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NIUE ISLAND.

REPORT OF RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FOR YEAR 1907-8. No. 44. Niue Island. —Report for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1908. Receipts and Expenditure. The total revenue derived from all sources amounted to £1,618,85. 6d., as against £1,050 2s. 2d. collected in 1906-7, but included in the past year's figures is a sum of £289 Bs. 7d., being Customs duties collected in New Zealand on goods afterwards shipped to Niue during the financial year 1905-6, which amount should, in the ordinary course, have been credited to the Niue Island Revenue Account for the year 1906-7. The Customs duties collected in Niue show an improvement of £114 as compared with the figures for the preceding year, while Court fees and fines, trading licenses, and interest on deposits, all show a slight improvement on last year's figures. On the other hand, the total stamp sales in New Zealand and Niue only realised £33 3s. Bd. The wants of stamp-collectors would now appear to have been fully satisfied, and it is not expected that this item of revenue will realise much above £25 per annum in future. The total expenditure for the year amounted to £1,910 Os. 4d., and may be classified as follows : — . £ s. d. Permanent charges ... ... ... ... ... 306 17 8 Public works (labour and purchase of material) ... ... ... 831 3 7 Refund to New Zealand Treasury of amount of Customs duties over-credited in year 1905-6 ... ...' ... ... 478 4 1 Other charges ... ... ... ... ... ... 293 IB 0 The expenditure for the year exceeded the revenue by £291 11s. 10d. As will be seen from the foregoing figures, a larger turn was spent on public works than usual, but much good and useful work has been accomplished, the particulars of which are given elsewhere. Public Works. During the financial year the sum of £579 10s. 6d. was expended in labour on public works, and material to the value of £169 2s. lid. was used. The following is a detailed list of the works carried out during the year: —

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Particulars of Work. Cost of Work. Total Cost. Remarks. Labour. Material. £ s. d. 33 10 0 £ s. d. 1 17 8 £ s. d. 35 7 8 Construction of Hakupu Reservoir Construction of Liku Reservoir Avatele Reservoir: Repairs to, and fitting new and larger pipes Lakepa Reservoir: Repairs to, extension of roof, fitting pump, &c. Mutalau Reservoir : Extending roof, fitting pump, &c. Tuapa Reservoir: Changing pump, &c. Hikutavake Reservoir: Repairs to pipes, fitting pump, &c. Makefu Reservoir : Construction of Tamakautoga Reservoirj: Construction of Alofi-Hakupu Road Part cost charged to last year. 40 6 0 50 2 8 90 8 8 7 17 5 4 6 9 12 4 2 The concrete work was damaged by earthquake. 6 15 7 3 13 0 10 8 7 4 0 0 3 14 10 7 14 10 0 13 10 0 1 4 0 15 2 2 4 5 1 19 8 4 4 1 10 12 2 30 5 4 40 17 6 Not completed. 1 2 7 1 2 7 Work just commenced. 21 0 0 0 11 2 21 11 2 Two miles of surface-work completed. Half mile removing rocks and widening completed. Three miles removing rocks and widening completed. Four and half miles removing rocks and widening completed. Five and half miles removing Frock and widening com'pleted. Necessary repairs. Alterations for, and fitting up. For storing cement and lime. Preliminary work, Alofi-Avatele Road 16 13 0 TO .7 8 17 0 8 Alofi-Liku Road 124 5 0 1217 7 137 2 7 Avatele-Hakupu Road 136 12 0 14 3 9 150 15 9 Tuapa-Mutalau Road 143fl6 0 14 16 7 158 12 7 i Residency New office New store-shed School-site .. 18 6 0 7 7 6 4 16 9 0 14 10 10 6 9 9 7 3 9 8 4 28 12 9 16 14 9 14 5 1 0 14 10 748 13 5 579 10 6 169 2 11