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11. Fourteenth Session. . (Page 52 of Minutes, Document 0. 568, M. 179, 1928, VI.) Arms and Ammunition.—The registered privately-owned firearms in Western Samoa on 31st March, 1930, were as follows :— European-owned: — Number. 12-gauge shot-guns .. .. .. .. 55 16-gauge'shot-guns .. .. .. .. .. 109 20-gauge shot-guns .. .. .. .. .. 108 410-gauge shot-guns .. .. .. .. 21 32-gauge shot-guns .. .. .. .. .. 4 24-gauge shot-guns .. .. .. .. .. 3 300 •44-calibre rifles .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 •405-calibre rifle .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 •38-calibre rifle ... .. .. .. .. .. 1 •303-calibre rifles... .. .. .. .. .. 6 •22-calibre rifles .. .. .. .. ... .. 31 43 •45-calibre revolver .. .. .. .. .. 1 •38-calibre revolvers .. .. .. .. .. 8 •22-calibre revolvers .. .. .. .. .. 2 11 354 Natir.e-owned: — Upolu— Single-barrel muzzle-loading shot-guns .. .. .. 443 Single-barrel breech-loading shot-guns .. .. .. 525 Double-barrel breech-loading shot-guns .. .. .. 22 — 990 Savai'i— Single-barrel muzzle-loading shot-guns .. .. .. 546 Double-barrel breech-loading shot-guns .. .. .. 3 — 549 1,539 111. Sixteenth Session. (Page 125 of Minutes, Document C. 538, M. 192, 1929, VI.) Ex-enemy Property.—By agreement finalized at the Hague on the 17th January, 1930, as part of the general settlement of German reparations, it was agreed between Germany and New Zealand that the New Zealand Reparation Estates in Western Samoa should be regarded as " finally disposed of," and the New Zealand Government is now awaiting the views of the German Government as to the necessity or otherwise of any further valuation of these properties for the purpose of general accounting. APPENDIX B. Legislation, etc., passed during the Year ended 31st March, 1930. [Extract from New Zealand Gazette No. 32, 6tli May, .1929, page 1343.] SAMOA CUSTOMS CONSOLIDATION AMENDMENT ORDER, 1929. Chables Pergusson, Governor-General. Order in Council. At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day of April, 1929. Present: The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, presiding in Council. His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance of the authority to make regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Samoa conferred upon him by the Samoa Act, 1921, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby make the following regulations in amendment of the Samoa Customs Consolidation Order, 1923. Regulations. 1. (a) These regulations may be cited as ''The Samoa Customs Consolidation Amendment Order, 1929." (6) These regulations shall be read together with and deemed to form part of the Samoa Customs Consolidation Order, 1923. (c) These regulations shall come into force on the 6th day of May, 1929. 2. The Second Schedule (Export Duties) to the Samoa Customs Consolidation Order, 1923, is hereby amended by omitting Item 1 thereof and substituting therefor the following item : —

Tariff No. Goods. j Rate of Duty. 1 Copra .. .. .. £1 10s. a ton. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council.