transactions $ 24,754,712 2,118,169 919,283 11,183,256 1,802,085 10,245,679 36,085,389 44,898,515 15,092,295 499,341 $ $ % 25,750,695 + 2,376,372 + 810,971 12,927,116 + 1,370,087 13,435,555 + 33,249,784 995,983 or 4.0 258,203 or 12.2 108,312 or 11.8 1,743,860 or 15 .6 431,998 or 24.0 3,189,876 or 31.l 2,835,605 or 7.9 41 ,936,015 2,962,500 or 6.6 14,555,448 588,885 + 536,847 or 3.6 89,544 or 17.9 - - - - 597,796 or.
0.4 TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS 147,598,7~4 147,000,928 8 DIRECTIONS OF TRADE 19.

The following table shows the percentage distribution of the Colony's trade with principal countries during each of the years, 1959, 1960 and 1961.

IMPORTS DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOTAL TRADE COUNTRIES 1959 1960 1961 1959 1960 1961 .

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United Kingdom .

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Canada Olher Commonwealth .

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Other Countries United States of Countries America - 43 18 16 11 12 TOTAL .. .

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100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1959 )960 1961 38 17 16 18 11 31 16 16 20 17 I 100 I 100 The percentages are based on C.I.F.

values in the case of Imports and F.O.B.

values for Ex ports.


Although Re-exports are not shown separately in the above table they are included in com puting the percentages for Total Trade.

TRADE WITH BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES 20.


The total value of all goods (including the personal and household effects of emi grants exported to the British Caribbean Territories during the year 1961 was $23,801,889 ot which the value of domestic produce was $23,128,994 of the domestic exports 60.6 % went to Trinidad 18.7% to Jamaica 10.4% to Barbados and 10.3 % to the other territories.
21 ._ The value of Imports from the British Caribbean Territories (including the personal and household effects of immigrants) amounted to $16,110,301 of which 94% came from Trinidad, 2.4 % from Barbados 1.4 % from St. Lucia 2.1 % from Jamaica and 0.1 % from the remaining territories.

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The total value of goods landed in the Colony for transhipment and transhipped dur ing 1961 was $909,451 as com.pared with $1,417,571 in· 1960 and $1,009,395 in 1959.

TRANSHIPMENT TRADE SHIPPING 23.


There was 2,452 vessels entered at the ports of the Colony during the year 1961 as compared with 2,393 vessels in 1960.

The number of vessels cleared during 1961 was 2,331 as against 2,321 vessels in 1960.

The following table shows the number and net registered ton nage of shipping entered and cleared at each port of the Colony during the year 1961 together with total increase or decreases in number and tonnage in relation to the previous year.
PORTS Georgetown New Amsterdam .. Springlands Morawhanna KAITUMA TOTALS 1960 TOTALS 1961 Increase ( + ) Decrease (-) ENTERED CLEARED TOTALS No.

Tons Net No.

Tons Net No.


Tons Net 1,269 1,994,224 1,247 1,973,935 2,516 3,968,159 194 631 283 75 262,114 12,553 283 115,480 144 628 237 75 - - - -- 254,707 11,137 237 115,480 338 .516,821 1,259 23,690 520 150 520 230,960 2,452 2,393 2,384,654 2,445,201 2,331 2,321 2,355,496 2,406,955 4,783 4,714 4,740, 150 4,852,156 59 60,547 10 51,459 69 112,006 ,, 9 AIRCRAFT 24.

During 1961, seven Airlines-British West Indian Airways Ltd .. , Pan America World Airways Inc., K.L.M.
Royal Dutch Airlines, Air France, British Overseas Airway~ Corporation, B.G.

Airways (Government) Ltd., and the Brazilian Airways Company (Cruzeiro De Sul)-operated scheduled flights the Colony.

The numbers of Aircraft entering the Colony increased from 1,347 in 1960 to 1,447 in 1961.

The numbers depart ing were 1,342 in 1960 and 1,445 in 1961. to and from RUM DISTILLATION, COMPOUNDS ETC.

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Six rum distilleries operated during the year.


