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Direct Native Revenue and Expenditure, 1931-32. (a) Revenue. Native taxes (arrears of personal tax, fines, gun and dog licenses, water £ rates, travel permits, marriage fees, &o.) .. .. .. 1,429 Medical services .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,396 Copra export duty . . .. . . .. . . .. 11,967 £14,792 In addition, revenue is received for Court fees, fines, &c., Postal revenue, and also, in common with the European section of the community, the natives contribute indirectly towards Customs revenue. (b) Expenditure. (J) Payments directly to natives: — Salaries and wages — Native Affairs Department — . £ £ Upolu .. . . . . . . 2,786 Savai'i . . . . .. . . . . . . 790 3,576 Native police .. .. .. .. 4, 026 Native Medical Staff .. . . . . .. 3,127 Native teachers . . .. . - • ■ 2,505 Other Departments .. .. . . .. . . . ■ 2,189 Casual labour, Public Works Department .. .. .. 1,629 Subtotal .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,052 (2) Payments directly on behalf of natives Native Affairs Department— Salaries, European staff, Upolu and Savai'i .. . . .. 3,180 Cost of printing Native Gazette .. .. .. .. .. 131 Fono expenses (Native Parliament) .. .. .. . . 155 Land and Titles Commission expenses .. .. .. .. 350 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. . . . . .. 397 Entertainment of Samoans .. .. .. . . .. 160 Uniforms, flags, badges, &c. .. .. . . .. 7 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 84 Malaga expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 331 Other expenses . . • 134 Subtotal .. .. .. .. .. 4,929 Total .. . .. .. .. .. £21,981 In addition to the above a large portion of the expenditure on Police and Prisons, Medical and Education Departments is directly for the benefit of natives, while benefit is also derived by them on account of Public Works Department expenditure on roads, bridges, and other public services. Samoan leper patients are maintained at the expense of the Administration at the Fiji leper hospital, and Samoans are sent for training at the Administration's expense also to the Fiji Medical School. A proportion of Administration overhead expenditure must also be considered as being directly for the benefit of the natives. Loan Account. The only loan-money raised during the year was a sum of £6,000 advanced temporarily from the New Zealand Treasury under section 33, subsection (3), of the Samoa Act in order to keep the Samoan Treasury Deposit Account at Wellington in funds over the last few weeks of the financial year without having to incur exchange charges by remitting from Samoa. The amount of the balance of the ordinary revenue account at 31st March was sufficient to cover this advance which was repaid early in May, 1932. Loan Redemption Fund. The amount of this fund at 31st March, 1932, was £21,447, excluding interest earned to the 31st March, 1932, which would amount to approximately £800, and has not yet been allocated by the New Zealand Treasury.

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Actual Revenue tual (t , „ - Subsidy from Final Deficit or Year. obtained m the Expenditure of the Deficit. Ne w Zealand. Surplus. Territory. Territory. l £ £ £ £ ! £ 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* 1931-32 .. 109,040 128,936* 19,896* „ -19,896* * Includes expenditure on extra police—£27,374 in 1928-29, £19,448 in 1929-30, £16,561 in 1930-31, and £10,412 in 1931-32.