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(b) Direct Expenditure on Natives, 1930-31—continued. (2) Payments directly on behalf of Natives—continued. Medical Department— £ Salaries, European staff (part) .. .. .. .. .. 5,687 Salaries, Chinese staff (part) .. .. .. .. .. 468 Fire and lighting expenses .. .. .. .. .. 435 Instruments and drugs .. .. .. .. .. .. 972 Maintenance, Samoan lepers in Fiji Hospital .. .. .. 1,009 Transport and travelling expenses .. .. .. .. .. 309 Rations for Samoan patients and staff .. .. .. .. 641 Upkeep, trainees at Fiji Medical School .. .. .. .. 131 Education Department— Salaries, European staff (part) .. .. .. .. .. 2,728 Food-supplies, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 Transport and travelling expenses.. .. .. .. .. 168 Development, Government Native schools .. .. .. .. 32 Vaipouli Native School .. .. .. .. .. 200 Public Works Department— Repairs and maintenance off ales .. .. .. .. .. 400 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £42,993 In addition, the maintenance of roads, bridges, &c., is greatly for the benefit of Natives, and part salaries and charges of other Departments not mentioned above may be considered as applicable to the Natives. Loan Account. The position of the Loan Account (borrowed from the New Zealand Government) is unchanged, no loan expenditure having been incurred during the year, and the amount remaining outstanding being £165,200, particulars of which appear in Appendix A. Redemption Fund. Under section 33 of the Samoa Act, 1921, the loans are repayable in thirty years from the date on which raised. This is arranged by means of annual instalments of approximately I*6 per cent., which are assessed a,nd invested by the New Zealand Treasury. Up to the 31st March, 1931, the amount so set- aside in New Zealand Government securities is £18,894 17s. lOd. Revenue and Expenditure. The following table gives a comparison between the revenue and the expenditure of the Territory over a period of six years :—

* The cost of the Samoa Military Police and of the Samoan Constabulary, having been paid by the New Zealand Government, are not included in the above. The expenditure for 1930-31, however, includes cost of the Samoan Constabulary met by the Administration, amounting to £16,561, and for purposes of comparison with previous years should be deducted from the expenditure; thus the amount for 1930-31 would be shown as £123,727, and on this basis, excluding the New Zealand Government subsidy paid during the vear, would reveal a surplus of £6,658. The following table, which, on the one hand, takes into account all the expenditure of the Territory (including the police), and, on the other, distinguishes between revenue as such and the subsidy from New Zealand, gives a clearer conspectus of the financial position during the last six years : —

* Including expenditure on extra police, not incurred in previous years, of £27,374 in 1928-29, £19,448 in 1929-30 and £16,561 in_l93o-31.

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Revenue, including I ... .. Year. Subsidy from New Zealand . E^ ndlt !3 re ' Ordinary Government. (excluding Loan Account). £ £ 1925-26 .. .. .. .. .. 150,038 145,687 1926-27 133,812 141,710 1927-28 126,038 143,421 1928-29 141,904 130,455* 1929-30 151,416 131,280* 1930-31 .. .. 151,385 140,288 -— ■

I Actual j „ , . , , Actual Revenue Ex P^.^ e of the New Zealand, . Ypar ' ° bt Sory the in a C Slu P ln Ce Loan Account. Account of Police. £ £ £ £ 1925-26.. .. 128,638 145,687 17,049 21,400 +4 351 1926-27.. .. 113,812 141,710 27,898 20,000 -7 898 1927-28 .. .. 106,038 143,421 37,383 20,000 -17,383 1928-29 .. .. 121,904 157,829* 35,925* 47,374* +11 449* 1929-30 131,416 150,728* 19,312* 39,448* +20 136* 1930-31 .. .. 130,385 140,288* 9,903* 21,000 +11,097*