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W. Samoa Estimates
From Our Own Correspondent THE Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa, has passed the Estimates of receipts and ex penditure for the calendar year 1955, with only slight amendments.
Estimated receipts are £1,108,200, and amounts brought in from re serves (£97,470 from Development Fund, £93,180 from General Fund and £94,650 from grants from NZRE profits), total £285,300, making total revenue £1,393,500.
Payments are estimated at the same figure, so the Estimates balance.
Of the payments of £1,393,500.
Public Works expenditure amounts to £512,400. The Health Depart ment is to spend £228,700 and the Education Department £218,200.
The Customs Tariff Amendment Bill caused long debates and a motion to reduce the import duty on rice and tinned fish below the rates proposed in the Bill was carried. The new rates will be an allover rate of 15 p.c. on rice and 15 pc. on tinned fish of British origin, and 25 p.c. on imports of foreign origin.