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Telephones. The revenue received from this item was £1,121 12s. Bd. Difficulty has continued to be experienced from time to time in maintaining communication with certain outlying districts, but it is considered that, as loyalty returns, there will be 110 need to anticipate further trouble in this direction. Post Office. Mail-matter delivered in Samoa during the year, estimated from a general average, was as follows: Letters and letter-cards delivered, 139,860; other articles, 81,326 ; registered articles, 2,423 : total, 223,609. Mail-matter posted was as follows: Letters and letter-cards, 98,084; other articles, 27,155; registered articles, 3,500 : total, 128,739. The number of parcels posted was 1,053, and the number received was 4,139, which returned £1,250 4s. 4d. in Customs duty. Work -performed for other Departments.—The total amount collected for other Departments of the Administration was £2,829 12s. 2d. For New Zealand the following amounts were collected: Receipts —Superannuation, £1,887 15s. lid. ; Government Insurance, £309 Bs. Id. ; National Provident, £28 13s. 2d. ; miscellaneous, £1,634 10s. 4d. Payments —Superannuation, £343 4s. 7d. ; pensions, £197 Bs. Bd. ; miscellaneous, £90. During the year the staff handled over £97,000.

Money-orders.

Savings-bank.

Other Receipts.

LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. For the year under review the activities of the Department have consisted mainly of routine office-work and necessary field-work. The Department is now responsible also for the control and supervision of the Magiagi Cemetery, and good progress has been made with tree-planting and formation of paths. This cemetery provides for the Apia district, both Native and European. Reservations for chapel-sites and shade-trees have been allocated and provision made for extension of scheme. In regard to field-work, some interference with survey marks has occurred, and in one instance it was found necessary to send a party of European police with a survey party in order that a survey for the Native Land and Titles Commission could be completed. This action was necessary owing to a Native surveyor having been molested on a previous occasion by interested parties belonging to the Mau. The second survey was quite successful and was executed without incident. It is not anticipated that interference with marks and surveyors will continue, as numerous land matters have been investigated recently with practically 110 trouble. In addition to the field and office work shown on schedule, solar observations for true meridian have been carried out on various isolated surveys. Engineering surveys for the Public Works Department and Engineering and Transport Department were carried out, in addition to investigations for a proposed hydro-electric scheme for the Catholic Mission. During the last quarter of the year under review considerable portion of the staff's time was devoted to the Police and Naval authorities in supplying data of tracks, villages, &c.

n*■ __ , | nr nT , atT n ,j n „ Postal Notes and British Postal Money-orders issued. 1 Money-orders paid. Orders Year. > . j * Number. Commission. Amount. i Number.) Amount. Issued. Paid. I 1 I | £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. 1929-30 .. .. 2,070 109 19 9 21,670 0 6 236 1,361 9 4 1,167 17 4 149 17 11 1928-29 .. ..i 2,194 109 6 6 21,665 6 6 352 2,721 18 11 1,117 0 6 96 1 11

™ • 3 5 Year. !g o| Deposits. 1 Withdrawals. A S 0 Depositors dlt Invested. In Hand. || oft «l° j <1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1929-30 .. 223 230 29,134 3 10 33,776 19 0 i 45,851 10 10 j 42,812 0 0 j 1,616 13 4 1,454 1928-29 .. 279 256 36,622 1 10 42,042 17 4 ; 48,827 16 8 48,497 0 0 1,264 14 10 1,461

I Sale of MlSCel- Tplpnhnnp Privfttp f!nrip Year. Stamp Sales, j Radio Fees. OuzMes, teneoi* KpZ Box"! Addresses. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1929-30 .. ■■ 1,491 3 0 1,554 18 10 1 15 0 10 19 0 1,121 12 8 112 9 6 11 15 0 1928-29 .. .. 1,702 5 5 1,622 17 2 J 17 6 0 9 0 1,240 10 9 j 126 15 0 14 10 0 I | [_ i