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DOC17l1ENT BE till 23 171 493 PC 0 1 1 422 ILE American Samoa. Annual Report the Secretary of the InteriorSeptember 30,1976 ough September 30, 1977. INSTITUTION American Samoa Office of Samoan Information,page Pago. SPANS AGENCY Department of the Interior, Washington,D.C. PUB DATE 77 NOTE 124p.; Photographs may not reproduceclearly A VAI LABLE EP CM Revenue Division, Department ofAdministrative Services, Government ofA serican Samoa, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 ($1.00)

?DVS CE M!01 /PCOS PlusPostage. *Community Agenci.,?s (Prblio) Community Change; DESCRIPTORS Community Colleges; Developing Nations; Early Childhood Education; *Economic Development; *Education; Elementary Secondary Education; *Government Role; *Health Services;Humanities; Leadership; -*Legislation; Services;'Transportation IDENTIFIER *American Samoa BSTRACT In fiscal year 1977 the ,s of the America n Samoan Legislatureis enacted some 60 public la vs. Some ofthese laws were preparing for the newelective governor, the first to beelected (rather than appointed) in the 77-yearhistory of the islands as an unincorporated territory of the United States.The total budget for the government of American Samoa forF?1977 was $62,381,000. The public schools served a total of9,87F students on a budget of $7,8 23, 623. Some 2000 of the children were 3 to 5 year olds and participated in the Early Childhood programsat 135 centers in 54 villages. Approximately 5,622 children wereenrolled in 25 elementary -Schools, and 2,144 high school studentsattended the four high schools. The American Samoan CommunityCollege was granted full accreditation in 1 977, its sixth year ofexistence. 'IhePort Administration reported a 72 percentincrease in revenue compared with the previous year. The customsdivision entered 801 vessels, and collected exise taxes of $1,322,192.Pago Page International Airport handled 11,992 flights and processed77,610 inbound and 81,820 outbound passeng-ers. Tax revenue forthe veal was S1.1 million; $1.9 and the rest from corporate million came from individual income tax4,166 households and a total taxes. A 1 977 sample census indicated population of 30,600. Broad areascovered in this report include general information, legislativeactions, legal affairs, general government, education, medicalservices, transportation, and economic development..(DS)

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This 1977 annual nepck _maths the end oli an eta in American Samoa. 7t1Spnesented by the last o6 a ,scAe,s o govekhots appointed eithc by the U.S. Wavy to the U.S. Vopatt- ment 06 the Inteniok_ The nett nepot,t wilt be made by the Aitst ejected goocknon ,lAl the 777yean histoky oK this small gtoup (4 .isCands as an unincokookatdd tent:A:04y o4the United State.s.

Appkoximatety three oiorttks ago, you 4Ni:tested that I come out 06 liedeitat netiftememtand ketuitnass g0V0Anok Amican Samoa--a past I heed litom 1961 to 1961to help /04ePake the tektitokY bon OLSt' etected governor. Ound many ptobtemi which should not have existed, oonsideking the oeneusiY o6 the Icedenal government overt the Cast ten yea.th.

The Aura tact teem 6 the tetnito4iat govennmehtweke in such completechaos that these was no way 06 knowing whethet the tettitoky had a several million doZtatsurplus nn an equatfy time deliiat. The physicat AaedZties 06 the islands that had been built so cconomicatey and proudly by the Samoans dusting the 1960s hadbeen attowed to deteniotate through .Pack o6 maintenance. The biggest disappointment was the apparent slowdown in the impkovement 06 the educationaf system. White the educat.Conat TV 4y6- tem that was making such ptogkess in the 1960s hadeto6 the chi/dun now speaking English, the system had been downgraded to the po,Cnt where the overalleducational levet is improving votysfowty, i6 at att.

White most o6 the above problems are assecir ted with the Executiveteadetship, 7 6awzd that the Legistatuna had continued to atow e.n statute andnesponsibility. In 1tb,tie6 pertiod 6 -`tom July 1 to SeptembeA 30, 1977, the ono enacted many sound pieces 0 eg,E6- The.i_Aknde- Zation pkepaking eiee.[ive anvetnak and other desirable measutes. pendent tkinkimg, peas their 1:641U-tics and industka combinedwith those o6 thei4 cum elected goveAnot, hoi'd pkomise 6oir a oteatey imp/to:Ad governmentliot the oecvo to come.

I otho 6ownd a case 06 histoty repeating itseZA.

When I lcikst came to Samoa as governor in 1961, we were6ac,ing the ptospeets 06 ho4t- fling the South PaciAic ConAetance in 1962.There wasn't a great deal we cowed 61zow 066 with pride, but with the enormous ability and indttstky oKthe Samoan people, and with the coopetation o6 the Vepaktmmt o6 the Intetionand the U.S. Congkass, We cuated a con etence site which drew the pkaiseand admitation o6 defegates ptom thAoughowt .the Paei ic.

When I returned to Samoa in inty, 1977, I was suttivtised to teatnthat -the South Paci6ic Con6etence was again sheduled bon September -- on 6' time since 1962. And a- gain, .there waS a gkeat deal oic preparation which had tobe accompashed. ConstAucUon was just stetting on the new Convention CenterinLitttlei,and out territory was hakdly a Showca-se. Putting the Bove/tnment back on an even kee on in Januaay had to be top pniotity, so hosting the SPC seem an added and .it e- timed choke.

At this point,I catfed on two h.tahey-quati4ied veteAams hot assistance--John A. Catvet J4., 4otmet Undetzemotaty o4the Tntmiot and Fedeta Powet Commissionak, and AZ Putt, the ditectot o6 PubEie (ia'th during my 4itzt administtation in the 1960z. At. Caavet setved as my Executive Assistant in meeting the administaatve ptobtems ahead, and Mk. Pratt speatheaded the job 06 pluoleaffy actoting Ametiean Samoa, as much a4 possibte, to ita 19604 condition.

The South Petec Con .turned out to be a vatuabCe asset to the tettttofty, A04 seveaat /masons. Whiee a special task 4otce c6 accountants taekeed the job o6 un- tang-eing the aevmnment's 4inane,iae situation, the Govetnment and .the people o4 Amen.- 'can Samoa began a ulash beaatiticate_on paogaam to plepate the tot/1.2.61/1y 4,ot the SPC and visitors litom thaoughout the wontd.

Atthough tugs and now chains weae Atite being tns.ta trd in the new Con6etence Centet on the eve o the con4otence,i.t opened with mute than 200 deeegale4 and oNeucoo on hand a4 Fiscal Yeah 1977 drew to a close- -and it was a tAemendous success. It kekindled a new tetationship between AmeltZean Samoa and the South Paciiiic Commission, and baought an awareness o6 Ametican Samoa to many oh oita Pac44ic Island Wends who visited heae 6ok the iiitot time.

The coniieitence aLs maxi ed by an event wh,ich emit(' have a ttemendouz impact on the 6wturte o6 Ametican Samoa and the mate South Paegic oxen. Thitough the cooperation o4 the Nationat Ackonautic,s and Space AdministAatioo, the Goveamnent o AmeaLean Samoa was able to conduct a demonstration o diteet satettite zeavcce between the United States and it4 South PacQi_c pos.oe56ion. The people or; Samoa, who noamata receive theLt tete- vision shoum one week Bate beeauze they have to be mailed, heaAd NBC Nightly News and some PBS ptogaams Live 40a the Iiitst time--and even got a b'ue6 woad 04 outing 4tom John Chancettot at the end o6 .tho. news AepoAt.

The bkieli demoWtation was the 464zt step in what might become a sateaite 00- gam which wouLd being American Samoa on a day-to-day basis with the /Lost o6 the states and tettitotio o6 the United States 4tom both an educationat and entettainfflent stand- point, and assist gteatty in our poe-it4caC and economic development.

The closing o6 the South Paci4ie Con4etence mwdzed the cease o4 the 4is at oak. Oltlt teatitoty has taken on a now took, and the 4inanciat task bocce iA hand at woak. tieet con4ident that Amealcan Samoa will be in good shape, both 4inaneiaety and phtpi- catty, when the teaxitoty's cost oecated goveanok takes o44iee thkee months 44om now.

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Tutuila.. It runs east and west with a spiny, jungle-covered mountain range run- ning from one end to the other. Tutuila is almost bisected by famed Page Pago Bay, Meld, Al 414101a0111 which is recognized as one of the best harbors in the South Pacific. Governmental operations and a great portion of the commer- he Territory of American Samoa is an cial activities are located in the bay area. insular possession of the united States, Aunu'u is a small island off the south- administered by the DepartMent of the In- eastern shore of Tutuila. The Manu'a group, terior. Comprising the eastern islands of composed of Tau, Olosega and Ofu, lies a- the Samoa group, it is located south of the bout GO miles east of Tutuila. The Manu'a equator at 14 latitude and at about 170 population is below 4,000. Swains Island, west longitude. a small privately-owned coral atoll, is a- American Samoa is composed of seven bout 280 miles north of TutUlla and has a tropical islands and is the only United population of about 35 people. Rose Island States soil south of the fguator. The is- a small island 250 miles to the east of lands lie some 2,300 miles southwest of Ha- Tutuila and the seventh in the American Sa- waii and about ,600 miles northeast of moan group, is a tiny atoll and is uninhab- New Zealand. ited. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor Trade winds and frequent rain make Amer- are appointed by the Secretary of the Inter- ican Samoa's climate normally pleasant. ior, but the territory is scheduled to elect Because of the heavy rains and Mountain- its own leaders in November of this year. ous terrain the soil qualities vary great- The territory's affairs, within all branches ly due to leaching. A plant will thrive in of the United States Government, are handled one place but will be unable to survive in through the Office of Territorial Affairs, an area a short distance away. Some fertile which succeeded the former Office of Terri- valleys have rich clay and sandy foams, but tories in a reorganization by the Department the slopes support only tough growths of of the Interior in February, 1973. jungle. The 29,191 American Samoans are not The people of American Samoa are close- United States citizens but are classed as ly related to the Hawaiians, Tahitians, Tong- nationals and have tree access of entry ass and New Zealand Maoris. They are friend- to the United States. ly, generous and totally dedicated to cere- The Samoans are among the last remain- monial and mythological practices which are ig true Polynesians, and they cling stead- centuries old. fastly to their Samoan culture and tradi- The Samoan social structure is built tions. The Interior Department and the around the aiga, an extended family which United States Naval Government before it may take in as many as several thousand rel- have strongly supported the people in their atives. At the head of the aiga are metals desire to preserve their culture, while en- (chiefs) who guide the communal economy, couraging them to advance in the areas of which still exists to a great degree. The health and education. metal is responsible for control of the fam- The total land area of all seven Amer- ily lands and property, and it is also his can SaMoan islands is only 75.2 square miles, responsibility to care for the well-being of which the Government of American Samoa of the aiga and to represent it in the coun- occupies 1,400 acres or 2.3 sqUare miles. ty and district councils. A very small amount of the land is owned Pago Page usually receives about 200 inches in tee simple by individuals, but over 96 of rain yearly with most of it falling from per cent is owned communally and is regu- December to March. The temperature range lated as to occupancy'and use by tradition- is between 70 and 90 and the humidity al Samoan custom. averages about 80 per cent during most of The main island of American Samoa is the year.

