Report of the twenty-sixth fiscal period : dominican customs receivership under the American-Dominican convention of 1924

Abstract

Sir. In accordance with the provisions of the general regulations goveming the administration, there is respectfully transmitted liere with the annual report of the Dominican Customs Receivership for the calendar year 1937, the thirty-fírst fiscal period of operation by virtue of the American-Dominican Convention. A review of all financia] transactions, with supporting tables, embraces the collection and disposition of funds, which include the Service of the Dominican national bondcd indebtedness. The overseas trade of the country is shown in a complete summary of commerce, statistical data of imports and exports, assembled for convenient reference. The collection of internal revenue which the Receivership handled for Government account in 1937, entirely independent of customs collections, is discussed in a sepárate chapter, with corresponding schedules to form appendix D, a part of this report.