From the German Embassy, September 12,
1894.
[Samoa Times of June 30, 1894.]
our imports and exports.
The following figures, under different headings and in detail, have been
furnished to us by the courtesy of the collector of customs, Mr. I. B.
Hay. We publish only the totals:
1893.
Imports.
|
Special duties. |
Ad valorem. |
| German |
$29,477 |
$152,916 |
| British |
1,956 |
58,504 |
| American |
3,264 |
40,519 |
| Other nations |
3,907 |
39,650 |
|
38,604 |
291,589 |
Import duties paid by different
nationalities.
|
Specific. |
Ad valorem. |
Total. |
| German |
$9,109.49 |
$2,751.85 |
$11,861.34 |
| British |
1,204.19 |
1,163.19 |
2,367.38 |
| American |
1,368.37 |
800.71 |
2,169.08 |
| Other nations |
1,703.36 |
789.05 |
2,492.41 |
| Total |
|
|
18,890.21 |
Produce exports.
|
Pounds. |
| Copra |
10,310,500 |
| Cotton |
156,312 |
| Coffee |
17,731 |
| Total |
10,484,543 |
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Value of exports—Produce and
goods.
| German |
$170,481 |
| British |
519 |
| American |
398 |
| Other nations |
233 |
| Total |
171,631 |
Export duties paid by different
nationalities.
| German: |
|
| Copra |
$3,221.82 |
| Cotton |
164.13 |
| Coffee |
42.56 |
| Total |
3,428.51 |
Amounts paid by different nationalities
for licenses and taxes to the Samoan Government and
municipality.
|
To Government. |
To municipality. |
| German |
$2,686 |
$2,095 |
| British |
859 |
1,560 |
| American |
141 |
543 |
| Other nationalities |
385 |
759 |
| Samoan natives |
20,948 |
|
|
25,019 |
4,957 |
Memorandum from the German Embassy, September 8,
1894.
According to a report from the Imperial German consul at Apia, dated
July the 16th, of this year, Mr. W. Blacklock, United States
vice-consul-general in Samoa, was at that time still without
instructions from the Department of State upon the subject of the
proposed joint notification to be addressed by the representatives
of the three treaty powers at Samoa to the chief justice and the
president of the municipal council with regard to the municipal
president’s right of veto in questions relating to the disposal of
public funds.
It further appears that Her Britannic Majesty’s consul at Apia
reported to Lord Kimberley, under date of July 14, that the chief
justice has informed Mr. Cusack-Smith in writing of his readiness to
accept such a joint instruction from the treaty powers as binding
upon himself and upon the Samoan Government, and considers it to be
of importance that the decision of the United States Government
should be communicated to their consular officer as speedily as
possible.
To this question, together with the decision regarding the increase
in the salary of the natives advocate, referred the notes addressed
by this embassy to the Department of State under date of June 1,
June 15, and July 9, of this year, to which no reply has yet been
obtained.
As in the note of June 1 the favor of an early communication of the
view held upon this subject by the United States Government was
requested, in order to transmit such decision to the foreign office
at Berlin by telegraph, this embassy has again been instructed to
request the United States Government for a decision in the matter
and for the issue of telegraphic instructions to the United States
representative at Apia in relation thereto.
German
Embassy,
Washington, September 8,
1894.