2 and Annu'u, and on April 17 the United Ste flag wan r:rirind for the first time over these isLinds. On June 14, 1904, High Chief inanu'a, the King of Munu'a and the chiefs anu'a agreed to code their lands to the (16E01( United States. Swains Island was settled in 1865 by Ame."an trader Eli Jennings and his Samoan United States exploration of what is wife. Although it had been linked histor- now American Samoa came 61 years before ically to the Tokelau Island chain, Jen- formal relations were established between nings' citizenship linked it to American the powerful nation Of the Northern Hemis- Samoa. The Jennings family still owns phere and the group of tiny islands in the Swains. Rose Island is still uninhabited and is South Pacific. American interest in the islands of Sa- today a natural wildlife refuge for birds moa began with a report made by the United and marine life. It is periodically in- States exploring expedition Which visited spected by a team sent out from American the islands under the leadership of Lt. Samoa to insure that no persons are destroying the natural properties of the atoll. Charles Wilkes in 1839. It was not until some 30 years later, however, that a formal The islands remained under naval admin relationship was entered into with the peo- istration with Page Pago as an active naval During ple of Samoa by a representative of the base from 1900 to June 30, 1951. Primarily as a result of this time considerable progress was made in United States. the establishment of public works andmed- commercial interest in obtaining harbor Little, facilities and rights for a coaling sta- ical and educational facilities. tion on the shores of Page Pago Harbor, the however, was done to disturb the tradition- U.S.S. Narragansett visited Tutuila in 1872 al village life of the Samoan people. and Commander Richard Meade entered into an Under the terms of the deeds of cession, the United States agreed that thechiefs of agreement entitled "Commercial Regulations, the villages would be permitted to retain etc." with High Chief Mauga, the high chief their individual control over their separate of ['ago Pago. While this treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate, it served ef- villages, providing that their control was in accordance with the laws of the United fectively to prevent foreign influence from States pertaining to Samoa and provided that asserting any strong claim to the harbor. such control was not obstructive to the In January of 1878, a further treaty peace of the people and the advancementof of friendship and commerce was negotiated civilization. The United States also a- with the leaders of the villages adjacent greed to respect and protect theindividual to Pogo Page, and this treaty wasratified rights of the people, especially in respect later in the same year. IL was proclaimed to their lands and other property. As a jointly by the U.S. and what the treaty result of this commitment, no largetracts called "the Government of American Samoan of Samoan communally-owned land have been Islands." It remained in force for more alienated during the years that the United than 20 ears until it was superseded. States has had administrative responsibili- As a result of international rivalry be- ty for these islands. tween Great Britain and Germanyand because Although the deeds of cession were not of warfare between various factions of the formally accepted by the Congressuntil Feb- Samoan population, the United States, Ger- ruary 20, 1929, the fundamentalpersonal many and Great Britain entered into 1 gen- rights of the inhabitants of Samoa Were pro- eral act on June 14, 1889. for the ourpose tected by the Constitution, and thepeople of providing for "the security of life, of American Samoa were given the status property, and trade of the citizensand sub- of American nationals. jects of the respective governments who were On June 29, 1951, the President ofthe residing in or having commercial relations United States by means of Executive Order with the islands of Samoa." This act also all oc- 10264 transferred the administration of Am- had as its aim the desire "to avoid erican Samoa from the Secretary of the Navy casions of dissensions between their respec- to the Secretary of the interior,effective tive governments and thepeople of Samoa" July 1,1951. while at the same time "promoting asfar Since that time there have been great as possible the peacefuland orderly civil- advances in the social welfare of the peop- ization of the people." le of American Samoa, as well aspolitical Under this tripartite agreement a form advancement towards internal self-govern- hroueht of government for the islands was ment. into being. However, after a trial of some many of any claims to the islandsof the 10 years, it proved to be ineffectiveand Sam oa group east of longitude 171 Westof destructive of the ends for which it was Greenwich. created and was superseded by theConvention The Secretary of the Navy established of 1899. This treaty between the United a naval station at Pago Pago. In April of States, Germany and GreatBritain had the 1900, deeds of cession were negotiated with aim of "advancing amicably thequestions the leading chiefs and orators of Tutuila which have arisen between the three powers in respect to the'Samoan group ofislands" and provided that it wouldsupersede and annul all previous treaties betweenthe powers relating to Samoa. A major provision of the convention was the renunciation by GreatBritain and Ger- 4 ,

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January 10 and remained in session for 30 consecutive days, adjourning on February 18. Of the 17 bills introduced in the Senate and 52 in the House, nine Senate Bills and 26 House bills- were passed and sent to the Governor. He signed into law six Senate Total Employees 71 bills and 16 House bills, while vetoing Local 30 Elected 40 Contract 1 three Senate bills and 10 House bills. Basic Operation Budget $764,000 The Second Special Session convened on March 28 and adjourned on April 22. There were six bill .= and two resolutions intro- he Legislature, established under cle duced in the Senate, and six bills and one II of the Constitution of American Samoa, resolution in the HouAe. Out of the total, consists of a Senate and a House of Repre- three bills and one resolution were passed. sentatives. The 18 members of the Senate, The Second Regular Session convened on who serve four-year terms, are chosen by July 11, continued for 20 consecutive leg- Samoan custom in each of the 15 political islative days, and recessed on August 5. counties, while the 20 voting members of The Third Special Session convened on Aug- the House or Representatives are elected by ust 8 and. adjonrned on August 30. Then, copular vote in the 17 renresenhative dis- the Second Regular Session resumed on Aug- tricts and hold two-year terms. One dele- ust 31 and adjourned on September 13. The gate from Swains Island is elected to 'elr: Fourth Special Session, which passed and ap- House by the adult permanent resideras at nn proved in principle the preliminary budget open meeting. Ile has all the privileeee for Fiscal Veer 19780 convened on September a House member, except the right to veto. and adjourned on September 23. The Legislature meets twice each ne.ir The Second Rooular Session, together with for 30-day regular ac's ions. In Fien7n1 the Third and Fourth Special Sessions, in- Year 1977, two regular and four special :;es- troduced 123 bills, 57 in the Senate and sions of the 15th Legislature were hold. 66 in the House. Out of this total, 23 The First Special Session olnecned en Senate bills and 22 House bills were passed January 3 and adjourned the same day. No and sent to the Governor, who signed into bills were introduced. law 19 Senate bills and 16 House-bills. lie The First Regular Session convenee vetoed font Senate and six House bills.

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PUBLIC LAWS ENACTFT WRING FiScAL vPAR 1977

