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For sacramental purposes, 138 gallons of wine; rectified spirits of wine for industrial purposes, 271 gallons. D. Production within the Territory is prohibited by law. E. Revenue derived from duties on importation, 1934-35 : — Medicinal liquor (import duty 17| per cent, or 25 per cent., and Port and £ s. d. Customs service tax 5 per cent.) .. .. • • .. 466 14 6 Industrial liquor (import duty 17| per cent, or 25 per cent., and Port and Customs service tax 5 per cent.) .. .. .. • • Nil. Sacramental liquor (free of import duty ; Port and Customs service tax, 5 per cent.) •• •• •• •• •• 160 These duties are the ordinary ad valorem rates applying to all goods not subject to specific rates of dutv ' there is no authorization for higher specific rates of duty on liquor, for the rate of duty is immaterial, having regard to the fact that all liquor is sold by and for the Administration at prices approximating current retail prices in New Zealand. F. In view of the position explained in E, there are no other duties, license fees, or taxes. G. There is no Native beverage containing alcohol. The Native drink " kava, 'if allowed to stand, does not ferment, and after a few hours becomes stale and unpalatable. It is not consumed in Western Samoa in sufficient strength or quantity tp have toxic effects. H. General information with regard to liquor, in addition to the above, was given in the Eighth Report, 1928. . . , a During 1934-35 there were twenty-one offences reported and twenty convictions under the bamoa Dangerous Drugs Order, 1930. XIX,— HEALTH. The staff consists of two European Medical Officers, nine Native medical practitioners, and bacteriological and nursing staffs, the complete Health service comprising twelve Europeans, forty-two Native Samoans, as well as two Chinese dressers. Hospitals and Dispensaries. Admissions to Hospitals : — Apia Hospital— 193 J- 19 g g Europeans .. •• •• •• ■■ •• Samoans . . • • • • • • • • • • 463 Chinese .. • • • • • • • • • • 3^® Melanesians • ■ • • • • • • • ■ 24 23 1,042 890 Tuasivi Hospital .. • • ■ • • • ■ • |^3 Aleipata .. .. ■ • • • • • ■ • 138 uo Total admissions .. •• •• •• •• 1,351 1,113 Out-patients: All hospitals and dispensaries .. .. 15,178 11,979 Grand total .. .. •• •• 16,529 13,092 Deaths in hospitals .. • • • • • • • • 33 In addition to the dispensaries at Manono, Mulifanua, and Fagaloa Bay, dispensaries have lately been opened at Falealili in Upolu, and at Sala ilua and Fagamalo in feavai i. Epidemics. Influenza broke out in a mild form in September and did not disappear till the middle of November. It spread gradually round both Islands. No fatal cases were reported. Main Diseases. Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers.—Twenty cases were operated on for this condition. Attention has not been called to this before, but many Samoans between thirty and forty years of age rapidly develop pyorrhoea, and no doubt with toxaemia due to yaws and filanasis it probably brings about this Yaws. Following the intensive campaign carried out in conjunction with the Rockefeller Foundation, free treatment up to fourteen years of age has been commenced for this infection and will be continued. . . , en ■n i. mote Levrosy —Eleven cases were transferred to Makogai m June, 1934, and four more m March, 1935 , two Samoans returned cured in June, 1934, leaving a total of 32 lepers from this Administration under going treatment at 31st March, 1935. Tuberculosis. —One hundred and forty-three cases were notified. Enteric. —Fifty-eight cases were notified. Beri Beri. —Eight cases were notified. Pneumonia and Broncho-pneumonia.—One hundred and twenty-one cases were notified. Venereal Disease.—Twenty-one cases of gonorrhoea were notified. There were no cases of dysentery reported. There are at present in Vaimea Prison six cases of mental defectives.

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