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As the sisters, who devote themselves equally for all their pupils, receive no remuneration, the Mission would be very grateful, in the case that you cannot satisfy its request, if you would help at least by a subsidy, in consideration of the number of children —seventy-five—who frequent the school. The Catholic Mission. 4th July, 1896.

Enclosure No. 11. Imports into the Cook Islands for the Year ending 30th June, 1896.

1896. 1895. Specie from Auckland ... ... ... £258 0 0 £1,026 0 0 Tahiti, Chili dollars, $23,973 = £2,487 5 5 $10,919-90 = £1,205 4 3 £2,745 5 5 £2,231 4 3 J. H. Gaeniee, Collector.

Enclosure No. 12. Exports of Native Produce from the Cook Islands during the Year ending the 30th June, 1896.

Article. From Auckland, N.Z. From Tahiti. From San Francisco. Total Imports for 1896. Total Imports for 1895. Animals Clothing Piece and fancy goods Provisions, salted and preserved Breadstuff's General groceries Spirits Wines Beer Timber, manufactured and unmanufactured Hardware, ironmongery, and shipchandlery Tobacco Other articles £ s. d. 190 4 5 962 19 1 5,085 0 6 1,799 3 6 £ s. d. 87 0 0 75 7 10 2,236 14 11 544 7 1 £ s. d. 20l" 0 3 96 11 10 £ a. d. 277 4 5 1,038 6 11 7,522 15 8 2,440 2 5 £ s. d. 195 8 3 978 8 11 6,605 7 8 2,728 12 1 1,029 13 6 1,968 6 7 469 17 10 34 7 8 31 2 4 2,228 19 7 370 2 5 343 6 1 70 13 4 18 9 7 19 2 5 602 19 0 67 14 8 35 3 0 1,467 10 7 2,347 5 8 540 11 2 52 17 3 50 4 9 3,399 2 6 1,753 2 7 1,817 6 6 530 3 1 104 0 11 59 1 0 2,584 19 3 567 3 11 2,130 14 0 679 10 3 537 8 5 3,347 12 8 2,477 6 0 330 11 9 1,434 12 8 119 1 9 971 17 2 33 14 0 291 12 11 483 7 6 2,698 2 9 533 11 10 2,352 8 0 17,695 13 5 6,138 11 10 1,830 19 0 25,665 4 3 22,719 16 1

To Auckland, New Zealand. To Tahiti. To San Francisco, California. Articles. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. £ b. d. 9 13 4 350 17 11 25 6 6 5,846 7 4 4,349 8 6 549 6 11 3 13 9 10 16 0 3,153 12 6 913 5 10 140 3 8 £ a. d. £ a. a. 3eche-de-mer, lb. 3ananas, bunches ]ocoanuts ]offee, cleaned, lb. ]opra, lb. ]otton, ginned, lb. ?ungus, lb. ... tangoes, cases )ranges, boxes jimejuice, gal. )ther articles — Arrowroot, lb. Old copper, lb. 640 9,085 12,771 169,983 1,285,931 36,583 314 36 17,424 45,917 16,822 31,047 102,482 61 1,196 0 11 321 12 0 0 18 0 30,200 33,000 48" 6 96" 0 0 0 898 180 1 | 10 11 9 15,363 4 0 1,518 10 11 144 6 0