P.L. No. 15-1 - An act ereat:;nig the Amerieon Samoa Special Fdenel. on Act of 1977, providino means for educating children with handicapping conditions. P.L. No. 15-2 An act s.mendinn AFC :'(.11, tine to the manner in which the American Samoa Code may be cited. P.L. No 15-3 An act amending 5 Air 409, adding a new subsection requiring the lands and Titles nivisinn of tnc Firth rou=t to render e decinion within 30 clays of the close of a ease. P.L. No. 15-4 An act amending 15 ASC 7902 performing a housekeeping function to clean up an incerrent intr,rnmi P.L. No. 15-5 An act amending 22 ASC 2003 (a) (5) , relating to powers of the Commerce Commission. P.L. No. 15-6 - An act amending 5 ASC 206, renuiring temporary associate iudges to be con- firmed by the Senate. P.L. No. 15-7 An act creating a new section 1 ASC 700, prohibiting persons from holding More than one matai title. P.L. No. 15-8 - An act repealing Pt 13-25, a 1973 law which placed a moratorium upon the importation of keqEs of corned beef. P.L. No. 15-9 - An act amending 12 ASC 1114, raising Customs Office service fees collected by the Department of Fort Administration. P.L. No. 15-10 An act amending 15 ASC 261, creating new sections 15 ASC 262 and 263, providing for degrees of crime or burglary and providing penalties. P.L. No. 15-11 - An act prohibiting the distribution of obscene materials and providing penalties for violations. . P.L. No. 15-12 An act amending 3 ASC 1415 (c), removing the alternative of granting an employee an alternative day off in lieu of a public holiday worked. P.L. No. 15-13 -An act amending 2 ASC 4 and creating a new section 2 ASC 5, providing for legislatije compensation in the law; providing that legislature may raise its own compensationl and providing for a delayed ,effective date. P.L. Nra. 15-14 - An act amending 24 ASC 54, reducing the maximum work week for computation of overtime. 15-15 - An act creating or Early Childhood Education prouram within the Department of Education and amending 18 ASC 201. %. No 15-16 - An act amending 15 F.S.341, redefining the crime of criminal negligence. 15-17 An act to be known as the "Uniform Accident Reporting Act" for American Samoa providing penaltien, and for other purposes. 470, correcting internal citations thin P.L. NO.15-18 - An aet amending 24 ASC 460, 465 and the Workmen's Compensation Act. providing the board with authority to make eX- P.L. No.15-19 -An act amending 20 ASC 2141, ceptions in the rates for cargo going to NorthShore of Tutuila, Aunu'u, Swains Island and the Manu'a group of islands. $1,235,000 from savings within local orant matchfunds P.L. No.15-20 - An act reprogramming available during fiscal years 1976and 1977 for further needed operating, capital improvement, and special programsin fiscal year 1977. relating to comparative negligence; creating P.L. No.15-21 -An act creating-a new title 25A in tort actions the doctrine of comparativenegligence. Act of 1977", providing for procedures P.L.No.15-22 -An act entitled the "Child Protection to avoid abuse to children or thosewho may be mentally retarded. local governor and lieutenant governorof P.L.Nee15-23* -An act providing for an elected American Samoa; and for other purposes;and providing for a contingency and delayed effective date. reprogramming unobligated funds of the American P.L.No.15 -24* -An act appropriating and Samoa Gubernatorial Advisory Commission tothe Legislature; and providing an immediate effectivedate. raising the compensation of theDelegate-at- P.L.No.15-25*-An act amending 19 ASC 3 (b), Large from $25,000 to $35,000 a year ,and providng an-immediate effective date. the Development Bank fromdollar limits P.L.No.15-26 -An act amending 29 ASC 3, excluding on agriculutre crop loans. do business upon Qualifications P.L.No.15 -27 - 1r. act allowing insurers of any origin to in American Samoa, and repealing 12ASC 3401. performing a housekeeping function ofcorrecting P.L.No.15-28 -An act amending 15 ASC 642, spelling within the embezzlement statute. (c), performing a language cleanupconcerning P.L.No.15-29 -An act amending 10 ASC 1701 insurance rates. correctly referring to an agencythat has P.L.No.15-30 -An act amending 2 ASC 802 (4), changed its name. of the Government of AmericanSamoa must re- P.L.No.15-31 -An act providing that members lieutenant sign their positions prior torunning for either governor or governor, creating a new 3ASC 3 (f) regulation of election campaigncontributions and P.L.No.15-32 -An act providing for the expenditures, and for other purposes. for savings within local grantmatch funds P.L.No.15-33 - An act reprogramming $1,174,383 available during fiscal year 1976and 1977 for further neededoperating, capital improvement and special programsin fiscal year 1977. for those who either overspend orover- obligate P.L.No.15-34 -An act prescribine penalties "Anti-deficiency Act" for American Samoa, budgets or appropriations, and creating new 3 ASC 100 and 101. 1651, providing the period ofthe learner's permits P.L.No.15-35 -An act amending 12 ASC conistent within the Code. reducing the age of majorityfrom 21 years to P.L.No.15-36 -An act amending 16 ASC 701, years, relating toguardianships. 5105, providing for appealsin criminal matters P.L.No.15-37 -An act creating a new 15 ASC by the Government undercertain circumstances. the Legislative Reference Bureau P.L.No.'15-38 An act amending 2 ASC 802 (7), providing the power to continuouslyrecodify the law under the guidance of the Senate and House Committees on RulesPolicies. 1002 and 1203, changing the place ofposting P.L.No.15-39 -An act amending 27 ASC 404, three property notices from Otulei toFaqatogo. 4602, providing an. exception to thestatute of P.T.N.,J-40-An act creating a new 15 ASC limitatins in filing criminal accusations. and respon- P.L. No. 15-=41 - An act granting theCommissioner of Public Safety the authority sibility for motor vehicle inspections andregistrations, and authorizing staggered termination dates ofannual registrations established by rule; amending 22 ABC 402, 404, 1402, 1404,1405 and 1408. Election Code; creating a new Chapter4 of Title 19; P.L. No. 15-42- An act enacting a new 401-07, Amending 19 ABC 201 and 204; repealing19 ASC 202, 203, 205, 207-11, 451, 501, 502 and 701-06; andfor other purposes. contract employees from engagingin any form of private P.L. No. 15-43- An act prohibiting contract terms; creating a new 3 ASC810. business whatever during their going to any one P.L. No. 15-44- An actprohibiting more than $4,000 for scholarship money student. (1), increasing the maximum funeralbenefit P.L. No. 15-45- An act amending24 ASC 436 (a) from $400 to $1,000. medical separation possibie P.L. No. 15-46- An act.amending3 ASC 1723 (e), providing a new lity within the retirement system. employees of the Government of P.L. No. 15-47- An actamending 3 ASC 1511, providing that American Samoa may work for politicalcandidates under certain circumstances, and providing an immediateeffective date. chairman of the Campaign P.L. No. 15-48- An act amending19 ASC 1602, redesignating the Spending CoMmission. Government of American Samoa to bond .L. No. 15-49 - An act empowering the Treasurer of the certain employees and not tO release those bondsuntil all exceptions have been satisfied, creating a new 3 ASC103. 34 ASC 4040 providing for an excise .L. No. 15-50 - An act amending 12 ASC 1123, adding tax__ refund under customs laws. relating to unauthorized surveyors and .L. No. 15-51 - An act creating 27 ASC 6 and 7, criminal penalties for violations of law and rules. the Federal Income Tax Regulations .L. No. 15-52 - An act providing for application for in American Samoa, amending 34 ASC 203(a); reinstating the Investment Tax Credit, creating 34 ASC 204 (25); imposing analternate minimum income tax, creating 34 ASC 204 (26); requiring payment ofestimated income taxes by individuals and corporations; and for other other purposes. Government. of American Samoa for .L. No. 15-53X - An act approving the final budget of the Fiscal Year 1978; and to provide for an immediate effectivedate. providing an exception to the garnishment .L. No. 15-54 - An act amending 11 ASC 7073 (b); prohibition against the United States with regard to the collection of child support and alimony. student from Community .L. No. 15-55 - An act amending 18 ASC 1201, including a second year College on the Board of-Higher Education. .L. No. 15-56 - An act establishing a Code of Fair Practices forLegislative Investigating Committees, creating 2 ASC 1300-15. .L. No. 15-57 - An act to separate the public defender from the Governor'sOffice and create t with the Judiciary. No. rhe "Executive Budget Act" of American Samoa; creating new sections _3ASC 2301-08, 3 ASC 203, and 3 ASC 231 relating to budget procedures; andfor other purposes. .L. No. 15-59 - An act providing that home entertainment equipment dealers mustmaintain adequate service departments and supplies of parts. .L. No. 15-60 - An act amending 5 ASC 408(c), providing for the establishmentwithin the Trail Division of the High Court of a Circuit Department toimprove the delivery of service of the administration of justice; and for other purposes.

Passed in second special session Passed in fourth special session the Clerk's Office, and treLe personnel in their tacks. Files and records of the Clerk's Office were located and placed in proper order, records of pending litigation were reconstituted and placed on the Court calendar, and accurate analysis of the Total Employees 26 Court's function. The court reporters were LOCal 22 contract 2 Federal 2 placed under a Chief Court Reporter, and Basic Operation Budget 084,500 the procedures for reporting were redesigne to ensure proper function. he High Court of American Samoa, em- --Administrative and fiscal functions powered by the U.S. Constitution and es- were centralized and assigned to a Court tablished by the Constitution of American Administrator. The local hire incumbent Samoa to provide independence of the Judi- was placed in charge of fiscal, contractual cial Branch, is the tribunal of original personnel and budgetary functions. Training jurisdiction in the territory. for the Administrator and her staff, on and The Chief Justice and the Associate off island, was commenced with the assis- Justice are appointed by the Secretary of tance of LEAD grant funds. A private accour the interior. Five Associate Judges, one ing firm was retained to establish and mord of whom is designated Chief Associate Judge, for fiscal systems and to conduct a year-er are appointed by the Governor upon the audit of the Court's fiscal affairs. Proper recommendation of the Chief Justice, sub- and library inventories were taken. A libra ject to the confirmation of the Senate of Tian was retained. Library records were American Samoa. Such additional Temporary corrected and controls were installed. A Associate Judges serve the High Court as contractor was retained to redesign the required to avoid conflicts of interest. office of the Associate Judges and construe The High Court is composed of four divi- tion was completed. A reporting system was sions: Appellate, Trial, Probate, and Land designed to reflect the monthly status of & Title, the latter division being concerned the Court's caseload and budget. with land and matai (chiefly) title cases. --A Probation Officer was hired, separat Court proceedings are generally conducted ing the functions of the Juvenile and Pro- before a panel composed of the Chief Justice bation Officers. A secretary_ was provided or Associate Justice and two Associate for this office. Judges, increased to four in capital cases. --Liaison between the Judicial and Exe- Matai title cases are conducted before a cutive branches was reestablished and the panel of three Associate Judges. previous tension relieved. The branches In criminal matters, the rights accoroed pursued their common aim toward a high the accused are substantially identical to standard of service to the territory and those provided in the U.S. courts, except arrived at a mutual understanding of their that no right to trial by jury is provided respective functions. by the Constitution or Code of American The Court operated within its budget in FT '77. Certain funds were reprogrammed to Samoa. During FY '77, the backlog of old cases permit the extra utilization of Temporary was eliminated. In this process, itbecame Associate Judges to clear the dockets of apparent that the Court was unable to either the backlog of cases. Case filings average= traffi assess or project its caseload andfiscal 70 new cases per month, exclusive of situation:. The reasons for this situation Case disposition was stabilized at about included an extended period in which there the same rate. The growing backlog washalt was only one Justice in the territory; the and the Ceurt dockets reflected an approxi- departure of the law-trained Clerk of mate average workloadof_500 cases. Court; a lack of trained local hireClerk's Federal "speedy trial" standards are Office personnel; the lack of trained being met in the Criminal Court. There was administrative personnel; and a government- no contract public defender in FY'77 for wide absence of effective fiscal controls. the first time in several years. Instead, The patent need for remedial programs the Governor established a fund to pay attc was met in January by the establishment of neys appointed to defendindigents,and_the a Judicial Planning Committee,composed of private Bar assumed the responsibility for the new Chief Justice, the Chief Associate indigent defense. Civil cases in all class( Judge, and an Associate Judge who is also are generally current.Land Title cases, tn a member of the supervisingboard of the their nature, proceed slowly and are diffie Territorial Criminal Justice Planning Agency. Celt to resolve; most of the Associate Jus A grant was secured from the LawEnforcement tice's time is obligated by these proceedit Appellate easefilings reflected a steady Assistaece Administration, and remedial held action began as follows: rate of increase. A major conference --A training team of "dirty hands" consul- in American Samoa by the Committee onPacii tants was retained for a long termconsul- Territories of the U.S. Judicial Conferenc( tancy to correct and update the CourtClerk's resulted in a proposal for a new statutory records, design a record system appropriate structure for appeals in FY '78.

