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grants totalled £41,084. This included the remainder of the grant of £50,000 for roadconstruction which had been authorized as a pound-for-pound subsidy on expenditure from Samoan funds. Details of receipts in respect of grants since the present policy came into full operation are as follows :

In February, 1949, the New Zealand Government decided to allocate the balance ■of the accumulated but unallotted profits of the New Zealand Reparation Estates up to 31st March, 1949, as follows : £ Education .. .. .. .. .. 100,000 Health .. .. .. .. .. 50,000 Road Subsidy .. .. .. .. '25,000 Stalf housing .. .. .. .. 40,000 Rhinoceros beetle control .. .. .. 5,000* Overseas scholarships .. .. .. 13,000* £233,000

* The sums allocated to beetle control and overseas scholarships will be annually recurring ones.

Expenditure of public revenue fell under the various departmental headings as follows :

Year. Overseas Scholarships. Broadcasting. Roads. £ £ . £ 1945-46 .. 3,107 1946-47 2,351 8,100 1947-48 7,552 22.475 12,985 1948-49 .. 10,880* 1,289 28,915 * Includes equipment and inspection of schools.

Heads of Payments. 1 ] 1 1947-48. | 1948-49. £ £ High Commissioner and Government House 5,446 8,595 Education 31,002 46,855 Health 66,474 89,707 Justice 4,541 4,837 Lands and Survey 5,289 5,725 Police and Prisons 16,504 20,797 Postal and Radio 16,828 24,803 v Public Works 163,349 165,987 Samoan Affairs 15,744 20,555 Secretariat and Legislative Assembly 12,170 17,676 Treasury, Customs, &c. .. 22,638 55,090 Services not provided for 4,683 359,985 465,310 Less recoveries, Labour and Public Trust 700 790 359,285 464,520