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Country of Birth Western Samoa . . . . 4.874 | Spain . . . . . . 1 Eastern Samoa ... . . 72 Austria . . . . . . 4 New Zealand .. .. 155 Karotonga .. 2 Australia . . ... . . 42 Gilbert Islands .. .". 3 England . . . . . . 22 Denmark .'. . . . . 2 Scotland . . . . . . 12 France . . . . .". 17 Ireland .. . . . . 2 Hawaii . . . . . . 2 Canada . . • . . ■ . . 5 Sofia Island . . . . 1 India . . . . . . 2 United States of America . . 13 Tasmania . . . . . . 2 Germany . . . . 29 Fiji . . . . . . 54 Tokelau Islands . . . . 20 Tonga . . . . . . 30 Jamaica . . . . . . 1 Wallis Island . . . . 4 Ellice Islands . . . . 4 New Caledonia . . . . i Sydney Island . . . . 1 Fanning Island . . . . 7 New Hebrides .. . . 1 Belgium . . . . . . 2 Russia . . . . . . 1 Sweden . . . . ... 7 Finland . . . . . . 2 Holland .. .. .. ■ 2 5,31)9 An item of interest is the number of members of families of mixed blood in the Territory and representing the survivors of from three to four generations residence in Samoa, as follows: Stowers, 172; Hunt, 89; Fruean, 81; Betham, 70; Seanlon, 67; Orichton, 65; Schuster, 62; Meredith, 61; Williams, 61; Pereira, 59; Wilson, 58; Smith, 51; Fido, 46; Godinet, 44; Schwalger, 42; Stehlin, 41; Schwenke, 40; Laban, 39; Bartlev, 39 ; Pritchard, 38; Skelton, 34; Ulberg, 34. Twelve other families range between 20 and 29 members. XXI. PUBLIC WOBKS During the year under review activities under the following heads were carried out:— Rouds'. —Permanent surfacing and sealing of the road between Apia and the airstrip was completed. Widening of Vailima Eoad was commenced. Due to an abnormally wet " dry " season, all metalled roads required constant attention. Bridges. —Scarcity of materials permitted little more than the bare minimum of maintenance and repair works; timber for bridge-decking repairs particularly was extremely difficult to obtain. In Savai'i two new bridges were built and an extra span added to a third; the timber used was Samoan hardwoods obtained on the spot.

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— Males. Females. Totals. Married . . 661 615 1,276 Widowed 16 69 85 Divorced 11 15 26 Separated . . 16 19 35 ' Single 2,197 1,780 3,977 2,901 2,498 5,399