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

Abstract

S ir : The report of operations of the Dominican Customs Receivership for the calendar year 1938, thirty-second fiscal period under the Convention, is respectfully submitted herewith. As directed by the general regulations goveming, the report embraces all financial transactions of the Receivership during the year. The several schedules accompanying contain particulars of the sources of all collections and disposition thereof Comment is made on certain trade developments, and Ítems of interest in connection with the general situation are briefly discussed. There is a review of the major Ítems of imports and exports; and a complete summary of commerce, with statistical data of imports and exports, compared with the trade of 1937, is incorporated as appendix C. A chapter deais with the country’s external lebt represented by outstanding Dominican customs bonds, for which the Receivership renders the necessary service. Those internal revenue collections administered by the Receivership for Government account during the year, independent of customs collections, also are reported, and the several schedules analyzing receipts and disbursements form appendix D.