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Savings-bank.

Receipts due to the Samoan Administration.

Transactions on Account of the New Government.

Radio Station. Apart from natural causes (lightning, storms, and severe atmospherics), Apia Radio has continued to give uninterrupted service as a link between New Zealand and Samoa, and as a relay station between New Zealand, Tahiti, Rarotonga, and Tonga. A Radio-phone station for communication with Apia-Radio only was opened at Niue Island during the past year, and is giving satisfaction, reliable communication by speech being possible by day and night. A 100-watt radio-phone transmitter unit is also being added to the Apia equipment, to enable two-way communication by wireless telephony with Niue. The work of chipping and scraping the 400 ft. wireless tower and all ironwork in connection therewith has just been completed, the work being performed by Native labour. An important step, a direct result of the training class for tuition to Samoan-born boys, in wireless telegraphy has been the employment of one of these boys at the station. He has shown such good promise that it has been found possible to utilize his services in replacement of an officer from New Zealand. The following details of traffic show that the volume handled has been well maintained during the year: —

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Vear 1924-2-% Accounts Accounts nennsita I Withdrawals Amount at Credit j Accounts opened. closed. Deposits. | Wltnarawais. o( Dopo3itorj . , 0pen . £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. April-June .. .. 60 19 6,879 14 9 7,061 0 2 36,558 15 8 456 .July-September .. 43 18 7,287 11 0 7,947 11 8 35,898 15 0 481 October-December .. 72 23 7,883 7 7 7,172 10 1 36,609 12 6 530 January-March .. 103 26 10,912 3 7 3,959 19 1 44,906 1 6 607 Totals .. 278 86 32,962 16 11 26,141 1 0 Totals for previous year 137 103 21,850 8 8 25,795 0 5 .. 415

Ycac U ' 24 - 25 ' j Stamp Sate, |sadlo Fees. fit Bo»£ AdSos. 3'Sts. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. April-June .. .. 844 14 2 504 19 6 0 7 6 0 12 6 51 0 9 5 0 0 .. 2,238 2 10 July-September .. 402 1 9 601 19 8 0 5 0 0 15 0 404 18 3 4 16 8 October-December .. 557 10 4 551 7 11 0 18 6 .. 37 16 5 .. 0 8 8 January-March .. 704 16 11 483 3 3 1 16 0 .. 738 10 3 93 0 0 15 0 0 Totals .. 2,509 3 22,141 10 4 3 7 0 1 7 61,232 5 8 102 16 8 15 * 8 8 2,238 2 10 Totals for previous year 1,287 3 92,005 19 8 4 7 0 4 8 10 1,206 7 10 76 8 5 13 4 4 5,766 18 10

Receipts. Payments. Year 1924-25. Supe_ Gov—t National Miacellaneoua . Penaion , Superanoua- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. April-June .. 172 11 G 35 10 1 8 7 4 1 9 11 90 3 8 52 19 6 0 5 0 July-September.. .. 128 3 3 22 1 3 6 16 1 6 3 8 94 19 5 105 19 0 19 11 10 October-December .. 302 11 3 34 11 0 12 5 1 0 2 6 86 17 4 105 19 0 January-March.. .. 96 14 6 8 0 7 4 4 10 2 9 4 123 0 9 89 11 5 Totals .. .. 700 0 6 100 2 11 31 13 4 10 5 5 395 1 2 354 8 11 19 16 10 Totals for previous year .. I 825 3 6 129 11 4 30 2 10 9 14 5 433 7 7 361 11 9 187 4 9 I