A.—4.

Public Works Department Loan Account Expenditure. The total amount spent under this head]to 31st March, 1924 (viz., £120,000) is shown in full in last year's report. Since then nothing further has been expended.

Table showing a Comparison between Revenue and Expenditure over Five Years.

Statement of Current Assets and Liabilities on 31st March, 1925. Assets. £ a. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in hand and at bank .. .. 6,614 311 Reserves .. .. .. .. 15,459 0 3 Imprests .. .. .. .. 130 0 0 Deposits .. .. .. .. 9,206 4 1 Advances .. .. .. .. 6,963 0 7 Currency notes .. .. .. 45,000 0 0 Unallocated stores —Stores Department, Loan Account, N.Z. Government, provided Public Works and Engineering Depart- under section 26, Finance Act, 1921-22, ment .. .. .. .. 23,630 17 3 at 5 per cent, interest and 1 per cent. Plant, buildings, and machinery .. 0 0 redemption fund, section 33, Samoa Loan, Public Works Ac- Act, 1921 (authority for £100,000) (see count— £j s.|d. contra) .. .. .. .. 95,000 0 0 Drainage andJT water- Chinese Accounts—Repatriation costs, &c. 6,902 6 1 supply .. .. 22,136 4 8 Samoa Crown Estates— £ s. d. Other works.. .. 72,863 15 4 (a) Advances in Welling95,000 0 0 ton .. .. 8,000 0 0 Public Works Loan —Redemption Eund (b) Stores, machinery, &c., Investment Account .. .. \2,983 5 4 taken ovei .. 6,762 1 9 S.s. "Lady Roberts"—Preliminary ex- 14,762 1 9 penses and permanent improvements.. 900 0 0 Suspense— Investments — N.Z. Government deben- General .. .. 746 0 10 tures and inscribed stock .. .. 56,790 0 0 Trading .. .. 62 19 10 809 0 8 Surplus and Deficit Account—Balance at 31st March, 1925 .. .. .. 10,606 14 3 £197,745 7 1 £197,745 7 1 Note. —Regarding assets, these accounts do not include value of land, buildings, and other real property under the control of the Administration, as such chiefly belong to the Territory; or book debts, Departments' stocks (except Public Works), furniture and fittings (office and house), horse, trap, and motor transport, &c., paid for out of revenue in previous years. Samoan Post Office Savings-bank.—Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st Mabch, 1925. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash held by Postmaster .. .. 100 0 0 Depositors — Total balance at credit of Current Account with Samoan Treasury 6,984 16 9 accounts, including interest to date Investments —N.Z. Government inscribed (£1,344 4s. 5d.) .. .. .. 44,906 1 5 stock .. .. .. .. 41,658 0 0 Balance due on transfers with New Zealand .. .. .. .. 3,836 15 4 £48,742 16 9 £48,742 16 9 STAEE. Careful attention continues to be given to the question of the staffing of the various Departments, having regard to the services required of them by the public. The slight increase shown in the subjoined table is accounted for by (a) the extension of the benefits of the Public Service to the officers of the s.s. " Lady Roberts," which is conducted as a trading operation, and (b) the appointment

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Revenue Expenditure. y P9r (including Subsidy from New Zealand Government). Ordinary. j Loan Account. Total. £ £ £ i £ 1921-22 .. .. 135,569 137,180 49,229 186,409 1922-23 .. .. 131,250 132,658 20,777 153,435 1923-24 .. .. 133,917 143,010 5,658 148,668 1924-25 .. .. 130,914 135,523 .. 135,523 1925-26* .. .. 130,200 130,200 5,000 135,200 * Figures for 1925-26 are according to estimates only.