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Duty paid on rubber and cocoa from April, 1916, to June, 1918: Rubber, £819 11s. 8d.; cocoa, £331 14s. 1d.: total, £1,151 5s. 9d. No duty paid previous to the occupation. Several of our largest companies have been forced either into bankruptcy or to suspend operations.

List of Plantations and Numbers of Coolies employed in 1914 and 1919.

This information has been compiled for your guidance wheh visiting the different centres. Our estimate to bring 100 acres of virgin bush into bearing cocoa is as follows :— £ s. d. Purchase of 100 acres at £4 10s. .. .. .. .. .. . . 450 0 0 Survey and Court fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Clearing and burning at £10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Fifteen Chinese at £6 per month for four years .. .. .. .. .. 4,320 0 0 Cacao-dryer, tools, and dwellinghouses .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Manager, £300 per annum for four years .. . . .. .. . . 1,200 0 0 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,990 0 0 Cost per aero at end of four years, £79 18s. Yearly expenditure will be —Twenty coolies, £1,440; manager's salary, £300; tools, wagons, kc, £200: total £1,940. Return will average 4 ewt. of cacao per acre—Say, 20 tons at £100 = £2,000 ; showing a profit of £60 per annum, and allowing nothing for interest on nearly £8,000 capital invested, and allowing nothing for losses due to disease, &c., nor provision for health purposes or depreciation. Disposition of Labour. Disposition of labour is given as follows: Chinese —Total coolies (1914), 2,200; deaths, ordinary, 77; deaths epidemic, 31 ; repatriated to date, 1,254; balance in Samoa (1920), 838.

Plantation. Situation. Approximate Area Number of Coolies under Cultivation, employed in 1014. Present, Number of Coolies. Keese, H. Perking, Mrs. Catholic Mission D.H. and P.C. D.S.G. D.S.G. D.S.G. Frantz, J. .. Goebel, W. .. Goebel, C. J. Government Grevel, Dr. W. Grevel, Dr. W. Haaben, E. Harman, F... Hufnagel Haensell, G. Jaeger, F. .. Langen, E. A. Langen, E. A. Magia PI. Ges. Moors, H. J. Moors, H. J. Moors, H. J. Moors, H. J. Mugele, C. .. Peemueller, B. Puipaa PI. .. Papaseea, PL Kerslako and R. Rothchild (store) Schroeder, P. L. Schwalger's .. Schoeneich .. Dietzch Avele Letogo Moamoa Acres. 90 40 30 9,000 8 II) 8 802 7 4 4 430 Tapatapao Aleisa Talimatau Falelauniu Aleisa Fasitoouto Vailima Faleula Savaii Vaiula Malua Lotopa Saleimoa Alafua Tuvao Lata, Savaii Magia Ululoloa Papal oloa Fasitoouta Palauli Lotopa Ululoloa Puipaa Papaseea Tuana'i . . Samatau Falemauga Saleimoa Aleisa Aleisa Aleisa Utualii Tafaigata Tafua Siusega Tuvao Solaua Tuanaimato Falelauniu Lesea Tanumapua Aleisa Moamoa Siusega Fasitoouta Papaseea 1 J 683 184 110 180 30 100 230 450 100 40 135 90 300 200 400 80 60 132 400 50 115 260 300 50 60 100 33 20 20 78 54 125 110 130 1 1 154 24 16 16 14 20 8 15 4 32 12 30 15 80 120 4 16 36 100 40 8 12 15 6 5 10 6 8 4 7 4 23 33 55 5 1 25 27 4 10 14 o 1 28 8 3 20 9 15 Spemann Stowers, A.. . Suhren, G. .. Suhren, R. .. Suhren and Meyer S.P.G. S.K.C. S.S.G. S.S.G. Trevirnanus, 0. U.R. and C.E. U.R. and C.E. Walter, Mrs. Wetzell's Estate Zieschank, Dr. Kionka 18 2 3 3 15 4 35 22 30 1,300 420 420 194 590 ; ? 512J 355 60 86 29 152 150 | 78 15 \ * 240 140 36 16 3 40 II 5