LAttottfteg ttd, Total Employees 8 Total Employees 47 Contract 3 Contract 1 Federal 1 Local 5 Local 45 Basic Operation Budget (FederalGrant funded Basic Operation Budget $352,500

he American Samoa Criminaljustice -The Department of Legal Affairs of Ame- Planning Agency provides bothtechnical and ricen Samoa is composed Of the Office of financial assistance to all localcriminal the Attorney General, Office of Immigration justice agencies. These functionsare carried and Office of the Territorial Registrar. on using a full-timeprofessional planning The Office of the Attorney eeeeral pro- Enforcement vides legal services to CAS, including prep- staff and funds from the Law Assistant Administration (LeAA). aration and review of all legal documents The central focus of effortsof this involving the government. This includes con- Comprehensive orgeni- Office is governed by an annual tracts, lancetransactione, business Plan for Criminal Justice,which outlines retions and investments, legislation and problems and priorities,solutions and pro- administrative regulations. The office pro- for 1978, pre- involvina jects for funding. This plan geeutos or defends all civil cases pared by local staff, has beenapproved and the government, prosecutes all criminal will provide $185,250 to operateprojects cases, and represents the governmentin ad- portion of these eeeleeeete in Amerieen Samoa. The major ministrative heaeines. It also funds will be used to continue anumber of the Equal Employment Opportunity Program, the 30 grant projects presentlyfunded by as well as the American Samoaelection code_ this office. It is the responding and initiating agent in the support Two of the Major accomplishments on uniform reciprocal enforcement past year were the ground-breakingfor a matters. During ?Y '76, the officehandled Facility at and new Territorial Correctional 56 civil cases, 178 criminal cases, Tafuna and the awarding of acontract for 1,600 administrative hearings. Faga- the renovation of the Police facility in The Office of immigration implements tog°. A third aspect of thiscapital con- Oevernor's authority as a passport and construction program for the near futurein- oular official and is responsible for the existing Youth registration of alien residents, control of cludes the renovation of the Center. Other LEAA fundshave been Used in visitors and deportation matters. During projects to support staff, purchaseneeded the year, it processed and issued 866 pass- and devel- 2,266 equipment, provide staff training ports, 2,604 letters of identity, coMininicationS non-immigrant visas and 464 immigrant visas. op a coordinated emergency system. A total of 80,737 peoplevisited American activities Samoa during the year, and registered alien In the past year, the staff have concentrated on improvingthe effi- residents totalled 1,587. ciency and responsiveness ofthe criminal The Office of Territorial 17.gistrar re- justice system of emerican Samoa.This has cords, preserves and certifieg copies ofall included the development of animproved documents properly present for registration. record system in the POIicQDepartment and During the year, the office recorded 24land the pronulgation of _rulesgoverning the titles, 35 land transfers, 41 metal. titles, privacy and security of criminalhistory and other miscellaneous documents for an overall total of 1,231 documents, information.

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financially-relatedactivitie and a Tax Division that administersthe income tax laws and regulations ofAmerican Samoa. Training of the department'sstaff and users of the automatedFiencial AccOunting getiviee System was accelerated andintensified, datalatative with defined objectivesand schedules being the core of the training program.A key Total Employees 115 per- Contract objective was the training of career Local 97 promotion and Basic Operation Budget$1,467,000 sonnel in preparation for the assumption of greaterresponsibilities. During FY '77, the departmentmoved Administrative Ser- closer toward the goal ofproviding all The Department of with meaningful. vices, managed by the Treasurer,provides agencies of the government computer financial reports that will serve aseffec- financial and accounting support, achieving account- services, printing, recordmanagement sup- tive management tools in inter-governmental mail services ability for a budget of$62,381,000, inclu- port, and Government of Ameri- ding Department of Interiorgrant-in-aid to all agencies of the grants of can Samoa. In addition,the Tax Division of $22,084,000, other federal the administration $23,721,000, direct congressional appro- serves the territory in appropriations of the income tax laws andregulations. priations of $798,000, local and implemen- of $9,582,000, and receiptsof enterprise Early in FY '76, design of $6,206,000. tation of an automated financialaccount- and special revenue funds ing system was undertakenby Haskins & Sells, who were awarded thecontract in 1975. The design andimplementation of et" fate a ceverArivp oFfott that included active participationby represen- tatil/es of the Legislature,the EgeOUtiVe Branch, and the Departmentof the Interior. Various subsystems wereimplemented in FY '16, until the full systembecame opera- tional at the beginning ofFY '77- The system was designed toprovide all departments and offices withmonthly re- -ports that detailedfinancial activities and financial status reports.Full implementation was accompanied by manyproblems, including inadvertent failureto convert all data, incompleteprogramming, insuffi- cient training of operatingstaffs and users of the reports,and failure to establish sufficient inteInalcontrols and procedures that would insureaccuracy throughout the system.During the later part of FY '77, it becameevident th ?t data produced by thesystem contalped many inaccuracies and omissions. The Governor appointed a tasksforce consisting of personnel drawnfrom the Department of AdministrativeServices, the Office of the TerritorialAuditor, and the Governor's Office. Personnelfrom other agencies were used on aselective as-needed basis. The task forceundertook the mission of examining accountbalances and generating the necessary entries tocorrect the problems. The task force is toprovide the Governor with a statusreport on the financial condition of the Governmentof American Samoa by November 30,7,977. Computer support is providedby an IBM Systems 3 Model 10 Computerand perepheral equipment. It utilized 20disc pocks', with a capacity of 400million characters. In addition to supporting theaccounting sys tem, it supports anautomated personnel system, utilities billingsystem, and traffic violations system. Late in the fiscal year,the 'department was reorganizedinto three operating areas: an InformationSystems Division, with responsibility forcomputer operations, systems analysisand programming; a Financial ManagementDivision, with responsibility for allaccounting and 1.0

13 of the division are eiving and screening out all applicants for government job vacancies; responding to regarding job classification and salary matters; main- AaMpowencPegoureg taining records of career service employees of government, includingi contract employees, TotalEmployees 39 federal employees and inactive employees; Local 38 Contract 1 and auditing all incoming documents utilized BasicOperation Budget $371,000 in establishing positions and recruitment of employees to insure efficiency in the Autouated Personnel Management System. the Office of Manpower Resources provides a variety of services for the Government TRAINING DIVISION of American Samoa in the fields of personnel administration, classification, re- Training Division activities increased cruitment of both stateside contract employ- during the year, providing more employment ees and local career service employees; and training opportunities for the unem- training of current GAS employees to im- ployed, under-employed and disadvantaged prove knowledgeS and skills, administering population of the territory,- the Workmen's Compensation and Retirement Through the U.S. Department of Labor, Program, and forecasting government per- the Comprehensive Employment and Training sonnel needs for the future. At the end of Act (CETA) provided funds totalling the fiscal year, it included one contract $2,354,296 for American Samoa during FY employee and 44 local employees organized '77. The CETA grants included $287,520 for into the following divisions; Office of Title I (work experience, on-the-job train- the Director; Personnel Operations; Retire- ing, classroom training, etc.); $443,006 ment, Benefits andeSafety; and Training. for Title II (emergency, public service employment and training); $44,254 for Title OFFICE OF THE DIR CTOR III (summer employment for economically disadvantaged youths); $1,524,985 for Title Several changes in the Executive Branch VI (public service eMployment); and $54,531 of government and the departure of the di- as a special grant to the Governor. rector in the early part of the fiscal year Titles II and VI allocations also in- placed a burden on the career service De- cluded stimulus funds which were for a puty Director, who was named Acting Direc- spending period of 18 months, from May tor. Although progress did not occur at the 1977. Additional funds for employment were rate expected, he reactivated the inter- received from the Revenue Sharing Division governmental Personnel Act, which was on of the U.S. Treasury Department under the the vergeeofbeing curtailed due to the Anti-recession Fiscal Assistance (AREA) in late submission of audit reports to the the amount of $44,671 werg awarded for the regional office in San Francisco. last quarter of FY '77. In reestablishing relations with the At the end of the fiscal year, total regional office, the IPA coordinator trav- participants employed under various pro- elled to San Francisco to straighten out grams provided by the Training Division past overdue accounts, submit past due were 812. A breakdown by each titleenroll- audit reports and re-negotiate for contin- ment showed 197 trainees in Title I, 141 uation of the grant. At the class of the participants under Title II, and 413 under fiscal year, GAS was eligible to apply for Title vI. In addition, 61 pereone were grant funds under the act. employed on a full-time basis under the The total Government of American Samoa AREA program. Participants in work exper- work force at the end of ::Y '77 was 3,929, ience and training programs wereplaced. including 180 contract specialists, seven throughout the public sector, including federal employees, 59 elected officials, CAS and local federal agencies. Other 2,648 local career service employees, and participants were recruited for employment 1,035 employed under special public service and training with private businesses under programs. A breakdown by job classes showed the on-the-job training program. 45 per cent were support employees (clerks, The ratio of males/females participating labors, technicians, etc.) 24 per cent were was 57 per cent males and 43 per cent fe- teachers and principals, 20 per cent were males.Forty five per cent received train- individual contributors, supervisors, or ing in the area of clerical work, 20 per functional specialist's, or master craftsmen, cent as technicians, 25 per cent in trades and 11 per cent were employed as middle to skills, and 10 per cent worked in unskilled top management within the government. labor jobs. Under public service and emer- The contract recruitment was busier, wit; gency employment projects, 70 per cent were an increase in the number ofcontract speete- males and 30per cent were females. lists from 161 in FY '76 to 187 in FY '77. CETA funds provided jobs for the unem- This' meant more processing of incoming and ployed population working on community outgoing contract employees, assigning improvement projects in villages in Tutuila government-owned housing, and corresponding and the Manu'a Islands. Projects included with prospective candidates. road building to the village of Fagamalo PERSONNEL OPERATIONS on Tutuila and the Matasaua road between Sill and Olosega villages in Manu'a. Other The Personnel Operation Division con- major projects included village beautifi- lists_ of the Records Branch, Classifica- cateon, tourist attraction sites preparation Branch, Data Control Section andthe tion, African Snail control, solid waste Recruitment Section. The majorfunctions control, live bait fish experimentation,

