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REPORT OF COOK ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION. Rarotonga, 25th April, 1923. Finance. The revenue for the year amounted to the very satisfactory total of £19,790 18s. Id., exceeding that of the previous year by £2,071 lis. 9d. The expenditure was Ll'.i.l 19 Is. 7d. From the Revenue and Expenditure Accounts set out hereunder it will be seen that the year's operations resulted in a cash credit balance of £2,802 14s. 6d, Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1923. Revenue. £ .s. d. Expenditure. V, 8. d. Balance as at 31st March, I 022 .. 2,13] Oil Aitutaki salaries .. .. .. 5. r >7 lii I Aitutaki Wharf Account .. .. 02 I I Atiu salaries .. .. .. 345 to o Ammunition Account .. .. 27 2 8 Audit [eel .. .. .. 270 Hi 0 Benzine Account .. .. .. 23 11 8 Aitutaki wireless .. .. .. IS 111 0 Copra duty . . .. .. .. 2,1!1L' 5 (i Contingencies .. .. .. 401 8 2 Customs duties .. .. .. 9,298 I 9 Courts .. .. .. .. 1,404 11 7 Cinema licenses .. .. .. 15 0 0 Education .. .. .. .. 1,649 10 8 Cartage shooks .. .. .. 4 3 (i Experimental farm .. .. .. 27S II 111 Divine licenses .. .. .. 07 (I 0 Freezer .. .. .. .. 419 13 8 Dog-tax .. .. .. .. 57 0 0 Furniture .. .. .. 813 10 8 Print-inspection .. .. .. 1,490 2 8 Government buildings .. .. <if>7 311 Film censorship .. .. .. Hi 14 0 Medical Department .. .. .. 3,277 lit 111 High Court fees and lines .. .. 1,130 7 0 Lepers .. .. .. .. 2!Ki II ti Hall licenses .. .. .. 12 0 0 Lunatics .. .. .. .. 125 2 0 Marriage fees .. .. .. 31 9 6 Mail subsidy .. .. .. 20 0 0 Motor fees .. .. .. .. 8() (I 0 Mangaia salaries .. .. .. 872 2 6 Native Land Court fees .. .. 201 17 (i Ylanihiki salaries .. .. .. 260 0 0 Passport fees .. .. .. 16 4 0 Maukc salaries .. .. .. 479 10 0 Post-card sales .. .. .. 2 10 2 Mitiaro salaries .. .. .. 75 0 0 Post-office-box rents .. .. .. 11l I 0 New Zealand Exhibition Account .. 28 I (i Printing Account .. .. .. 29 11 9 I'etirlivn salaries .. .. .. 320 (I (I Rents .. .. .. .. 209 0 0 Police', Rarotonga .. .. .. 087 5 3 Road rates (European) .. .. 01 3 6 Post-office .. .. .. .. 505 710 Shell export duty .. .. .. 112 8 4 Prisoners .. .. .. ' .. 248 5 2 Shipping-fees .. .. .. 411 0 Public- 'Mirks .. .. .. 508 3 0 Stamp sales.. .. .. .. 3,447 17 0 Pukapuka salaries .. .. .. 27 o o Trading licenses .. .. .. 533 18 0 Resident Commissioner's Office .. one. lo 8 Water-rates.. .. .. .. 406 8 (i Roads, Rarotonga .. .. .. 1,082 10 ti Liquor Account .. .. .. 163 8 0 Subsidy, rats and ilying-foxcx .. 100 10 5 Survey, Avarua moorings .. .. 189 17 10 Telephone .. .. .. .. 150 5 8 Treasury and Customs .. .. 771 15 0 Truck Account .. .. .. 108 3 0 Water Account .. .. .. 330 7 8 Whare .. .. .. .. 135 18 2 * Wireless .. .. .. .. 869 15 0 19,119 4 7 Balance as below .. .. .. 2,802 14 5 £21,921 19 0 £21,201 lit 0 Particulars of Balance. £ s. d. Cash in bank .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 16 1 Cash in hand .. .. .. .. .. .. 352 9 5 £ s. d. Amounts duo to Administration .. .. 3.070 0 8 Less amounts owing .. .. .. 658 11 9 2,411 8 11 £2,802 14 5 The following cash statement as at the .'slst March, L 923, takes into account all amounts due to and owing by the Administration, and shows an estimated credit balance of £4,150 6s. 4d. Cash Statement as at 31st March, 1923. lesels. .£ s. d. Liabilities, £ i. d. Cash in hand .. .. .. 352 9 5 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 2,636 12 10 ('ash in bank .. .. .. 3S 16 I Contingent losses £ s. d. Cash on deposit. Bank of New Zealand .. 1,000 o 0 Mangaia Fruit-oase Account 381 5 9 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 2,070 0 '8 Aitutaki Fruit-oase Account 25 13 (i Proceeds of Customs due from New 406 lit 3 Zealand— Estimated High Court fees that '.-.ill be Due 31st March, 1923 (estimated) .. 1,500 o 0 worked off in lieu of payment .. 50 0 0 Stamp sales. New Zealand and London Estimated Native Land Court fees (estimated) .. .. .. 1 .<MM> 0 0 irreec.yerable .. .. .. 100 0 II lliixli Court fees outstanding .. .. 119 2 0 Sundry debtors estimated bad debts .. 57 18 I Native Land Court fees outstanding .. 760 13 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 4,150 6 4 Wireless terminal charges due .. 560 15 4 £7,401 16 0 £7,401 10 6 The balance-sheet set out hereunder, after taking into consideration the value of all Administration assets throughout the Group as at the 31st March, 1923, and all liabilities as per the cash statement, shows an excess of assets of £60,291 6s. lOd,