The quantity of rum produced during 1961 was 2,790,833 proof gallons as compared with 2,897,775 proof gallons in 1960, which in production of 106,942 proof gallons or 3.7 per cent.

shows a decrease 26.
The quantities of rum produced at each distillery operating in the Colony during the years 1957 to 1961 are shown in the following table:- PROOF GALLONS 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 DISTILLERY BERBICE: - Skeldon Albion Blairrnont DEMERARA:- 306,662 619,275 290,053 230,382 554,381 219,193 147,53 I 368,206 184,384 Enmore La Bonne Intention .. Diamond Versaille3 Uitvlugt 431,179 257,033 1,012,966 61 ,203 522,433 - - -- -- 358,919 207,032 1,299,542 41 ,663 527,082 281,849 139,790 1,027,273 44,047 702,816 66,070 424,339 272,699 251,309 995,773 72,957 814,628 317,609 163,412 274,170 1,045,386 60,886 929,370 TOTAL 3,500,804 3,438,194 2,895,896 2,897,775 2,790,833 27.
The following quantities of methylated spirits were cleared for home consumption during the past five years:- YEAR LIQUID GALLONS 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 38,127 38,134 35,394 42,192 45,177 28.
During the year under review 51.429 proof gallons of loca lly produced rum were issued for use in the manufacture of compounds (except gin) under the provisions of the Bitters and Cordials Ordinance as follows:- PROOF GALLONS Bay Rum Lime Rum Medicinal preparations ... Other Compounds TOTAL 2,671 41,519 6,386 853 --- 51,429 29.

Comsumption of locally produced rum rose to 555,120 proof gallons showing an in crease ?f 92,607 proof gallons or 20 per cent above the previous year.
Consumption of local wme fell by 17 per cent from 29,595 gallons in 1960.

Clearances of gin rose by 18 proof gallons and the total quantity cleared during the year 1961 was 2,086 proof gallons.

10 30 The following table shows the quantities of excisible spiritious li,quors ( except met hylated spirits) cleared for home consumption during each of the past five years.

COMMODITY Rum Gin Wine Bitters .. Liqueurs Bay Rum Lime Rum Medicinal preparations Unit of Quantity P. Gal.

P. Gal.

L. Gal.

P. Gal.


P. Gal.

L. Gal.

L. Gal.

L. Gal.

QUANTITY , 18 1,121 ' 5,872 3.532 31.

The following shows the •quantity of Beer produced locally during years:-- 1957 1958 1959 1960 L. Gal.

L. Gal.

L. Gal.

L. Gal.

the past five 1961 L. Gal.


395,580 995,917 733,363 873,9)9 76G,197 32.

The quantity of beer cleared for home consumption during the year 196 I was 691 ,779 Liquid gallons which compared with 795,284 liquid gallons in 1960 shows a decrease of 103,505 liquid gallons or 13 per cent.

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During the year 1961 the quantity of locally manufactured matches cleared for home consumption was 194,816 gross of boxes not exceeding 60 matches each on which excise duty amounting to $48,704 was collected.

Corresponding figures for 1960 were 171,852 gross boxes and $42,963 excise duty.

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LEGISLATION 34.


Customs Legislation for the year 1961 affected amendments to the principal Ordinance In addition several buildings were Chapter 309, as well as to parts I and III of its Schedules.

appointed private warehouses.

The relative enactments are as follows:- Lei:islation Ordinance Relevant Sections Amended.

Subject Matter of Amendment No.

29 of 1961 Amendment to Section 2 of the Customs Amplifying the meaning of the designation Ordinance.

Officers".
Officers".

Orders in Co1111- cil and Co11- firming R eso- llllions.

O. in C. No.

102 of 1961.

Con firming Resolu tion No.

IX of 1961.

O. in C. No.

13 of 1961.

Con firming Resolu tion N o. X of 1961.

0. in C. No.

15 of 1961.

Con firming Resolu tion No.

XI of 1961.

Rem•mbering item 50 of part III of the Exempting from import duties, robes, gowns and academic dress of approved educa- First Schedule as item 50 (I) and adding Sub-item 50 (2).

tional bodies and institutions.


Adding item 66 Schedule.

to part III of the First Exempting from import duties, supplies, and equipments imported for sole use of th.e Extra Mural Department of the U.C.W.L Amendments to item 071-02 to 071-03 Increasing the of Part I of the First Schedule.

import duties on coffee, coffee extracts, coffee essences and similar, preparations containing coffee.

rates of Legislation Ordinance Relevant Sections Amended Subject Matter of Amendment 11 0. in C. No.
34 Amendments to item 45 of Part III of the Exempting from import duties, additional articles for garment facto ries, viz elastic.

hooks and eyes, bias binding, ribbons, laces.