14 the fiscal year, employing11 trainees. cultural enrichment projectswith the businesses were the sea wall owever, as more local Museum and Arts Council, and introduced to the program towardthe end for Ta'u village in Manu'a. the OJT pro- people filed of FY '77, participation in A total number of 2,540 increase in the coming applications for CETA vacancies,and gram is expected to 1,442 were placed for employment orclass- year. room training. Terminationsduring the year RETIREMENTS, BENEFITS AND SAFETY totalled 612, of which 40 obtainedperma- nent employment withagencies they were A total of .20 employees waseligible total of 1,120 placed in for training. A to receive retirementbenefit checks during persons was still onthe waiting list at the fiscal'year. The involuntaryMedical the end of the fiscal year.Forty per cent tirement Law passed in 1974became effec- were interested inclerical jobs, 19 per added 14 new employees skill work, ee in EY '76 and cent were interested in trades to the list. The totalnumber of employees 24 per cet were for technicalwork, and receiving benefits at the endof the fis- 17 per cent were interestedin unskilled total annual with the cal year was 148, and their labor. Through joint efforts benefits were $327,996. The sharespaid Education Community College, Adult Basic by GAS and employees tothe Retirement Program, Skills Center andother vocational $964,489, attained Fund for the fiscal year were training resources, 180 trainees while the total contributionpaid by much needed skills in English, office prac- both the employees and the GASis esti- tice and skilled trades. mated at $4.6 million--anincrease of The youth of American Samoaalso were $600,000 over the previous year. provided part-time employmentthrough Section re- programs. The Workmen's Compensation the CETA in- school and summer corded: 250 cased of injury., fourof which One hundred and 50 secondaryschool students Safety which, resulted in death. The Occupational, participated in the in..-school program and Health Act (OSHA) ComplianceSection like the summer program,enabled many stu- ceased operation due to theresignation to dents to gain their first exposure of the OSHA ComplianceOfficer in the different jobs they have aninterest in. Five appli- employed 493 early part of the fiscal year. The summer program (SEEDY) cants were on file at theend of the fis- students from the age of 14 to21. office in assis- cal year with the OSHA regional The major addition to employment Honolulu for a replacement. TheBureau of Training Division tance provided by the Labor Statistics, OSHAStatistical Program, involved expansion of training programs prepares an annual report enoccupational Through the On-The- to the private sector. injury and illness statisticsfor GAS Job (OJT) component of CETATitle I, reim- American Samoa. of training and the private sector of bursement of up to 50 per cent This report is submitted annuallyto the costs to the private firms wasprovided for U.S. Depart- variety of jobs. Bureau of Labor Statistics, new trainees in a wide ment of Labor. Three firms had participatedby the end of

750 employees, was responsibleduring Fl '77 for the management of acapital improVe- ment budget for newconstruction in excess PutoC«i. (Itnttlo. of $20 million, Majorconstruction projects included airport runway improvements,com- Total Employees 645 munity college expansion, water/sewage/ Local 617 Contract 28 power systemsiimprovements, and road and Basic Operation Budget $4,656,500 harbor construction. Theseprojects are in various stages of development, fromearly studies to final completion. Themajority The Department of Public Works of this work is beingaccomplished by pri- ponsible for providing engineering, dee;ILc , engineering support for all vate contractors,with construction and support services provided by Public Works personnel.Design Government of American Samoacapital im- presently Under maintaining and set and construction projects provement projects; contract with private firmsamounted to vicingeall GAS buildings, roads,grounds department and operating $11,418,646 during_EX '77. The and ether public facilities; has the responsibility foradministering and maintaining the electrical,water, ;ewer, performing in the these contracts and also for and solid waste disposal systems quality control inspections. territory. In order to provide anorganization The responsibilities of thedepartment effective the scope structure which will provide have increased in recent years as management of these diverse andcritical of GAS's capital improvementsi programshas is divided and systems service areas, the department broadened, and as the facilities into eight divisions: of the'territory have beendeveloped, up- the depart- graded or expanded. Gradually, TRATIVE DIVISION ment's functions have shiftedtheir emphasis from the development ofindividual projects substantial and criti- The Administrative Division is respon- to the management of sible for all financial, personneland cal service areas such as roads, water, department. and government fa i- general administration for the sewer and power systems It is also responsible forall contracting lities. functions and right-of-waymatters. With Public Works, which consists of some

IS I the recent changes in the GAS accounting building, and major additions to the air - system and the substantial increase incapi- port irminal. tal improvement expenditures, this area was extremely busy during FY '77 monitoring and CONSTRUCTION DIVISION controlling project costs. Improvements have been made during the year to provide im- The Construction Division is responsible proved fiscal controls over operating bud- for providing support services to all de- gets and CIP funding. partments of GAS and to the private sector. The division operates the heavy equipment pool and the construction materials plant, L DITISICN which provides construction materials such as crushed rock, ready mix concrete and hot The Civil Division iu responsible for mix asphalt. Government "force account" the planning, design and constructionof civil projects and services such as roads, construction is the responsibility of this harbors, sidewalks and seawalls. During activity. The Construction Division participated in FY '77 in such projects as major FY '77, two major road projects were under construction: the "Top Mile" project and slide and road repair work, the construction the improvement of the highway from Faga'i- of the Fagamelo road, and several sidewalk tua to Masausi Junction. Also, workconti- projects. nued on the strengthening of the runway and taxiway at Pago Pago International Air- FACILITIES DIVISION port, and a contract recently was let for construction of a small boat harbor at The Facilities Division is responsible Ta'u. Safety projects, such as the con- the maintenance of all government build- grounds and highways in the territory. struction of new sidewalks and culvert th the climatic conditions and the age of headwall removal, were given particular many facilities, maintenance is a constant emphasis. problem. The division is attempting to in- Financed by a $3,900,000 grant from the Economic Development Agency, design was crease the performance of its employeva completed and construction begun on the through on-the-job training.Improvements expansion of American Samoa Community Col- have been made in the area of maintenance projects control and program planning/scheduling. A lege. In addition, construction highly successful summer program for re- in various stages of development, from design tccompletion, included the comple- habilitation of school facilities was com- tion of4a new Community Conference Center, pleted, and new procedures for care of design of a new Territorial Correctional contract worker housing has improved this Facility, a new multi-purpose classroom problem area.

New a lk in Utulei.

Public engineer inspects slide damage in Aua.

I6 at Fago Pago and Faga'alu. Whenthese are SPECIAL SERVICES functional, the entire Say Areawill be provided with a more reliable and better Special Services is resoonseble for the quality source of potable water.Addition- enforcement of all building regulations work territory, ally, engineering and construction and zoning ordinances within the begun on transmission extensionsto and for the performance of quality control the Western and EasternDistricts. inspections on all GAS construction con- System improvement efforts areshifting tracts, as well as "in-house" projects com- sources, With focus toward expanded ground water pleted by the Construction Division. additional storage capabilities,improved the increase in cost and magnitudeof con- treatment processes, andextensions to tracts requiring inspection thisfiscal villages. The division was Eastern and Western District year, the workload of this design for major rehabilitationof Ameecian increased substantially. Samoa's waste facilities wasnearing completion during FY '77. It isanticipated that WATER, SEWER AND_SOLID WASTE bids for the actual work will beopened This division is responsible for the early in FY '78. territory's operation and maintenance of the ELECTRIC UTILITY DIV I water and sewer system and forsolid waste collection and disposal. Improvements have operation ing FY '77, the Electric Utility been made during the year in the continued its efforts to rebuild allelec- of the government water system,and reno- kW units High- trical facilities. Two new 2,500 vation was begun on the sewage system. at the Tafuna activities included were added to the system, one lights of the division's plant and one at the Satala plant. Itis the rehabilitation of the Utulei sewage anticipated that by early 1978, thetotal treatment plant and all liftstations, which will keeping system capacity will be 21,000 KW, plementation of a new records allow for a 100 per cent back-up power to identify delinquenciesand maximize re- units of faults and supply. This is without the Army venues, and identification which presently are being used parttime illegal connection in water and sewerlines. and will be completely phased outin June Efforts have been made to upgradethe skill implement an of 1970. of division personnel and to Other improvements include newelectri- effective preventive maintenance program. cal switchgear in the Satalaplant which permits operation of the powerplant as WATER SYSTEMS DIVIS 0 two separate units. This meansthat one half can be shut down formaintenance, This division was established inFY '76 operation administer the capi- while the other half continues in order to effectively as normal. The Satalaplant also has newly- tal improvement programsin the area of and operator the responsi- constructed parts storage, shop water systems. It was given facilities. Improvements alsohave been bility for the planning, designand project distribution wastewater pro- made in the electrical power management of all water and system. The utility line crewshave re- jects. poles and worn construction was placed more than 200 power During the fiscal year, out lines. The new powerlines are of arm- completed on the installationof 24-inch will eliminate lines between the less construction, which and 20 -inch transmission outages during high winds.Currently under well ficid iii the Wc.ItcrnDistrict and Hip re-conductoring of is also way is the complete high-usage Say Area. Construction power lines from Tafunato Leone. nearing completion on booster pumpstations

