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REPORT OF COOK ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION. RAROTONGA. Finance. The financial year commenced with a credit balance of £1,653 2s. sd. Credit balance at the 31st March, 1929, was £3,972 17s. 9d. Revenue for the year amounted to £20,313 6s. 2d., and expenditure totalled £17,993 10s. lOd. Details are shown in the Revenue and Expenditure Accounts set out hereunder. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance as at Ist April, 1928 .. .. 1,653 2 5 Aitutaki —Salaries .. .. .. 639 0 0 Ammunition.. .. .. .. 22 8 4 Aitutaki Wharf .. .. .. 110 14 10 Benzine .. .. .. .. 6 3 8 Atiu—Salaries .. .. .. 90 3 7 Copra .export duty .. .. .. 2,005 5 7 Audit fees .. .. .. .. 264 8 8 Customs duties .. .. .. 12,018 18 3 Agricultural classes .. .. .. 25 0 0 Cinema licenses .. .. .. 15 0 0 Atiu cargo-shed .. .. .. 419 9 Diving licenses .. .. .. 66 0 0 Contingencies .. .. .. 901 1 8 Dog-tax .. .. .. .. 151 10 0 Courts .. .. .. .. 951 3 3 Education, Northern Group .. .. 96 14 5 Dental Department .. .. .. 424 15 6 Freezer .. .. .. .. 22 13 3 Education .. .. .. .. 1,631 8 0 Fruit-inspection fees .. .. .. 332 511 Experimental farm .. .. .. 282 16 3 Film-censorship fees .. .. .. 16 16 7 Furniture .. .. .. .. 83 5 2 High Court fees and fines .. .. 1,281 13 0 Government buildings .. .. 731 3 5 Hall licenses.. .. .. .. 4 0 0 Hospital and Medical De- £ s. d. Liquor .. .. .. .. 164 3 9 partment .. .. 3,1.13 14 3 Marriage fees .. .. .. 33 19 0 Less grant from New Motor fees .. .. .. .. 145 0 0 Zealand .. .. 1,000 0 0 Native Land Court fees .. .. 83 11 2 2,113 14 3 Passport fees .. .. .. 18 9 0 Lepers .. .. .. .. 185 811 Post-office box rents .. .. .. 7 4 0 Lunatics .. .. .. .. 247 7 6 Printing Department .. .. .. 14 16 10 Mail subsidy.. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Rents .. .. .. .. 283 15 8 Mangaia—Salaries .. .. .. 154 0 0 Road rates .. .. .. .. 97 11 0 Manihiki and Rakahanga—Salaries .. 252 10 0 Shipping fees .. .. .. 4 4 0 Mauke—Salaries .. .. .. 346 0 0 Stamp sales .. .. .. .. 2,262 16 4 Mitiaro—Salaries .. .. .. 84 5 0 Stock, Public Works Department .. 17 11 5 Penrhyn—Salaries .. .. .. 326 0 0 Trading licenses .. .. .. 713 15 0 Police .. .. .. .. 1,070 13 6 Water rates .. .. .. .. 427 0 0 Post-office .. .. .. .. 344 9 3 Prisoners .. .. .. .. 140 3 8 Public works .. .. .. 861 14 11 Pukapuka—Salaries .. .. .. 315 0 0 Resident Commissioner's Office .. 1,484 19 11 Roads, bridges, culverts, and foreshore .. 1,557 1. 3 Subsidy, destruction flying-foxes and rats 91 1 1 Superannuation .. .. .. 209 16 10 Telephones .. .. .. .. 338 12 6 Treasury and Customs .. .. 705 15 4 Trucks .. .. .. .. 174 3 2 Water expenses .. .. .. 254 8 2 Whare Manuhiri .. .. .. 280 19 7 Wireless .. .. .. .. 268 15 11 Total expenditure .. .. 17,993 10 10 Balance (particulars below) .. 3,972 17 9 £21,966 8 7 £21,966 8 7 Pariiculaks of Balance. £ s d Cash in hand .. .. .. .. .. .. 801 3 8 Cash in bank .. .. .. .. .. 1,223 7 0 Cash in hands of Resident Agents— .. £ s. d. Aitutaki .. . . .. .. 55 6 0 Atiu .. .. .. .. 12 9 4 67 15 4 2,092 6 0 Stocks on hand .. .. .. .. .. 2,556 6 6 4,648 12 6 £ s. d. Less amounts due by C.I.A. .. .. 3,583 10 9 Less Amounts due to C.I.A. .. .. 2,907 16 0 675 14 9 Balance as above .. .. .. .. .. £3,972 17 9 The attached table shows, for comparative purposes, revenue and expenditure since 1921 : — Revenue. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. Year ended 31st March, 1922 .. .. 17,719 6 4 23,528 0 6 1923 .. .. 19,790 18 1 19,119 4 7 1924 .. .. 19,137 7.10 18,430 18 4 1925 .. .. 23,535 13 9 21,553 13 1 1926 .. .. 23,268 5 1 23,415 17 1 1927 .. .. 19,103 11 5* 24,303 6 9f 1928 .. .. 18,997 13 6* 17,488 7 6 1929 .. .. 20,313 6 2 17,993 10 10 * Effect of hurricane year. t Increase due to necessity of effecting storm reparation.