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Cost per Unit, 1926. £ Interest on value of island at 5 per eent. .. .. .. . . .. .. 500 Interest on value of buildings at 5 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 1,155 Sinking fund on buildings at 3 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. .. 693 2,348 Expenditure, Makogai votes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,984 Expenditure on drugs and instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. 215 Expenditure, Public Works votes .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,766 Allowance for leave, pensions, &c., estimated at .. .. .. .. .. 600 13,913 Less value of produce of the island .. .. .. .. .. .. 836 Net cost .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £13,077 Cost per unit, £''^ 7 = £40 14s. 9d. Amount paid and due by other Administrations, £2,626. Revenue per unit, £— = £40 14s. 3d. Balance per unit against Fiji, 6d. ENCLOSURE No. 3. Cost per Unit, 1927. The expenditure from Leper Asylum votes (XV (iv) and (v) ) was £11,794. Deducting from £ this XV, 63 (transport of lepers), £500, and revenue obtained from sale of copra, £561 10,733 Expenditure on drugs and instruments .. .. .. .. . . .. 145 Expenditure for maintenance and minor improvements (£232) .. .. .. .. 2,367 Interest at 5 per cent, on purchase price of island (£10,000) .. . . .. . . 500 Interest at 5 per cent, on value of buildings, machinery, and equipment (£23,655)* .. 1,183 Sinking fund at 3 per cent, on value of buildings, &e. (£23,655)* .. .. .. 709 Allowance for leave, pensions, &c., estimated at .. .. .. .. .. 600 Total expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. £16,237 The value of the buildings is exclusive of the value of those buildings erected at the cost of the Governments other than Fiji; also the value of the equivalent buildings erected at the cost of Fiji to house patients from Fiji and the co-operative store building not paid for from Government funds. It includes the sum of £1,000 for equipment. The average daily number of units in the Asylum in 1927 was (Natives, 336-7 ; Chinese, 13-9 ; Europeans, 14-8 persons) 387 15. Therefore the annual cost per unit, apart from interest and sinking fund on certain buildings as above, was — £41 18s. Bd. The total annual cost per unit, including the interest and sinking fund on all buildings, &c., except the co-operative store, was — £45 13s. 4d. ENCLOSURE No. 4. Lepeks at Makogai from outside the Colony of Fiji on 31st December, 1927. Administration of Western Samoa— Samoan Natives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 Solomon-Islanders .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 3 Chinese ... . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Half-castes .. .. .. .. .. .... 5 American Samoa — Half-caste .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Tonga— Natives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 Half-caste .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Cook Islands — Natives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 New Zealand — Europeans and half-castes .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Maoris .. .. .. .. • • . ■ •. .. 3 Chinese .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Total .. .. .. .. .. . . . . 106 Lepers at Makogai from within the Colony of Fiji on 31st December, 1927. Europeans and half-castes .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Chinese .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 Natives and Indians .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 322 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 333 ENCLOSURE No. 5. Value of Buildings, Etc., at Makogai, January, 1928. (Note by the Commissioner of Works.) All buildings, including outbuildings, were measured up and valued on a cubic-content basis, the depreciation for age being calculated at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum. Other public works, such as jetties, water-supplies, machinery, plant, and floating stock, have been entered on their present-day value.

* See detailed statement attached.

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