SESSIONAL FROM SESSIONAL PAPERS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10119, 22 August 1900, Page 3

SESSIONAL FROM SESSIONAL PAPERS.

During last year 1227 tons of bulphui .vero expoitcd from the neiglibomhooc of Itotoiua.

llio expenditure by the Mines De parlment during the last eighteen years on roads and Hacks for the development >( the milling industry totalled i:) 29,117 18s ld.

There were lust year 2-t fatal acedents amongst the miners of the col ony, equal to 1.5 per 1000 of the mirabar employed. During laiit year 10,4U persons were I'liiployoJ in (he \arious classes of min'no in the colony. The Government Life Insurance Dennrtment had at the close of last ycai £1,333,378 in\e?ted in mortgages oi trechold property. Tho oxpenses of management of the Government: Life Insurance Dcpnrtmoiit last year amounted to .£33,803, oi which ,£17,951 was paid in salaries. Tho medical examiners for the Government L'fo InMtmuue Department received last year in fees and espouses £5003. It cost the Government Life Insur<>uo Department £i 516 18s ld for postnere. md JMol 17<f 13d for tele grains last year. Tho new business of the Government Lifo Insurance Department last year cost in commission ,£12,605 17s 2d. The amount paid in Land and Income Tax by the Government Life InMirnnce Department laSt year amounted to «92& i 10s. The value of the securities deposited in tho Public Trust Office by the foreign insurance companies is shown at £327,770. During tho year ended the Tlst of March, 1900, local authorities applied for loans aggregating j>208,345, and the amount actually advanced during the period by the Government totalled The amount borrowed by the Government during the last financial year to irake advances to local bodies, was £1 15,500 The balance at the credit of the Government Loans to Loc.il Bodies account on the 31st March last was ,£20.593 5s 3d. The total number of electors who recorded their vote 3at the last general election was 279,330, while the number of electors on the roll was 373,744. The number of votes recorded for members elected at the last general election was 202,324, while the votes cast for defeated candidates totalled 185.305. The number of votes c<i3t in thr Maori electoral district at the last general election was 13,628. Mr Henry Kaihau, with 2685 votes, receiving the highest number. During the year 1899 fourteen now friendly society lodges were registered, and two ceased, to exist. The total amount received from all sources by the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds during 1 the year ended 31st March, 1900, was £8845 lGs 2d. The Sinking Funds accrued and in the hands of the Commissioners of Sinking Funds at the close of the financial year amounted to ,£67,581 6s 6d. The total amount of the unauthorised expenditure for the year ended 31st March last was 5s lOd, of which £40 086 4s lid was on account of the Contingents for South Africa. The total revenue of the Federal Government of Raratonga for the year ended 30th June, 1899, was 13s 4d. The surplus of the Federal Government of Earatonga for the year ended 30th June, 189S, was .£399 0s lid, and it was a real surplus, for it was held in cash. The honorarium voted the members of Parliament of the Cook Islands for the year ended 30th June, 1900, was £96. The Auditor-General of tlie Cook Is1 mds received the liberal salary of .£ls for the year ended 30th June, 1900, and the pilot ,£3. The total cost of the Police Department of the Cook Islands for the year ended 30th June last is placed at .£SB 10s. The expense 1 " of running the Cook Te'ands Parliament for the year ended 30th June, 1900, was £20.