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Comparative Return of Revenue and Expenditure. In concluding this report, I have the honour to submit for your information comparative returns for the last eleven years, showing the revenue and expenditure and the imports and exports during that period : — Revenue. Expenditure. Surplus. Year. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1892-93 ... ... 825 9 0 933 19 8 1893-94 ... ... 1,246 7 1 860 17 4 1894-95 ... ... 1,287 1 4 1,376 8 9 1895-96 ... ... 1,428 17 8 1,441 0 8 1896-97 ... ... 1,230 2 9 1,654 0 3 1897-98 ... ... 1,379 10 0 1,439 9 5 1898-99 ... ... 1,801 13 4 1,402 12 5 1899-1900 ... ... 3,165 7 10 2,188 9 10 1900-01 ... ... 4,252 17 11 2,951 14 10 1,301 3 1 1901-02 4,063 9 6 2,335 7 3 1,728 10 3 1902-93 ... ... 6,584 13 4 4,726 16 11 1,856 16 5 Imports and Exports. Imports. Exports. Year. £ £ 1892 ... ... ... ... ... ... 16,249 20,337 1893 ... ... ... ... ... ... 19,284 19,668 1894 ... ... ... ... ... ... 22,435 *20,665 1895 ... ... ... ... . . ... 23,269 *20,138 1896 ... ... ... ... ... ... 23,068 *16,819 1897 ... ... ... ... ... ... 26,861 24,132 1898 ... ... ... ... ... ... 18,155 12,617 1899 ... ... ... ... ... ... 13,555 14,219 1900 ... ... ... ... ... ... 21,181 22,379 1901 ... ... ... ... ... ... 24,862 27,819 1902 ... ... ... ... ... ... 27,623 34,821 * Four years during which the Rarotonga coffee brought 20 cents per pound. Appendices C and D attached to this report are the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the ensuing year. W. E. Gudgeon, Resident Commissioner.

APPENDIX A. Imports for Year 1902.

Article. Whence imported. Value. Total. Article. Whence imported. Value. Total. I AnimalR— Horses .. .. Tahiti Sheep .. .. New Zealand Apparel .. .. New Zealand Now South Wales Victoria Tahiti .. Brought forward Books, printed £ £ 3,363 £ £ 40 110 507 30 5 248 New Zealand .. 20 New South Wales 140 Tahiti .. .. 1 Boots and shoes New Zealand .. 247 Tahiti .. .. 38 161 285 Arrowroot.. .. Tahiti Bacon and hams .. New Zealand Bamboo (for hat- Tahiti making) Beef, salted .. New Zealand Viotoria ' Tahiti 796 21 48 84 Building materials, unenumerated New Zealand .. 215 «A *-* W ■—* 4 * * -* ■- ■-V V *~-° » ■ New South Wales 10 Tahiti .. .. 6 452 3 6 I Butter Brushware and brooms New Zealand New Zealand .. 24 231 280 i 461 461 Tahiti .. ' .. | 3 27 273 Beer, bottled .. New Zealand Bicycles and fittings New Zealand i Tahiti .. New South Wales Victoria United States .. 210 25 174 4 30 77 210 t Casks Carriages and carts, and materials New Zealand New Zealand .. 55 Tahiti .. .. 11 310 65 1 310 Cement ! New Zealand .. 280 Tahiti .. .. 2 66 Biscuits, fancy .. New Zealand .. Tahiti New South Wales Cider Cordage 282 25 „ plain .. New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Tahiti .. : yCJ 1,020 3 4 118 7!) New Zealand New Zealand .. j 142 Tahiti .. .. J 200 342 1,145 1,145 Cotton piece-goods New Zealand .. 1,535 New South Wales ! 194 United Kingdom 436 United States .. 375 Tahiti .. .. I 959 Blue .. .. United Kingdom New Zealand 15 14 29 Forward .. 29 3,499 Forward 3,303 3,303 I .. I 8,834