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Total Employ_ ees 67 Local 66 Cant act 1 Basic Operation Budget $613,500

erty Management Division,formerly a branch he Office of Material Management exper- Division, was cre- ienced a major change in its organizational under the General Supply ated, structure in Fiscal Year 1977. The Office of Material Management,which Contracts and Leases, formerly a branch trans- included 67 Samoans and one inventory con- under the Administrative Division, was tract specialist employee,is divided into ferred to the Attorney General'sOffice. for three separate divisionsProcurement, The administration and responsibilities Property Management and GeneralSupply. the Territorial Liquor Store wastransferred responsible leaving the ac- The Procurement Division is to the Treasurer's Office, by the Government of countability of the Liquor Store, Liquor for all purchases American Samoa. During the fiscal year, Bond (wholesale warehouse) and the Duty it issued 6,521 purchaee ordersfor a total Free Shop at Page, Fago InternationalAir- of $12.9 million. U.S. and G.A.S. contracts port to Material Management. The Admini- purchase orders for a strative Division was deleted and theProp- ors received 4,287 23 total of $7.6 million, while foreign sourc- the Executive Branch and reports dirdctly es received 282 orders for a total of to the Governor. $649,745. Local vendors received 1,952 The Audit Office staff was increased dur- orders for a total of $135,520. ing FY '77 from three professionals to 10 The Property Management Division main- professionals and an administrative secre- tains property record cards on GAS owned tary. This full staff was attained late in Property Class II (buildings) valued at May. During the fiscal year, work was per- $20.5 million. it also maintains records formed in the following categories: of household furniture issued to government --S-ecial Audits & Re-:ores: U.S. Civil housing valued at $1 million, and maintains Service Commission Intergovernmental Person- records of Property Class III (capital nel Act Grant No, 74AS01, U.S. Civil Service equipment) valued at $4.7 million. This Commission Intergovernmental Personnel Act division also handles the inventory and Grant No, 75AS01, U.S. Civil Service Com- disposable function for Material Management. mission Intergovernmental Personnel Act The inventory team completed two major in- Grant No. 75AS02, U.S. Civil Service Com- ventories in FY '77, one for the General mission Intergovernmental Personnel Act Supply warehouses and one for Marine Rail- Grant No. 75AS03, Economic Development way. It also completed a year-round in- Administration Grant No. 99-6-09524 for ventory of all household furniture in Gov- Tourism Development, General Fund Bank Re- ernment housing and buildings The dispos- conciliation, and Government of American al team conducted four auctions during the Samoa Retirement Fund Financial Audit for fiscal year to dispose of excess materials the period September 1, 1971 to September and supplies. 30, 1976. The General ,Supply Division is responsi- --Investigations and Reviews: Financial ble for shipping, receiving, storing, and Management System, MaTTIEiTali7iay physical issuing all general supply items. The di- inventories, Marine Railway receivables, vision has three branches--Stock Control, Duncanson-Harrelson Contract, Receipts of Shipping and Receieling and Warehousing. the Department of Education's School Lunch The Stock Control Branch maintains the Program, Receipts of the Department of Edu- inventory record cards for approximately cation's Student Activities Fund, Bingo 4,200 line items of material valued at $2.5 rental fees and permits, Pacific Time Cor- million. There were 12,726 stub requisi- poration's quota, Compensatory time, and tions processed, with an average of three the Airport Duty Free Liquor Concession line items per stub or 38,178 line items Contract. processed for a total of $1.9 million. -- _Petty Cash Audi Numerous unannounced Cash sales and proceeds from public a petty cash audits ,performed in various tions held during FY '77 amounted to departments and agencies. $178,508. In August, the entire staff of the Audit The Shipping and Receiving Branch re- Office was assigned to assist the Administra- eived all in- corning material marked for the tive Services Department in reconciling and Government of American Samoa, which in FY straightening out the financial records of '77 amounted to 37,805 pieces of freight the government. totalling 7.4 million pounds in both air freight and surface transportation. The total number of receiving reports processed was 1,621. This branch also is responsible for prPparing materials for distribution to departments of GAS and preparing materials for shipment off-island. The Warehouse Branch is responsible for storing of all materials and supplies stocked by the Government. It administers five warehouses, an outside storage area, and provides security for stored materials. This branch also provides a delivery service for General Supply-stocked items to all ordering offices of GAS.

Total Employees 11 Local 8 Contract 3 Basic Operation Budget $137,500

he Territorial Audit Office provides an on-going program for independent apprais- al of Government of American Samoa financial systems, including the safeguarding of assets, the evaluation of internal control, and the evaluation of operating units. The office-is organizationally located in

'B During the fiscal year, alocal supple- proposal and two local mental appropriation developed by the reprogramming requests were be- Office of Planning &Budget and defended d fore the localLegislature. The supplemental appropriation enacted inOctober totalled 6 funding for the Ameri- Total Employees Federal 1 $120,000 and included 4 Contract 1 Commission and in- Local Budget $135,000 can Samoa Gubernatorial Basic Operation creased support for theAudit Office. The first reprogrammingaction effected in Janu- is included as the he Office ofPlanning and Budget ary totalled$1,235,000 and responsible for theformulation, presenta- major program itemsprovision for further Aua-Afono road tion and execution ofthe budget for the needed improvements to the GovernMent of AmericanSamoa; Within these and funding for constructionof a Conference performs Rainmaker Hotel. areas ofresponsibility, the office Center adjacent to the the followingfunctions: The second reprogrammingaction in September all interde- included funding for --Directs and coordinates de- totalled $1,174,383 and partmental programplanning and budget repairs to road and watersystems damaged velopments for GAS;assists all GAS agencies during the heavy springrains, increased in the preparationof individual program costs of the Departmentof Health for off- plans and budgets,evaluates these plans island medical care andmedical supplies, formulates alternate pro- expenses which were and budgets, and for and other miscellaneous gram plans andbudgets, as appropriate, not previously anticipated orbudgeted dur- recommendation to theGovernor; prepares ing FY '77. all annual budgetdocuments, reprogramming In May, the FY '79 ProgramStrategy Paper, proposals, andsupplemental appropriation requesting a $22,551,000Department of In- and coordinates thede- allowance for FY '79, requests; directs be- terior funding planning fense of allbudget-related proposals was prepared andsubmitted to the Department fore the Legislatureof American Samoa; par- of Interior. Based uponthis proposal, the ticipates with theGovernor in defense of individual GAS agencies wererequested in all GAS annualbudget requests, reprogram- June to submit detailedbudget estimates ming actions, andsupplemental appropriation for those activities forwhich they were Department of Interior, requested FY '79 proposals before the and responsible. In August, the the U.S. Office ofManagement and Budget Department of Interior planningallowance the U.S.Congressional Committees. was approved. The total budget forthe Government of In August, the FY '79PRELIMINARY budget Depart- American Samoa forFY '77, including proposal, totalling$46,343,500 (excluding budget authority,local enterprise and special revenuefund receipts). ment of Interior other federal appropriations, grants from was developed andsubmitted to the local agencies, and receiptsof industrial/commer- Legislature. On August 30, theLegislature (enterprise & special reve- cial operations passed a concurrentresolution approving $62,381,000. Of totalDepart- proposal in principle. nue funds) was $22,166,500 the FY '79 PRELIMINARY ment of Interiorand local funding, Subsequently, in early September,the FY '79 was allocated forbasic operating programs; budget estimates wereprepared and submitted improvement programs, $7,702,000 for capital to the Department ofInterior. and $2,228,500 activity of the Office $357,000 for special programs, receive As a.final major for local matchingfunds necessary to of Planning and Budgetin FY '77, the FY '78 in other federal approeimeteely $23,721,000 FINAL budeel.. proposaltotalling 2,991:500 within these totaleeud- special revenue grants. Not included of (excluding enterprise and get figures wereadditional local revenues fund receipts) was preparedand submitted $3,328,000, whichconstituted local revenue Legislature in September. It of total FY '77 lodal to the local collections in excess was approved andsigned into law by the appropriations enacted bythe Legis- revenue Governor. lature of AmericanSamoa.