First Schedule.

of 1961.

Con- firming Resolu- tion No.

XIX of 1961.

0. in C. No.

72 of 1961.

Con firming Resolu tion No.

IV of 1961.

0. in C. No.

72 of 1961.

Con firming Resolu tion No.

IV of 1961.

0. in C. No.

74 of 1961.

Con firming Resolu tion No.

III of 1961.


Deleting Sub-item (1) of item 5, and substi tuting therefor sub-item 1 (a)-(d).

Exempting from import duties accompanied baggage of a passenger, tourist or settler, and defining the limits of duty free allow ance to them.

Adding sub-item 5.

Adding item 67 to Part III of the First Schedule.

Adding items 12, 13 and 14 to the Second to the Trade Classification List Proviso and Tariff of part I of the First Schedule.

l)efining the designation "Tourist."


Ex empting from import duties specified arti cles and materials when imported oy an accredited representative or correspondent of any official national Tourist Agency of a State to encourage visits for cultural and similar purposes to that state.

Item 12 admits free of duty .

(pref) at 5% (general), textile yarns for weaving and knitting of fabrics by or on behalf of a manufacturer.

Item 13 admits free of duty (pref.)


and at 5% (general) greige fabrics for use in a textile d yeing and Item 14 admits free of finishing factory.

duty (pref.)

and 5% (general) chemicals for use in a textile bleaching, dyeing and finishing factory.

NOTICES OF APPOINTMENT OF WAREHOUSES Number of Notice Authority for Appointment Place or Area Appointed Queen's Ware house No.

418 Private Ware- house No.

398 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.


Approving the Government Warehouse at Kingston as a Queen's Warehouse.

Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

Appointing a building at Bugle Saw Mills Mud Lots 3 and 4 Water Street, G eorge town as a private warehouse.

No.

564 Given under Section 2 of C hapter 309.

No.

285 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

No.

305 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

No.

412 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

No.

445 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

No.


158 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

No.

21 1 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

No.

235 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309. t \ ( Government Warehouse.

No.

235 Given under Section 2 of Chapter 309.

Appointing a building High and America Streets, Georgetown as a private warehouse.

at Lot 3 Appointing a part of a bu ilding at Mud Lot 10, Water Street as a private warehouse.
Appointing the ground floor of a building at Lot 92, Smyth Street, Georgetown as a private warehouse.

Appointing part of the ground floor of a building at Lot 223 South Road and Wel lington Street, Georgetown, as a private warehouse.

Appointing part of a building at Lot 13 and 14 Water Street, known as Bookers No.

2 Bond, as a private warehouse.

Appointing a building in the Briana Manu facturing Co. compound at Lot 13-18 Lombard Street, Georgetown.
Appointing the south western portion of a building at Lot 16 Water Street, George town.

Appointing part of a building at Lot 12 Barima Avenue, Bel Air Park as a privaie warehouse.

Appointing the southern part of the Termi nal Building at Atkinson Field as a Government Warehouse.

1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 YEAR 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 12 REVENUE OFFENCES 35.
During the year 1961 there were 120 breaches of the Customs Laws detected as against 82 in 1960 and l 2 l prosecutions for offences aoainst the excise laws as compared with l '36 in the previous year. "'
A summary of offences over the past five years follows:- YEAR N o. of Cases Cases of Im- prisonment 161 51 53 82 120 CUSTOMS F ines imposed or compen- sation paid $ 5.080 (892 1,679 7,458 8,484 EXCISE Proceeds of sales TOTAL Cases pending at end of year $ 134 124 340 51 3~0 $ 5,214 2,016 2,019 7,509 8,874 2 No.

of No.

of Prosecutions Convictions No.


of cases dismissed Cases of Imprison- ment Fines imposed Proceeds of Sales Cases pend- ing at end of year 144 104 141 136 121 130 75 85 95 85 14 22 17 29 17 - l 8 - - $ 6.207 3;917 15,992 8,802 7 756 $ 310 2,404 197 525 500 28 7 40 19 20 36.

