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Enclosure No. 1. Statement of Eevenue for the Year ending 30th June, 1897. £ s. d. Import duty ... ... ... ... ... ... 919 9 8 Post Office ... ... ... ... ... ... 120 5 3 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 10 0 1,046 4 11 One per cent, hospital duty... ... ... ... ... 183 17 10 1,230 2 9 Balance on hand Ist July, 1896 ... ... ... ... 481 7 11 £1,711 10 8 J. H. Gaenieb, Collector.

Enclosure No. 2. Statement of Account for the Year ending 30th June, 1897. Receipts. £ s . d. 1896 —July 1. Balance on hand, as per account ... ... 481 7 11 1897 —June 30. Eevenue, as per account from Ist July, 1896, to date ... ... ... ... ... 1,230 2 9 1,711 10 8 Expenditure. 1897—June 30. Expenditure from Ist July, 1896, to 30th June, 1897, as per statement ... ... ... 1,651 0 3 Balance on hand Ist July, 1897 ... ... ... ... £57 10 5 Makea Daniela, Paymaster. I have examined the above accounts, and compared them with the vouchers, and hereby certify that they are correct. —J. Scaed, Auditor.

Enclosure No. 3. Imports into the Cook Islands for the Year ending 30th June, 1897.

J. H. Garnier, Collector.

Article. From Auckland, N.Z. From Tahiti. From San Francisco. Total Imports. Animals Clothing Piece and fancy goods Provisions, salted and preserved Breadstuff's General groceries Spirits ... Wines ... £ s. d. 202 19 7 734 16 0 5,618 12 11 2,697 11 6 1,220 18 2 2,682 9 8 477 4 8 36 16 10 102 2 2 1,547 6 11 £ s. d. 66 10 0 54 9 8 1,456 10 9 222 19 4 800 7 8 204 17 6 70 8 8 33 16 4 8 19 10 304 6 11 £ s. d. 15 1 5 23 5 0 2 5 1 4 18 3 33 17 2 £ s. a. 269 9 7 804 7 1 7,098 8 8 2,922 15 11 2,026 4 1 2,921 4 4 547 13 4 70 13 2 111 2 0 1,886 5 10 Beer Timber, manufactured and unmanufactured Hardware Tobacco Other articles Material for wharf, &c, U.S.S. Co. ... 1,855 4 6 431 12 0 2,065 9 1 745 0 0 389 14 2 136 4 3 288 7 5 34 12 0 48 8 0 2,293 6 8 567 16 3 2,364 8 1 745 0 0 10 11 7 20,418 4 0 4,037 12 6 172 18 6 24,628 15 0 Specie from Auckland Tahiti, Chili doll; trs $20,433'26 = £450 12,043 !2,493