Samoan Estimates
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Apia, Aug. 20.
r[E estimates of the Administration for the current financial year (closing on March 31, 1940) have just been published and show an estimated revenue of £115,226 and an estimated expenditure of £133,143, leaving a deficit of £17,917, of which £4,570 is covered by a normal sur plus in accounts. Therefore, a further £13,347 will need to be found to balance the budget for 1939-40.
Of the estimated expediture, salaries
amount to £51,875, representing 45 per cent. There are 755 Samoans in the Gov ernment employ, drawing £19,748.
The main sources of estimated revenue are; Import duty £31,000, Copra export duty on 11,600 tons £15,250, sale of medi cal liquor £B,BOO, Port and Customs Ser vice Tax £7,750, Electric Current Sales £4,850, Shipping, Pilotage, Port and Light Dues and Tonnage Fees £3,500, Wharfage Dues and Royalties £3,000, Building Tax £2.500, Postal Revenue (including sale of commemorative stamps) £2.500, Motor Vehicle and Drivers’ License Fees £2,350.