NZRE Profits Samoa
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From Our Own Correspondent
Apia. Nov. 10.
SAMOANS are doing pretty well out of the New Zealand Re paration Estates of Western Samoa.
During the year ended March 31, 1951, the NZRE paid £34,589 in taxes to the Samoan government; their wages bill was £109,735 (1,600 Samoans are regularly employed and 600 casually); and out of profits substantial grants were made for medical services, education, develop -
ment, agricultural research, road making and broadcasting.
Most of the profit came from cocoa and copra production—other ventures such as the timber mill on Savaii and the Casino Hotel in Apia showed a loss.