COOK ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 137, 9 June 1905, Page 5

COOK ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION.

FTNA>TCIAL AND TRADE RETDENS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) RAROTONGA. May 31. REVENVE A"N*D EXPENDITURE. The total amount of revenue of the Cook Islands administration (exclusive of Niue) for the year ending March 31, 1905. has been £81S5 11/. which incUidcs a surplus of £2610 17/ brought ; forward from the previous year. The expediture for the year has been ; £5093 8/8, -which leaves a surplus of £3092 2/4 to be carried forward. The details of revenue and expenditure are as follow: — Revenue—Custom.* duties. £207." 16/10: traders' licenses. stamps. £214 10/: court fpes, £fi4<> 11/10: ronts. £112: miscellaneous. £106 0/11: refund of Customs dnties collet-tod in N.Z.. £206S 1-Ur>: surplcs. 1003-4. £-JSIO 17. Total. £SIST> 11/. Expenditure.—SalariVs. European offipifils, £15G."i: salaries, native officials. £343: expanses Land Tit'es Court. £276 2/8: expenses Hi::h Court, £22 2/4: subsidy Oovprnment schoonpr, £100ff ftihsidr Tereora school. £200: Government buildings. Mansaia, £354 1/3: bridges, Rj.\rotonjra. £200: N.Z. Government, arconnt rv>st of schooner. £301 11/3: ditto refnmis. £437 3/4: misoellanpoi's and contln?enei€B. £362 7/10. Total, £.".003 S/S. Snrnlns. —Fixed deposit Bank of X.Z., C 2000: £R7B 4/S: due bj- N.Z. GovcrnniPDt. £41n 17/ S. Total. £30J>2 2/4. The following is a comparative statement of revenue and expenditure for !the past five years: — KxpeQdi- | Tear. Revenue, ditme. Snrplns. £ £ £ irtOO-01 3274 2951 ]301 1001-2* 2762 2835 172S 10rr2-3 4536 4725 1838 IJK>3-t 5310 4.-..tS 2«10 19fM-5 5T.74 ."iOO3 3002 *For nine months only. Tn addition to the sum of £3092 shown as the actual surplus for the past year, there is a sum of about £000 due for fees to the Land Titles Court which has not been taken into acconnt. TRADE RETURNS. The following are the Customs returns for the Cook and other Islands (exclusive of Nine) for the year endinjr December 31. 1904:—Imports £33,379. and exports £38.248. The following is a comparative statement for the past five years: — Year. Imports. Exports. £ £ 190 i"i 21.181 22.371) 1901 24.552 27 Sl9 1902 27.r.2:: :M.S2I l.OO" ::4.53(; 34.740 . 1904 :W.070 :«.24S i The followmj: list shows the coun- } tries from which goods were import|ed: — ! New Zealand. £25,222; United Kingdom, I £i:.7:.: Australia, £S4S; United States, £2303; Tahiti, £:«70; other countries, £253. Total. £33.355. The details of exports are as follow:— Bananas. £7400; oranges, £9600: pine apples, £6SO; cocoannts, £187; cdfffee, £973; fenmaras. £330; copra, £15.930: Kmejolce, £1106; .ptarishell, £1SSO; JiuStel£372. TaUl, ..WW.'/.V,