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 RELIGION, ETC.— FINANCE — PRODUCTION, ETC.

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Suva, the capital, is on the south coast of Viti LeTU ; European popula- on (census of April 2, 1911), 1,376.

Religion and Instruction. %

Attending at"Wesleyan native churches in 1918, 29,883 ; Roman Catholic Mission, 11,191. The Wesleyan Mission comprises 20 European missionaries, 20 European mission sisters, 110 native ministers, 193 catechists, 757 teachers, and 3,851 local preachers, 4.422 class leaders, with 738 churches, and 366 other preaching places. The Roman Catholic Mission has 30 European ministers and 287 native teachers, 50 European sisters, 76 churches and chapels, 3 native training institutions.

There are two government grammar schools at Suva, one for boys and one for girls ; and one for both sexes at Levuka. In 1919 there were 425 scholars. The Queen Victoria School, also Stat- -supported, is a boarding school for Fijian boys. There were 72 pupils in 1919. The Government pays grants-in-aid to 21 assisted primary schools and to 16 assisted vernacular schools. During 1919 the Wesleyan Mission had 863 schools with 13.3S8 scholars ; the Roman Catholic had 122 schools with 2,695 scholars. The Roman Catholic Mission maintains 3 schools for Europeans, with 195 children in 1919. Expenditure on education, 1919, 18,080/.

Finance.

Year

Revenue

Expenditure Tear

Revenue

£ 335,064 371.189 415,432

Expenditure

1913 1915 1916

£ 266,031 273,635

317,447

£ 258,792 1917 .331 1918 261.766 1919

'.32 342,140 442,127

The principal sources of revenue in 1919 were : — Customs, 205,291/., wharf and shipping dues, 12,216/. ; native taxes, 16, 066/. ; licences, excise, &c, 67,009/.; fees of court, &c, 79,194/.; post office, 17,402/. The expen- diture on personal emoluments was 125,467/. ; on other charges, 316,659/.; on public works extraordinary, 34,365/.; against loan account for harbour works, 1,895/. The public debt on Dec. 31, 1919, stood at 4,300/.,

Production, Industry and Commerce.

There are 6 sugar miils, 1 tea factory, 22 boat-building yards, 2 soap works, 4 saw mills, 5 fibre mills, 4 rice mills, 1 butter factory, and 1 rubber mill. In 1919 there were under cultivation by European and Indian settlers : — Bananas, 1,874 acres ; coconuts, 45,313 acres ; maize, 3,222 acres : sugar-cane, 73,725 acres ; yams, 1,117 acres ; tobacco, 352 acres ; tea, 200 acres; rice, 15,062 acres: rubber, 2,497 acres ; beans, 1,874 acres; dhal, 572 acres : sisal hemp, 116 acres. In 1919 there were approximately 9,997 horses and mules, 63,463 cattle, 1,808 sheep, and 11,545 goats.

Te*r

Import* i

Exports

Tear

Imports !

Exports

1913 1915 1916

£ 903,968 880,308 878,500

1,425,940 1,474,192 2.254,043

1917 1918 1919

£ 1,011.408 1,166,367 1,042,390

£ 2,065,401 1,656,066 1,871,062

1 Including bullion and specie.