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Return of Traffic handled by Apia-Radio, for the Year April, 1924, to March, 1925.

Details of Engine-running, Oil-consumption, &c.

LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. Thejdemands on the Department for the year ended 31st March, 1925, for the survey of Native villages and lands, together with engineering surveys of Native water-supplies and tracks, has been heavy, and very little time has been available for pushing on the standard coastal traverse. Compass surveys'of eighty-nine villages in Savai'i and twelve in Upolu were completed, and plans of same are completed. These will be of considerable value for various Departments in dealing with different matters, as all details are marked. They will also prove very valuable in the laying-out of villages on model lines, and in the compilation of a new lithograph of Savai'i. 'remodelling the layout of nine villages was gone into, and the plans are now in course of preparation. A road reconnaissance of a very difficult tract of country between Aleipata and Falefa was made, and a very successful route marked out and properly located. When formed this route will be a very important one for the Natives and others living on the eastern end of Upolu, as at the present time it is about twenty-seven miles by the existing tracks, as against twenty miles by the new route, which in no case has a grade exceeding 1 in 16. Surveys and plans of three water-supplies which would supply twenty Native villages were completed for the Public Works Department, and also a detailed survey of the swamp to the rear of Apia was made, and plans showing levels of various drains made, in order to investigate the question of drainage for health purposes. The survey of land for the Natives for Land and Titles Commission purposes are made by a surveyor in practice locally, and are subject to check by the Department. A road deviation of about two miles in Savai'i, with plans, was also completed for the Public Works Department. Surveys of three Crown Estates properties were made for the purposes of lease, and details of cultivation and buildings shown.

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Month. Messages. Words. ! Amount ei^ d b y A P ia " Kadio. ; ; j 1924. £ s. d. April .. 1,441 15,982 326 0 1 May j .. .. .. .. 1,516 16,488 327 14 11 June! .. .. .. .. 1,239 15,222 303 15 0 July .. .. .. .. 1,462 15,700 315 12 5 August.. .. .. .. 1,522 18,231 370 16 9 September .. .. .. 1,360 17,888 357 18 4 October .. .. .. 1,528 17,554 332 12 2 November .. .. .. 1,434 16,026 325 15 6 December .. .. .. 1,342 15,674 302 1 3 1925. j January| .. .. .. 1,301 14,226 286 107 9 February .. .. .. 1,257 13,710 278 0~ 2 March .. .. .. .. 1,427 16,314 339 8 3 Total .. .. .. 16,829 193,015 3,866 5 7

Month. j i Consumption Consumption | running Time. j 0rude per Hour. 1924. Hrs. mill. Gallons. Gallons. April .. .. .. .. 90 15 204 j 2-3 May .. .. .. .. .. 90 0 236 ! 2-5 June .. .. .. .. .. 83 9 185 2-2 July .. .. .. .. .. 69 30 255 ; 2-8 August; .. .. .. .. 76 20 266 I 3-4 September .. .. .. .. 75 30 211 I 2-8 October .. .. .. .. 77 50 187 ' 2-6 November .. .. .. .. 75 0 182 j 2-5 December .. .. .. .. 84 30 202 ! 2-4 1925. January .. .. .. .. 79 40 232 2'9 February .. .. .. .. 74 20 197 I 2-6 March .. .. .. .. 83 30 180 2-2