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Table A. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on the 31st March, 1920. Assets. Liabilities. £ s. d. i Advances— £ s, d. Cash in hand .. .. .. 364 Ifi ES Sundry unspecified .. .. 7,046 8 4 Cash at bank .. .. .. 1,512 4 8 Now Zealand Treasury, to he transferred Imprests .. .. .. .. 1,017 10 0 to Loan Account..' .. .. 10,048 9 9 Unallocated stores .. .. .. 2,988 19 11 Deposits .. .. .. .. 5,465 17 10 Deposits .. .. .. .. 1,680 5 5 Suspense .. .. .. .. 2,16111 2 German currency .. .. .. 95 9 3 Currency notes .. .. .. 40,000 0 0 Advances — Excess of assets over liabilities .. 28,029 10 1 Sundry unspecified .. .. 6,937 6 5 War special .. .. .. 6,449 19 0 Purchase Central Hotel .. .. 9,500 0 0 Water and drainage works .. .. 5,402 0 4 To be transferred to Loan Account investments (New Zealand Government debentures and inscribed stock) .. 56,803 5 11 ; £92,751 17 2 j £92,751 17 2 The Treasury, Ist 3May, 1920. H. C. Tenement, Treasurer. Table B. Statement of Assets (Liquid) and Liabilities on 31st Makcii, 1921. Assets. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cash in hand .. .. .. 387 11 0 Advances .. .. .. .. 23,879 3 0 Cash at bank .. .. .. 2,132 15 10 Reserves .. .. .. .. 12,585 13 4 Imprests .. .. .. .. 21 7 5 Deposits .. .. .. .. 3,679 17 4 Stores unallocated .. .. .. 36,098 8 2 Deposits, Savings-bank— German currency .. .. .. 95 9 3 Investments as per £ s. d. Advances— contra .. .. 13,592 0 0 War special .. .. .. 6,195 1 6 Transfer funds in New Sundry .. .. .. .. 22,001 211 Zealand .. .. 5,576 14 9 Loan Works Account,— Current account .. 2,479 19 10 Water-supply .. .. .. 15,050 911 21,648 14 7 Other works .. .. ..29,285 14 3 Suspense .. .. .. .. 2,105 6 0 Investments— Loan Account .. .. .. 44,336 4 2 General (New Zealand Currency notes .. .. .. 45,000 0 0 Government deben- Excess of assets over liabilities .. 27,329 3 6 tures and inscribed stock) .. .. 55,704 1 8 Post Office Savingsbank .. .. 13,592 0 0 69,296 1 8 £180,564 1 11 £180,564 1 11 The Treasury, 16th July, 1921. H. C. Tennent, Treasurer. JUSTICE: REGISTRATION OF LAND. Both of these duties are dealt with by the Justice Department under the Chief Judge, who in his report for the year ended 31st March, 1921, says as follows : — " The work of this Department is at present carried on by — " (a.) A Chief Judge of the High Court, controlling the Court and the Department, acting as Judge in cases beyond the Commissioner's jurisdiction, and presiding over the Samoan Land and Titles Commission, which is a division of the Court. " (fe.) A Commissioner of the High Court in Apia. This official is also Crown Solicitor, Crown Prosecutor, and Crown Law Draftsman, and is in the main engaged in duties in these capacities. " (c.) A Commissioner of the High Court in Apia, who deals with most of the civil and criminal work of the Court which is within Commissioner's jurisdiction, and is also Assistant Court Solicitor. " (d.) Two Commissioners of the High Court, resident in Savaii and Aleipata respectively, who deal with the Court work in their respective districts when within Commissioner's jurisdiction, and have various other duties not relating to this Department. " (c.) A Registrar of tho High Court at Apia, with the usual duties of a Court Registrar, who is also Registrar of Marriages, Companies, and Chattel Securities. " (/.) A Registrar of Land, appointed under the Samoa Land Registration Order. " (g.) Native clerks, typists, interpreters, and messengers. " In addition to the above, the jurisdiction of Commissioner of the High Court has been conferred on the Secretary for Native Affairs, and on the Chinese Commissioner, for the purpose of dealing with certain minor Samoan offences and with minor offences by Chinese contract labourers respectively, and in the exercise of these jurisdictions these officials are controlled by the head of the Department. " It should be mentioned that, Samoa having been under mandatory control only since the Ist May last, the establishment and duties of the Department during the first month of the period now under review (Ist April, 1920, to 31st March, 1.921) differed considerably from what they are at present. Since the Ist May, also, the increased work of the Department has necessitated the employment of the officer designated under (c) as from October last, and of the officer designated under (f) as from Decemb-