American Samoa Shows A
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Deficit
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia. May 14.
BUDGET figures of American Samoa for 1938 show that receipts from all departments amounted to 105.305 dollars and expenditure to 119.485 dollars giving a deficit of 14,180 dollars. The
Government’s General Fund was decreas ed to 53,863 dollars.
Of the total receipts, customs revenue accounted for 46,768 dollars. Expenditure was mainly on education, public works, special projects, transportation, and pub lic health.
Dr, W. MacNaughton, medical officer, of Fiji, passed through Sydney early in June, en route to England on leave.