Imports and Exports per head of population for the past five years were: - TRADE PER CAPTITA Year 1957 1958 1959 1960 ]961 Im.ports Exports $ 227 216 199 263 249 $ 207 181 186 227 252 STAFF 37.
From 16th June, 1961 , through the end of the year, Mr. W. R. D. Glasford, Com ptroUer, was on V acation Leave and consequently, Mr. F. A. Gomes, Deputy Comptroller acted as Comptroller, and Mr. J. R. Hill, Assistant Comptroller as Deputy Comptroller.

T he Sup ervisors who acted as Assistant Comptroller were Mr. H .

D .. Ezechiels, Supervisor Class 1 (from 16th June to 26th November, 1961, inclusive) and Mr. W .

.J.

I. Cox, Supervisor Class 1 (from 27th November , 1961 onwards).

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I regret to report the death of Mr. H.F. Birch, Porter which occurred on l 5 th Novem ber, 1961.

Mr. A. R. F. Cabral, Supervisor Class I, and Mr .. C. R. Small, Class I GuMd re tired from the Service during the year.

Twenty- two (22) other Officers and employees left the Department for reasons shown in the following table:- Transferred Resigned Dismissed Officers Clerical Assistants Guards Watchmen 3 3 6 4 2 2 1 1 13 3.
Three Class I Officers, Messrs. C. E. Martindale, Hari Singh and S. C. Odle, com pleted five-month courses of instruction at the Customs and Excise Training School, Trinidad REGISTRATION OF SHIPPING 38.

Under the Merchant Shipping Act as applied to this Colony by Law of Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Chapter 3, the Comptroller continued to carry out the duties of Registrar of Shipping.
At Georgetown during the year 1961 , six vessels with a total net tonnage of 259 tons were registered, including one vessel of 130 tons which was registered anew.

The reg istry of five vessels with a total net tonnage of 295 tons was closed.

On 31 st December, 1961. there were 99 ships with a total of 6,413 tons net remaining on Register at ports of the Colony.

GENERAL 39.
GENERAL 39.

On 11th March , 1961, a lire occurred at the Government and Queen's Warehouses, for merly known as the Colonial Bonded Warehouse, at Stabroek, Georgetown.

There was a total destruction of Govern.ment building, offices, sto res and furniture, and a complete loss of ware housed and unentered goods.

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Alternative warehousing accomodati on bas been provided for at the Government Spirit Warehouse, Kingston; but it is confined to tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, wines, liqueurs, bitters, cordials, and spirits other than perfumed spirits, because of the limited storage facilities of the building which has also been approved as a Queen's Warehouse for the deposit of goods required to be so stored.

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Nine new private warehouses were consequently approved for the storage of ware house goods other than those specified at paragraph 40.

42.

The southern portion of .the terminal Government Warehouse; and an agreement was and Messrs. D .

A. Thani of Lot 15, Water Street, of a booth in ,the Terminal Building for the sale intransit and outgoing passengers.
building at Atkinson F ield was appointed a made and entered between the Government Georgetown, for the establishing and operating of certain goods free of import duty to tourists, 43.

The cost of collecting the Customs and Excise Revenue during the year under re• view was 2.43 per cent of the total revenue as compared with 2.41 per cent in the preceding year.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W.R. D. GLASFORD, Comptroller of Customs and Excise.

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,t 14 APPENDIX I.

Summary of the Gross Amounts of Costoms Revenue on Imports and Exports for the Five Years ended 31st December, 1957 - 1961, Distinguishing the amounts derived from the Principal items of Merchandise.

PRINCIPAL ARTICLES.
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 A.- FROM IMPORTS $ $ $ $ $ · · I 31)50 24,363 33,271 18,907 24,827 21,021 30,823 29,016 24,196 39,985 698,186 323,451 363,653 630,959 722,475 33,314 9,734 31 ,227 ,881 37,042 35,129 14,598 38,039 2,879 120,865 59,575 93,776 48,244 40,785 345,161 342,156 342,175 641 18,067 100,445 27,896 1,452 530 15,843 110,499 33,455 1.210 319,4-B Arms, (Ordnance), Ammunition and Expl osives Bakery Products Beer, Ale, Stout and Porter Blacking and Pol ishes Brooms and Brushes, Household Butter Candles Cement Cheese Chemicals, other t han Salt Chinaware and Porcelain, Earthenware and Pottery Cider Clothing- under and outer Gannents including Hosiery Coal Cocoa Confectionery Cordage and Twine .
Cork Manufactures .. Cotton Fabrics of Standard Type, and Manufactures thereof (except apparel ) Cutlery Electrical Goods and Apparatus Fabrics of regenera ted or partly regenerated cellulose, protein and similar fibres, and Manufactures thereof (except apparel) Feeding Stuff for animals Fish and F ish preparations 388.676 374,003 462,614 494,470 31,623 77,856 29,428 86,290 47,568 60,675 82,117 98,565 Footwear 161,236 140,864 134,102 162,965 Fruit and Nuts used as Fruit 106,018 111,939 J 18,734 Glass and Glassware ..
Grain, Flour and Pulse Greases and Fats Hardware ..

