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The following table gives a comparison between the revenue and the expenditure of the Territory over a period of five years :—

Statement of Cubeent Assets and Liabilities on 31st Maeoti, 1927. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d" Cash in hand and at bank .. .. 541 2 5 Reserves .. .. .. .. 24,562 0 6 Imprests .. .. .. .. 95 0 0 Deposits .. .. .. .. 15,552 4 4 Advances .. .. .. .. 9,357 15 9 Currency notes .. .. .. 45,000 0 0 Unallocated stores, public works, &c. .. 20,294 0 8 Loan Account, New Zealand Government Plant, buildings, and machinery .. 3,740 0 0 under section 26, Finance Act, 1921-22, Loans—Public Works Account .. 130,689 1 4 and section 33, Samoa Act, 1921 .. 131,000 0 0 Public Works Loan Redemption Fund Chinese Accounts—-Repatriation costs .. 3,692 311 Investment Account .. .. 6,343 10 9 Advances .. .. .. .. 8,000 0 0 S.S. " Lady Roberts " —Capital costs .. 4,050 0 0 Surplus and Deficit Account—Balance at Suspense (various) .. .. .. 2,966 2 1 31st March, 1927 .. .. .. 7,060 4 3 Investments—New Zealand Government debentures and inscribed stock .. 56,790 0 0 £234,866 13 0 £234,866 13 0 Note.—Regarding assets, these accounts do not include the value of land, buildings, and other real property under the control of the Administration belonging to the Mandated Territory, or book debts, departmental stocks (except as shown), furniture and equipment (house and office), horse transport, &c., paid for out of revenue in previous years. The following figures show to what extent the New Zealand Government has assisted the Territory financially : — Y ear. £ 1921-22. Gift (Public Works Account) .. .. .. .. 25,000 do. Subsidy (Health and Education) .. .. .. .. 16,000 1922-23. Subsidy (Health and Education) .. .. .. .. 16,000 1923-24. Subsidy (Health and Education) .. .. .. .. 16,000 do. Special: (Health and Education) .. .. .. .. 6,000 1924-25. Subsidy (Health and Education) . . . . . . . . 18,000 do. (Special: Radio-station) .. .. .. .. .. 1,140 1925-26. Subsidy (Health and Education) .. .. .. .. 20,000 do. (Special: Radio-station) .. .. .. .. .. 1,400 1926-27. Subsidy (Health and Education) .. .. .. .. 20,000 139,540 Also certain sundry items, viz : — Grant re cost exhibit at Wembley .. .. .. .. .. 300 Grant re costs Samoa census .. .. .. .. .. 100 Grant re costs New Zealand Exhibition . . .. . . . . 200 £140,140 Besides this, the New Zealand Government has paid the expenses, while in New Zealand, of a party of Samoans on two occasions. Samoan Post Office and Savings-bank. This is a very flourishing institution, as the following statements as at the 31st March, 1927, will show :— Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in hand .. .. .. 100 0 0 Deposits (including interest, £1,679 Cash in bank — os. lid., for year) .. .. .. 45,834 5 4 Fixed deposit .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 Suspense, New Zealand .. .. 527 19 9 Current account .. .. .. 3,607 5 1 Investments : New Zealand Government, 31st December, 1926 .. .. 40,655 0 0 £46,362 5 1 £46,362 5 1

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Revenue including Year. j Subsidy from New Zealand: Ordinary Expenditure. Government. £ S. d. £ s. d. 1923-24 .. .. .. .. .. 133,917 2 7 143,010 3 7 1924-25 .. .. .. .. .. 130,914 7 8 135,523 18 9 1925-26 .. .. .. .. .. 150,038 13 1 145,687 17 4 1926-27 .. .. .. .. .. 133,812 18 9 141,710 4 6 1927-28* .. .. .. .. .. 133,000 0 0 133,000 0 0 * Estimates only.