W. Samoa
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Continuing Prosperity In
rE financial statement of the West Samoan Government, presented at the Budget Ses sion of the Legislative Assembly on March 16, again gave evidence of the continuing prosperity of the Trust Territory.
For the first time, the estimated expenditure in the courrent year exceeds £1,000,000. It is £1,088,100 and of this £124,900 will be spent on education, and £161,000 on health. Salaries of officials now absorb £324,000.
It is noted that the New Zealand Government, in 1952, handed back to Western Samoa, from the accumulated profits of NZ Re paration Estates, £31,415 for the
new Samoa College, and £16,086 for hospital buildings and medical equipment.