Hats, caps and other Headgear .

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130,6 I 3 148,831 695,863 653,872 20,488 50,936 78,847 12.711 43,669 56,141 141,691 688,590 14,060 43,66'1 56,236 132,028 104,583 683,297 275, 129 53,578 87,() 14 508,371 53,923 95,696 170, 153 132,817 163,232 769,061 26,325 57,827 72.349 15 APPENDIX I.-rCont'd l. Summary of the Gross Amounts of Customs Revenue on Imports and Exports for the Five Years ended 31st December, 1957 - the amounts derived from the Principal items of Merchandise.
1961, Distinguishing PRINCIPAL ARTICLES.
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 A.-FROM IMPORTS-(Continued) Jams and Jel1ies Jute Manufactures, Otber than Cordage and Twine $ 7,931 $ 6,828 $ $ $ 8,962 1 9,711 10,060 35,356 32,849 26,553 Leather and manufactures of .. 3,886 4,141 Lime, of all kinds, except Manurial Lime Linen and Hemp Manufactures (except apparel and Cordage) Machinery Manures, Manufactured Margarine and Shortenings Matches Meats Medicines and Pharmaceutics Metals Milk, condensed, evaporated and Powdered Miscellaneous Foods and Food Preparations, n.e.s.
Musical Instruments Oils- Animal and vegetable-unrefined ( not essential oils) Edible Refined-fuel distilled, including gas oil and diesel oil, and other fuel oils Refined-Illuminating Kerosene do.

-Lubricating do.

-Motor Spirit Paper manufactures .. Perfumery, cosmetics and Toilet Requisites (except soap) Pickles, Sauces and Condiments Pigments, paints, varnishes and other related materials ..
Plate and Plated ware Rubber manufactures {except apparel and tyres and tubes) .. Salt 5,302 6,924 10,597 3,343 725,495 620,431 104,01 I 103,273 27,840 45,917 97,035 24,306 8,873 103,232 247,725 255,873 787.776 649,370 4,364 1 I 7,255 35,709 4,328 23,058 3,574 !102 7,595 2,725 648,879 112,913 35,293 1,034 100,578 279,757 821,001 1,616 1,874 1,154,290 1,454,634 64,586 49,158 1,317 79,929 47,343 1,486 171,196 141,328 295,146 305,220 988,862 1,014,559 221,384 217,771 193,860 220,8tS4 I 144,123 1,806 4,984 29,011 51,972 64,686 52,104 16 APPENDIX !.-(Cont'd).
Summary of the Gross Amounts of Customs Revenqe on Imports and Exports for the Five Years ended 31st December, 1957 - 1961, Distinguishing the amounts derived from the Principal items of Merchandise.

PRINCIPAL ARTICLES.

1957 1958 __ 1_95_9 _ _ I __ 19_6_0_ 1961 A.- FROM IMPORTS-(Continued) $ $ $ $ $ Silk Fabrics and manufactures thereof (except apparel) Soaps and cleansing preparations Spices Spirit-Potable do.
-Other 1,086 64,121 43,952 635 69,706 26,949 2,093 1,209 1,435 76,046 86,384 109,063 38,302 33,827 45,387 357,659 427,369 403,575 529,386 553,334 1,152 1,388 1,710 1,125 1,763 37,415 10,317 12,073 Stationery, other than Paper 24,535 29,144 29,244 33,636 Sugar Tar and Pitch Tea Tobacco Toys and Games Umbrellas and Parasols Vegetables Vehicles-Road, including parts, tyres and tubes .

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Wines Wood and Timber and Manufactures of .

