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Produce of Other Islands Exported.

Merchandise imported into the Cook Islands and Exported beyond the Federation.

Specie : Chilian coin exported to Penrhyn ... $2,100-00 = £190 17s. 10d. J. H. Gamier, Collector.

Estimated Eevenue for the Year ending 30th June, 1898. (Passed in Parliament on the 11th October, 1898. £ s. d. Import duty ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,598 14 3 Post-office ... ... ... ... ... ... 179 16 0 Licenses ... ... ... ... ... ... 350 0 0 High Court ... ... ... ... ... ... 210 0 0 House: Kohn ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 . Land rent: Kohn... ... " ... ... ... ... 10 0 0 £2,368 10 3 Approved. Makea, Ariki, Chief of the Federal Government. Approved. W. E. Gudgeon, British Eesident.—The Eesidency, 24th October, 1898.

Appropriation Act, 1898-99.—Estimated Expenditure for Year 1898-99. It is hereby enacted by the Parliament of the Cook Islands, approved by the Chief of the Federal Government and the British Eesident, — 1. That the expenditure for the public service for the year ending the 30th June, 1899, shall not exceed the sums stated in Schedule A of this Act, amounting in all to £1,630 sterling. 2. That every account against the Government shall be certified by the British Eesident and with the approval of the Chief of the Government. The certificate shall state that the services therein named have been performed, and shall name the vote to which that account shall be charged. 3. No money shall be paid except on cheques signed by the Paymaster and countersigned by the British Eesident.

To Auckland, New Zealand. Articles. Quantity. Value. Copra Pearl-shell Lb. 37,870 55,789 £ s. d. 137 17 6 1,773 6 11 1,911 4 5

Places. After Duty paid. In Bond. Total. to Penrhyn, Niue, and northern islands ! o Tahiti... 'o Auckland, New Zealand ... £ s. 146 1 a. 5 £ s. 2,693 12 12 0 1,858 9 d. 0 3 0 £ s. a. 2,839 13 5 12 0 3 2,097 14 3 239 5 3 385 6 8 4,564 1 3 4,949 7 11

Vote. Service. Voted. Fixed appropriations— Payment of members... Subsidies to local Councils— Atiu, Mitiaro, and Mauke Aitutaki Mangaia Earotonga ... £ 54 s. d. 0 0 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carried forward £234 0 0