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 FINANCE, PRODUCTION, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE 367

Finance.

Year Revenue

Expenditure

Year

1

Revenue I Expenditure

i £ 1906 ! 185,424 19G7 179,802 1908 178,015

1

& 149,374

156,811 :

197,798 '

1909 1910 1911

£ £ 177,909 187,684 211,952 236,661 240,395 265,347

The principal sources of revenue in 1911 were: — Customs, 148,026/., wharf and shipping dues, 12,708Z. ; native taxes, 16,205Z. ; licences, excise, &c., 19,308Z. ; fees of court, 20,872/. ; postal dues and stamps, 7,538Z. The expenditure on personal emoluments was 84,759Z. ; on other charges, 180,588/. The public debt consists of a loan of 57,700/., and Imperial advances ; total indebtedness (1911), 93,515/.

Production, Industry and Commerce.

There are 6 sugar mills, aggregate dailj^ output 546 tons of dried sugar ; 1 tea factory, daily output 500 pounds of dried tea ; 20 boat-building yards, 2 soap works, 4 saw mills, and 3 fibre mills. In 1911 there were under cultivation by European and Indian settlers : — Bananas, 4,692 acres ; cocoanuts, 37,562 acres; maize, 2,741 acres; sugar-cane, 43,359 acres; yams, 301 acres, tobacco, 200 acres ; peanuts, 700 acres ; tea, 200 acres ; rice, 11,701 acres, rubber, 390 acres ; pine-apples, 230 acres. In 1911 there were approximately 6,228 horses and mules, 45,000 cattle; 4,561 sheep; and 13,865 goats.

Year

Imports

Exports

Year Imports

Exports

1908 1909

£ 662,654 636,250

£ 878,394 947,136

£ £

1910 829,029 1,005,818

1911 854,193 1,275,235

Imports subject to duty, 1911, 673,847/., duty-free 283,232/.

Imports

Exports

Year

From British Possessions

From other Countries

To British

Possessions

To other Countries

1908 1909 1910 1911

£ 646,099 619,659 611,939 864,514

£

16,554

16,590

119,136

92,565

£ 878,112 946,900 996,299

1,274,580

£

281

235

9,519

1,627

Quantities and values of imports ai-e ascertained by invoice and declaration, or by examination by Customs officers. In the case of exports, the values are declared by the exporter as the true values of the goods as they lie in the port of shipment, including cost of packages. The countries recorded as the origin and destination of goods are those disclosed by the shipping documents. Copra is usually exported in vessels which sail to Lisbon, Marseilles, Hamburg, &c., 'for orders,' and the ultimate destination is un- known. Almost all English goods imported into Fiji appear as imports from Australia.

The principal imports during 1911 were : biscuits, 20,864/. ; fish, 12,214/.; flour, etc., 39,579/. ; meats, 22,489/. ; rice, 16,945/. ; spirits, 11,866/. ;