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Woollen and Worsted Fabrics and Manufactures thereof (except apparel) 7,579 4,698 8,495 5,178 7,394 3,611 7,187 3,782 53,000 57,506 55,004 56,104 58,250 2,869,040 3.35 1,91 l Other Goods and Special Transactions .
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J,844,424 1,724,830 1,677,645 2,704,074 3,223,965 TOTAL FROM IMPORTS : 16,090,328 15,857,622 16,959,602 21,116,274 22,340,681 B.-FROM EXPORTS Bauxite Diamonds .

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Sugar 991,222 613,927 681,608 942,713 722,845 4,160 4,659 9,140 13,834 255,156 308,990 18,186 313,243 Other Goods and Special Transactions .

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7,109 6,877 21,707 31,797 47,223 TOTAL FROr-1 EXPORTS .

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1,002,491 625.463 967,611 1,297,334 1,101,497 GRAND TOTAL 17,092,819 16,483,085 17,927,213 22,413,608 23,442,178 APPENDIX II.
Excise 3)ld Import Duties Collected on Alcoholic Beverages.

WINES MALT LIQUOR J SPIRITS Imported Spirits (Whisky, / Brandy, Gin, Rum, Liqueurs H ome-Made Rum and other potable) Gin, bitters and other potable home-made.

TOTAL Imported Home-Made Imported Home-Made ------ -·~- Cider, imported Total Revenue (Spirits, Wines, Malt Liquor I YEAR and Cider).
$ $ 209,5 11 233,772 278,526 359,551 350,688 357,659 427,369 403,575 529,386 553,334 2,956,722 3,148,116 3,602,200 3,965,826 4,077,894 4,227,056 4,406,203 4,476,671 4,440,122 5,329,155 $ 749 59,606 28,251 60,6 15 23,7 36 10,3 68 10,079 14,748 22,560 23,289 $ 3,166,982 3,441,494 3,908,977 4,385,992 4,452,3 18 4,595,083 4,843,651 4,894,994 4,992,068 5,905,778 $ 2 1,667 24,032 23,290 27,767 30,899 34,224 32,597 35,161 50,498 52,280 • 14,233 tQ,956 12,420 12,858 15,834 14,369 14,710 15,453 14,797 12,349 $ 643,654 631,393 730,188 979,677 773,011 698, 186 323,45 1 364,09 1 630,959 722,475 $ - - ·- - - 72,505 473,638 454,383 596,334 558,366 $ 1,383 3,083 2,888 5,720 8,550 11 ,035 10,035 24,565 37,042 40,785 $ 3,847,919 4,110,958 4,677,763 5,412,0"14 5,280,61 2 5,425,402 5,698,082 5,788,647 6,321 ,698 7,292,033 Quantities of Alcoholic Beverages Cleared for Home Consumption, SPIRITS - Proof Gallons I WINES, MALT LIQUOR AND CIDER- Liquid Gallons 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 ... --.i Imported Spirits (Whisky, I Bra ndy, Gin, Rum, Liqueurs Home-Made Rum and other potable).
Gin, bitters and other potable home-ma.de TOTAL WINES MALT LIQUOR I I Cider, imported I I TOTAL I YEAR I mported I Home-Made (1) Imported Home-Made YEAR 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 YE AR - - - - - - - - J.1 45 1,550 2,350 I 2,426 427,836 455,404 5 14,260 521,805 530,792 544,007 522,554 485,692 483,576 575,398 4,943 5,604 4,823 6,621 5,887 6,387 6,235 6,749 9,508 10,7 1 I 28,467 21,913 24,840 25,716 31 ,669 28,738 29.4 19 30,905 29,595 24,697 397,483 373,508 431,089 468,501 368,92 1 333, I 88 155,351 157,854 272,3.53 306,897 - - - · - - 360,4 I 2 906,285 733,363 795,284 691,779 3,546 6,248 5,837 11,466 17,270 22,278 20,228 25,428 39,577 41,121 434,439 407,273 466,589 5 12,304 423 ,747 751 ,003 1,117,518 954,299 1,146,3 17 1,650,603 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 NOTE (!)
The figures in this column exclude an allowance of 9 per cent.

of the quantity produced, and include clearances free of duty.

Also, the quantity shown time allowed to elap.se for a calendar year cannot be directly relaced to the revenue figure for that year shown in the table above, because of the between the charging of duty and the actual payment thereof.

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