communicate with student. ,but they also can use their mother tongue whennecessary. In previous years,almost all students from level 1 through 4 sat onthe floor and used locally-made floordesks. By the educat tott end of the fiscal year,nearly every stu- Division was pro- 804 dent in the Elementary Total Employees vided a desk. Local 742 Cont a 62 consisting of p786,500 The Secondary Division, Basic Operation Budget four high schools with a totalenrollment of 2,144, highlighted itsactivities during schools are FY '77 with preparationfor renewal of merican Samoa's public status with the organized into one system,eonsisting of its schools' accreditation Elementary Edu- Western Association ofSchools and Colleges Early Childhood Education, review in cation, Secondary Educationand Special Accrediting Commission. After a 1977, the the spring, the Commissionawarded Samoana Education. During Fiscal Year status for system served a totalof 9,896 students on High School full accreditation $7,823,623, including $4,786, five-years and awarded three-yearaccredi- a budget of Paga'itua and Manu'a 500 in Department of theInterior grants- tation status to Leone, in-aid and localappropriations, and $2,465 High Schools. To establish a betterworking relation- 923 in other federal grants. and Early Childhood servednearly 2,000 ship between school administrators classroom teachers, each teacher was eva- three, four andfive-year-old children in Tutuila, Au- luated at least once last year.using 135 centers in 54 villages on models nu'u and Manu'a islands.Nearly 400 five- Department of Education-established village centers for evaluation. This modelexemplified year-old children from improve- accessible by car were broughtto the Betty administrator-teacher rapport and Training Center for ment of classroom instruction.The high Kendall Johnston ECE students the purpose ofexperiencing more learning school administrators, teachers, from field trip and parents also worked closertogether, activities and to benefit days and commu- experiences. Bi-weeklyin-services were through PTA meetings, field conducted during the fiscal yearto upgrade nity projects. professionally. The concept The Special Education program,initiated ECE teachers and 35 part- of individualizedinstruction was initially in 1971 for seven full-time in village cen- time students, served approximately170 introduced and implemented during FY '77. ters. The budget was$329,975. children with a staff of 30 included 25 This includes 15 severely ormultiple handi- The Elementary Division received any schools and a total enrollmentof 5,622, capped children who had never individualized instruc- public school services prior tothe estab- Team teaching and preschool tion are the major processesof teaching. lishment of their class. The Departmentalized instruction wasintro- program served 10 childrenranging in age implemented at Page from 18 months to six years, aspecial duced and continuously children rang- Pago, Leone Midkiffand Alofau Schools at elementary program served 30 level stu- ing in age from six to 13 years,and a Grades 7 and 8. This gave upper 35 children dents the opportunity to meetwith two to special secondary program served different subject ranging in age from 14 to 21. A programfor four teachers a day on hearing served 12 matters. It also provided anopportunity the deaf and hard of non-Samoan teachers to children on Tutuila Island andsix in the for students under communications meet with Samoan teachersfor their bilin- Manu'a group. A speech and gual-biculture subject. Taputapuwasthe program served 25 students. organized as an opdF- In an attempt to locateall non-served only school still Samoa, the classroom, with grades 1through 7 in one handicapped children in American Special Education staff mounted aninten- big building. during the Nine schools were involvedin the Samoan sive village by village search (SEEC), and last three weeks of the1976-77 school Elementary English Program expected to find all four of the nine maintainedthe program year. This program was 7, The other five handicapped children who arecurrently non- from grades 2 through Legislature of used SEEC from gradesthree through six. served. In January, the imple- American Samoa passed Public Law15, the Television instruction still was Act of mented, but there were onlytwo to three American Samoa Special Education telecast lessons a week for somesubject 1977, which extends the "freepublic edu- Constitu- matter. There were telecastlessons for cation" provided by the Samoan children. Oral English everydayfor grades 1 through tion to all handicapped 8. Teachers usuallyfollowed up the activi- Activities of supporting services: ties on the English grammarpattern, which --instructional Development: Designed, students observed andresponded to during selected and implementedinstructional Oral English telecasts. programs and materials toimprove the pro- Non-televised subjectsincluded Samoan fessional growth of the teachingstaff Language Arts from grades1 through 4, through effective in-servicetraining. Science and Health in allgrade levels, These activities included sixcurriculum math in grade 8, andbilingual-bicultural sections -- Language (Samoan andEnglish), studies. Teachers plannedand prepared Social Studies, Science,Mathmatics, Career student activities fromtextbooks. Teachers Education. and Music/Art.. were encouraged toemphasize the use of --Library Services: The programdirector the English languagein classrooms in their received her Masters of Artsdegree in teaching and in most ofthe time that they

21 Librarianship, a library manager earned her merit of Agriculture. During _ '77, more Bachelor of Arts degree, and approximately than 9,000 students participated in the 80 per cent of library workers participated program daily. in community college courses and/or inner- --Personnel Office: Personnel processes vices to improve skills. With the help of personnel action requests, annual and sick federal funds, 22 reading centers were in leave requests, time cards, and records of operation during fiscal year, and nearly student population. With a new payroll 700 students enrolled in the Summer Reading system, 992 payroll time cards and hundreds Program. of annual and sick leave requests were --Business Services: The division was processed for DOE employees during each two- responsible for budgetary control; educa- week pay period. The office processed 1,376 tional and financial records, reports and requests for resignation, termination, research; fiscal and business management; demotion, recruitment and pay adjustments, departmental bookkeeping; processing and while executing 1,501 position actions. certifying requests for payments; reviewing, --Public Transportation: During FY '77, analyzing, and circulating monthly and DOE's 15 school buses transported 7,015 quarterly expenditure reports; preparing pupils daily, traveling more than 750 and processing all travel authorizations; miles per day. Seventy-five per cent of planning facilities construction and other all students attending public and private capital improvements; and reviewing, pro- schools in American Samoa ride to and from cessing and monitoring all agencies and school each day. In addition, there are personnel. eight extra runs each school day to tran- --Publications: This operation was sport vocational and driver training pupils moved from its former quarters to a smaller from four high schools to the Tafuna Skill area in the DOE warehouse, however the move Center and the Drivers' Training Range at led to a more efficient operation. The Tafuna. Extra curriculum field trips are printing portion was transferred to the provided upon request. Government Printing Office, but Publica- --Financial Aid: During the fiscal year, tions continued to process materials for 98 students were attending off-island distribution to the school and other divi- colleges and universities under the scholar- sions of DOE. ship program. Fourteen of these were seniors, --Supply Services: Supply brought together including two in their last year at Fiji in one location all of the mostly commonly School of Medicine. Of the 12 seniors used materials needed to carry on the in- attending mainland colleges and universi- structional program. in the schools, making ties, nine graduate in May, two graduated regular deliveries on a weekly basis. in August, and one dropped out before meet- During FY '77, it processed 12,500 printing ing requirements for graduation. Of the 11 requests, filled 550 orders, and issued seniors who graduated, four returned to 5,100 items with 1,300 deliveries. American Samoa and were employed by the --School Food Services: This activity government. The other seven remained in involves approximately $1.25 million the U.S. either to gain practical experience annual, 94 per cent of which is provided in their respective fields or continue gra- by federal grants through the U.S. Depart- duate studies. 7..embers near the center ofactivity in Faga- togo. An improved system of processingstudent registration data has been incorporated, facilitating better accounting and infor- till oUe mation methods. College classes inthe vocational trades at Tafuna wererescheduled Total Employees 93 to afternoons to allow theDepartment of Local 72 Contract 21 training 907,000 Education to conduct vocational Basic Operation Budge at the facility. This permittedhigh school students to use much better equipmentin American Samoa Community College at- their training than was formerly the case. At the end of the fiscal year, aselection tained several milestones during Fiscal and appointment was made to staff aCom- Year 1977, the sixth year of its existence. previously The college was granted full accreditation munity Service Division, an area by the Accrediting Commission for Community neglected. Enrollment in the fall of 1977 was lower and Junior Colleges, Western Association various of Schools and Colleges. A facilities mas- than the previous year, due to ter plan for future development was com- factors, including an increase in the num- pleted, and a grant for $3.9 million was ber of public service jobs for the young people of the Territory- Acadmicstandards obtained from the Economic Development Ad- to enter ministration to proceed with the first were raised for students desiring degree programs, while additionalstaffing phase of plant development. An experimen- developmen- tal satellite communications terminal was and support were directed into installed that includes the college and tal English and math programs. the territory in the PEACESAT experimental educational and cultural satellite network. In September, 1977, the Board of Higher Education's dual responsibility to act con- currently as the State Board of Vocational Education was terminated, and that function was tranferred back to the Board of Regents of the elementary /secondary schools by the Governor. Three members of the Board of Higher Education had the opportunity to attend national meetings to better acquaint themselves with the problems and develop- ments in the nation's higher education institutions. The year was marked by more than usual continuity in administrative positions. The president remained through the end of his contract and will continue until the inau- guration of an elected governor in January, 1978. Accountability for the expenditure of funds was delegated to the operating academic division level. The key position of Business Manager has been vacant since August 1, causing additional workload for other staff members. Emphasis continued on staff development, with several key positions being established with grant fund support. A new library facility, renovated from an existing building, was accepted in September andincorporates a holding of professional materialsfor improving staff development. The first course to be offered locally via the PEACESAT satellite was a continuing education course for in-service training of nurses. It was conducted by a University of Hawaii instructor communicating from the Honolulu campus. Other courses were planned, but prospective students seemed unwilling or unable to pay the residenttuition fee. Although a formal contract has not been awarded, the college:community is antici- pating the first phase of construction which will include buildings for science, nursing, fine arts, student center, auto body repair and painting and a gymnaisum. Adult education, has been relatively ineffectiveinn the past, has been considerably strengthened with new admin- strative and instructional staff. An extension building has been renovated by staff

