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Visits His Excellency the Governor-General, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.M.G., C.8.E., A.M., visited the Territory in June, 1942. Official visits again took place in September, 1943, and June, 1944, His Excellency being accompanied on the latter occasion by Lady Newall and their two daughters. At the close of 1944 the Right Hon. the Prime Minister, accompanied by Mr. A. G. Osborne, M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary, and departmental officers, visited the territory in the course of a tour of the Pacific islands. They spent six days in Western Samoa, and had representative meetings with all sections of the community. Lands and Survey The survey staff was engaged for some time after the arrival of the United States Forces in carrying out special surveys relating to the airport and other defence projects, and with the completion of this work the Department has been able to concentrate upon the arrears of civil surveys, good progress being made. Postal and Radio Both these services are maintained in conformity with the standards of the Post and Telegraph Department of New Zealand, and technical officers are seconded to them from that Department, but executive and financial responsibility, as in all services, is that of the local Administration. Statistics of services performed since last report arc—

Staff Particulars are given in the following tables as at 31st March of each year : —

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1941-42. 1942-43. 1943-44, 1944-45. Value of money-orders issued .. .. £1,858 £4,012 £3,607 £3,545 Value of money-orders paid .. .. £5,709 £14,266 £11,816 £10,892 Post-office Savings-bank withdrawals .. £23,519 £26,393 £46,614 £66,513 Post-office Savings-bank deposits .. .. £27,526 £64,622 £127,367 £114,393 Number of depositors as at 31st March .. 2,785 3,116 3,764 4,078 Amount held to their credit .. .. £73,904 £114,131 £198,284 £251,207 Number of Samoan depositors .. .. 2,100 2,517 2,969 3,055 Amount held to their credit .. .. £24,728 £28,292 £43,479 £30,563 Number of radio messages .. .. 9,536 10,009 11,198 11,983 Net receipts therefrom .. .. .. £2,912 £3,729 £3,623 £3,684

Europeans. Persons of Part-Samoan Blood. Services. 1941. J 942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. I ■ Classified departmental staffs— Education .. .. .. 8 6 6 8 9 10 16 15 14 15 Health .. .. .. .. 17 15 13 14 18 3 3 3 3 2 Native Affairs .. .. ..333331111 1 Police and prisons .. .. .. 55 5773 332 3 Other services 27 27 30 31 34 21 25 29 26 39 60 56 57 63 71 38 48 51 46 60 Casual employees .. .. .. 3 2 2 2 3 32 28 25 43 40 Totals .. .. .. 63 58 59 65 74 70 76 76 89 100 „ ,, „ Elective Samoan District and Native Samoans. ViUage officia]g . Services. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. Classified departmental staffs— Education .. .. .. 252 261 262 224 24.0 Health .. .. .. .. 136 135 138 137 161 , Native Affairs .. .. 12 11 10 15 14 233 233 231 233 244 Police and Prisons .. .. 49 50 54 49 60 Other services .. .. 36 44 42 39 33 485 501 506 464 508 233 233 231 233 244 Casual employees .. .. .. 30 25 46 217 209 Totals .. .. .. 515 526 552 681 717 233 233 231 233 244