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Hospital. —Room at south end of out-patient's department converted into X-ray room ; cupboard made and fitted ; one new sink and bench ; roof-ventilator fitted ; existing windows and doors made light proof, and room painted out internally ; 400 superficial feet of ceiling renewed in porch of outpatients' department; stairs to first floor repaired and painted two coats ; mosquito-gauze on upstairs lecture-room renewed throughout; a considerable amount of flooring in balcony renewed ; balustrade repaired and painted two coats ; three new blackboards made and fitted in room ; new weather-hood 2 ft. wide, 40 ft. long, fitted round outside of balcony ; new concrete floor laid in old cadets' quarters ; partition erected ; ten new shutters and eight doors fitted, and building completely renovated for living-quarters for staff ; black-boys' ward straightened up on foundations and braced ; whole of European Ward kitchen painted out two coats inside and out; veranda flooring and door-sills repaired ; store painted inside and out; plates and floor-joists renewed, and flooring of covered way to kitchen repaired ; roof painted ; pantry painted two coats ; floor and joists of European Ward repaired and renewed where necessary ; all W.Cs. overhauled and kept in repair during the year. A new gas plant for laboratory use was erected and reticulated to various points as required. All water-taps and drains were kept in repair. Repairs were carried out to cupboard, furniture, and cots during the year. A new fale, with cambered concrete floor for additional Native nurses and new bathroom and lavatory were erected. Concrete paths were laid from all Native nurses' quarters to their dining room. The whole of the Samoan female ward was painted inside and out two coats. All of woodwork and roof of laboratory, offices, consulting-room, and out-patients' department painted two coats. All the guttering on the European Ward, with the necessary downpipe, was renewed. Aleipata Hospital. —New 600-gallon tank was supplied and fitted in position. A considerable amount of repair work was carried out to plumbing fixtures. Safotu and Satupaitea Hospitals. —The floors of all hospital fales have been concreted. Nurses' Quarters. —Whole of building internally and externally painted two coats. Repairs carried out to verandas and rails. Malifa School. —Fences round grounds repaired ; taps and W.Cs. kept in state of repair during year ; two new soak-pits made through lava shelf, 10 ft. thick, to dispose of effluent from septic tank ; two new W.C. pans fitted. Avele School.—New flagpole with commemorative cairn erected ; new water-supply fitted ; four new concrete baths made and fitted ; four new fly-proof privies fixed ; new posts supplied and fitted to two fales ; stone foundations laid and floors concreted ; new cricket-pitch laid down ; teachers' residence remodelled and painted internally and externally two coats ; new mosquito-proof porch erected ; thirty-six desks made. Poutasi School.—Facings round whole of building renewed ; two rafters in front renewed ; 32 ft. main bottom plate renewed ; considerable internal repairs and alterations carried out; new concrete floor, 32 ft. by 22 ft. by 2 ft. high, laid in front porch with four new concrete steps ; new tank made and fixed ; two new large latrines made and fixed ; guttering renewed right round building ; entire building painted two coats internally and externally. Vaipouli School.—Extensive works are at present going forward at. Vaipouli School. Three new fales have been built with concrete floors. The whole of the grounds have been fenced. A new modern school building has been erected, 73 ft. 6 in. by 34 ft., with a porch in front, 12 ft. by 10 ft. There are two rooms, 35 ft. 8 in. long with cupboards and shelving arranged in the dividing-wall. The school is well ventilated, having two 15 in. diameter updraught vents in the ridge ; is ceiled with wood throughout, and has fourteen 6 ft. 6 in. by 5 ft. double louvre windows in side walls, thus ensuring a constant current of air even when these are closed. Four new fly-proof latrines erected. Four new concrete baths similar to those in use at Avele erected. The water-supply has been extended to suit altered conditions ; the engine-house shifted to new position and properly fixed ; ram repaired. Ifi Ifi School. —New ventilator fitted on infant-room. Native Affairs Office. —New office-room built on northern side, ceiled with fibrous plaster. Flagpole repaired ; whole of building painted internally and externally. Partitions in Court-room and cashier's office altered ; new lattice partition with door erected on front veranda. Native Office Fales. —Four new fales with concrete walls erected. Fono house rethatched ; mat shelves made and fitted in four fales ; thatch on museum repaired ; polas of all fales repaired. New pebbles put in one fale. Administration Offices. —Specimen cupboard made for Agriculture Department; new doors made and fitted to office ; guttering, valleys, and roof repaired. Technical School. —New blackboards made and painted ; woodwork of building painted three coats ; thirty school-desks made ; three-stand cupboard made for tools; materials supplied for septic tank and W.Cs. ; automatic flush made for urinal. Customs. —Steps at landing repaired ; doors of import and export sheds repaired and netting on windows renewed, whole of balcony floor-joists, bearer, flooring, and posts overhauled and repaired where necessary ; concrete floors internally roughened on ground floor in passage-ways ; building internally and externally painted two coats. Vaimea Gaol. —Temporary latrines, baths, and cookhouses erected for new coolie labour ; taps in gaol residence repaired ; new stove fitted. Tuvao Prison Farm. —A new prison farm for the longer-sentence prisoners was fitted at Tuvao, on Mount Tofua, where the German pineapple plantation and factory originally stood. The old factory was floored with concrete, ceiled, and cells constructed with crimped wire-netting partitions. Three new houses were erected for the warders, and the manager's residence received extensive repairs and alterations to fit it for the gaoler. A new lavatory and septic tank was fitted ; new entrance gates supplied. A quantity of paint, iron, timber, doors, windows, cement, and sand was transported to the site for alterations to chief warder's residence. The gaoler's residence received two coats of paint internally and externally.

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