1956 Budget
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Tolais Have £25,000 1956 Budget
THE five native village Councils . of the Tolai people of the azelle Peninsula, NG, will in 1956, llect tax revenue of £25,000.
They will spend this on education 7,000), medical and sanitation ser ies (£5,000) transport (£6,000), iter supplies (£3,000 and admin rative expenses (£5,000), An Administration spokesman in rt Moresby at the end of January id that it was a pity that even 25 r cent, of the Territory’s native ople were not like the Tolais, and at it would have a tremendous srall effect on the economy of the rritory if they were. :t is interesting to note that even tong the Tolais this modern trend evident: —One-fifth of total enue is eaten up by adminis tive costs.