etrist. These specialists cameas volunteers and received minimalfinancial benefits in the way of housing,small stipend for food and, if here forthree months or longer, transportation. g4eCtUtt get) 1,0,C,P) The Legislature of AmericanSamoa en= acted legislation fordealing with child Total Cmployees 399 abuse and child neglect. Two newgrants Department of Health, Local 379 Contract 19 were received from the Basic Operation Budget $4,015,500 Education and Welfare--one forfamily planning and the other for thescreening and case finding ofcWiren with hearing de- fects, so that assisaancecould be given exe were no majoroutbreaks of conta- 1 them. gieue diseases in American Samoaduring installa- precautions were plane were finalized for the Fiscal Year 1977, but all tion of two artificialkidney units at the taken against the fear of enoutbreak of renal basis. Under Medical Center. By FY '78 end stage Swine Influenza on a worldwide disease patients will be able toreceive a program implementedby the Center for dialysis on island. An M.D. familypracti- Disease Control in Atlanta,Georgia, the laboratory supplied with tioner and the wife, who is a Public Health Division was techncian, were contracted toprovide resi- influenza vaccine, types VictoriaA and of the entire popula- dent medical care for the people Swine, for the territory's Marai'a islands for one year,beginning Janu- tion. public that ary, 1978. Wide publicity informed the The Women's Hospital Auxiliary, avolun- the vaccine was available,free of charge, manned several teer group, augmented the non-medical ser- and Public Health personnel vices. They provide for the medicaland key sites in the territoryfor administering nursing staffs and to the patients andtheir the vaccine. However, only1,752 of the in the terri- families. They purchased a color television approximately 30,000 persons set to be used for audio-visual educational tory elected to take thevaccine. No eases Women's diagnosed in Ameri- programs for the'medical staff. The of Swine Influenza were Auxiliary, the LaVi Lava Golf Club, and the can Samoa, and there wereno serious com- Organi- received the Pan Pacific South East Asia Women's plications among those who zation donated $1,000 each to the Medical vaccine. B. Johnson Center for improving facilities. The medical staff at Lyndon staft Tropical Medical Center wasenhanced and At the end of FY '77, the medical various spe- included 10 Medical Doctors, two Doctorsof augmented by the services of Officers, cialists who worked tours ofduty ranging Dental Surgery, 16 Samoan Medical They included throe Samoan Dental Officers, 16 Registered fro t,eo weeks to one year. Nurses. certified inter- Nurses and 160 Licensed Practical plastic surgeons, a board In addition, there were six MedicalDoctors nist, a radiologist, a generalsurgeon, serving family practice medical doctors, alabora- and one Doctor of Dental Surgery as short-term volunteerspecialists. tory technologist, adentist and an optom-

nerien and t..nd vessels. The Royal Yacht Britanniamade an official visit from February6-10, during which time Her Majesty QueenElizabeth II and her entourage boarded thevessel for a tour of cPottf d[viittititofiptI the South Pacific. Specialservices were provided to the Britannia duringher visit. Total Employees 129 However, facilities foryachts are virtually Local 127 Contract 2 anchorage over $722,000 non - existent, necessitating Basic Operation Budget a large area of theharbor. There were 120 yachts entered, 78 cleared ondeparture, The Department of PortAdministration and 42 were anchored ormoored at buoys at reported a 72 per cuntincrease in re.:-!nue the close of the fiscal year. Division pro-' during Fiscal Year 1977,compared with the The Water Transportation four required by erevious year. The income comes from vides support services as divisions: Customs, HarborFlasters, Water government operations, moorsand_unmoors Transportation and the Airport,which de- vessels, transports pilotsand official medical emer- rives its income mainlyfrom landing fees, boarding parties, responds to rental spaces and properties. gencies or search and rescuemissions. Trips charters when The Customs Divisionentered and cleared also were provided to private not available. 801 vessels during FY'77, collecting ex- commercial transportation was in addition to During FY '77 the division'svessels oper- cise taxes of $1,322,182 20 search and $16,333 for customs/guarantireservices. ated 1,022 trips, including down as rescue missions. Inaddition, there were The excise taxes were broken north shore of follows: beer, cigarettes,etc., $1,003,545; 107 scheduled trips to the six emergency firearms and ammunitions,$10,293; motor Tutuila, four charter trips, vehicles and parts, $259,197;petroleum voyages and 15 trips tothe Menu's Islands. and products, $2,569 (excludingthose imported The trips served 2,309 passengers by fuel companies,which pay taxes directly carried 1,300 tons of supplies. to the Treasurer'sOffice); construction Dago Pago InternationalAirport operates materials, $7,690; and softdrinks;- $38,09. as an enterprise fundunder Port Administra- The $16,333 for services camefrom business tion. During FY '77 it handled 11,992 permits, import permits,phytosanitary per- flights and processed 77,610inbound pass- mits, entrance and clearance,and attendance engers, 81,820 outbound,and 89,854 in tran- pounds in- after:regular working hours.The plant and sit. Freight included 7,131,563 animal quarantine serviceof the Customs coming and 3,222,572 outgoing,while incom- Division also assisted theDepartment of ing mail and parcelstotaled 1,387,645 while Agriculture in an effort toeradicate and the outgoing figure was649,541 pounds. The pounds, a 65 control an invasion of giantAfrican Snails. overall total was 11,391,321 In the Harbor Master'sDivision, pilot- per cent increase overthe 6,914,645 report- age services '-'refurnished as needed by ed in FY '76. vessels, both inbound andoutbound, and as The airport providedservice to Boeing vessels to either 747s and Boeing 707s for PanAmerican World required when shifting fuel an anchorage, buoy,cannery docks or Airways, Hawker Seddley 748sfor Polynesian Administration and DC-8s dock. In recent years, Port Airlines, DC-10s for UTA, DC-10s has sought the expansionof dock and shore-- for Air New Zealand, C-141sfor the U.S. side facilities, becauseof the increased Air Force Military AirCommand, and Cessna number of large cruiseships and container Islands and DeHevilland Ottersfor South vessels which visit AmericanSamoa regularly. Pacific Island Airways It has recommended thatthe main dock be Fire/crash crews responded to 18alerts 600 feet and a extended by from 400 to involving four 747s, 10 C-141s, twoCessnaS, second 2,000-horsepower tugbe acquired Eighteen of now entering one DC78 and one Beechcraft. because of the large vessels these incidents involved aircraftengine the port. . malfunction, faulty landing gears,warning During FY '77, PortAdministration hand- of from 600 to 820 indicator lights while airborne and while led 59 container ships parking. There were 23 other responsesin- feet in length, 36 generalcargo ships, 12 fires. ships, six naval volving brush fires and building oil tankers, 18 cruise There were five hot -fire drills, plus an vessels, two tugs and towsand 14 supply all government include the Oriental emergency exercise involving ships. This does not agencies. fishing fleets which supplythe two can-

27 I It NE II 1 alli L* / \ / \iv #0,46;\_ /..4. \Iv, ,.., 0 ri/ 0 \IFIr/ Until U.S. tariff and customs treatment of territorial products is stabilized, promotion of this sector will be difficult, if not ill-advised. GAS is working activelywith the Department of the Interior'sOffice of ecoRontie (),optinco Territorial Affairs and local interests to Total Employees 7 affect some remedy. Other industrial activities were more Local 6 Contract 1 Basic Operation Budget (Federal GrantFunded) encouraging. Both Luna canneries had record production years, and the long line fishing fleets which supply the canneries have 1e Office of Economic Development and grown. A few purse-seiner boats nowoperat- Planning attempted to firm up its founda- ing in South Pacific waters also landed tion during FY '77 for a general plan pro- their catches at the local canneries.Bait gram for American Samoa. Substantial effort fishing trials will be initiated early in was aimed at implementing the Economic De- 1978 to explore development of this method. velopment Act of 1977, which would estab- A note of grave conern, however,is the af- lish a Territorial Planning and Economic fect the expansion of the economic borders Development Commission and related district to 200 miles offshore will have oncontinued planning boards. supply to fish to the canneries. Both of these efforts will set the stage Tourism as an industry, in view of the for more concentrated planning efforts in- above notes of pessimism, must be re-exlored. volving village councils, private industry Dependence on this industry must be based and the Government of American Samoa. In on other extra-territorial elements, such conjunction with the general plan program, as regional and internationaltransportation training efforts also are being pursued in schedules, South Pacific tourism develop- order that the bulk of future general plan- ment in general, and travel trends. These ning activities can be accomplished locally. are crucial, so efforts to advance entry Fiscal Year,1977 has not been a success- of a second American air carrier into the ful one, in terms of new industrial growth, South Pacific have been made. with attendant private sector employment Renewed emphasis has been given to de- opportunity. However, local business develop- velopment of activities which would help ment continued as a brighL epot ie the reduce the reliance on imports, which at economy. present account for 95 per cent of terri- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT torial consumption. With the assistance of an economic consultant withinternational Past difficulties in attracting manu- standing and specialization in the Pacific facturing industry were intensified asthe GAS is exploring local production of cook- result of the tariff treatment givendevel- ing oil and other products of the coconut, oping countries by the United Statesunder mari-culture development and poultry farming. the Generalized System ofPreferences (GSP). bimited local resources and a relatively small population restrict potential to local The territory's competitiveadvantage over developing countries in attracting now manu- consumption, but it is felt that this restric- facturing industry (given our higherlabor tion does not preclude research and higher costs) has been reduced for certainGSP technology products in the developing mari- culture industry and with products which eligible products. THe GSP also indirectlyforced cut - backs are derivatives of the coconut. of production at a local jewelryassembly plant, although reversal of anadverse de- f OCAL, BUSINESS EVELOPMENT cision by U.S. Customs should help theplant to continue in operation. Anadjacent watch At a time when outside investment bot- plant has announced its shutdown,due in tomed out, local development in expanded part to inability to competewith the re- and new activity peaked at $2.5 million. cent development and popularityof elec- Ten or so local businesses prospected in tronic watches. secondary and teritary activites, and the In another area, a localeffort to estab- local businessman with cash reserve identi- lish a beef cubing and processingplant by fied his own niche in the economy. importing whole sides of dressedrange-fed A good example is an incidentalproduct Australian and New Zealand cattleceased of the tuna fleets--shark fin. This acti- within a few months after operationsbegan. speculative. An almost dramatic increase in This failure is attributable in partto a product value is realized by turning the change in custom controls which require dried trimmed shark fin into a "noodle," that 11 territories are subject toforeign whence it goes into soup. A local entrepe- beef import quotas, regardless oflocal neur has obtained the processing formula value added. In this instance,American and a technician, enabling him to export Samoa has no quota. the noodles at a considerably increased These difficulties collectivelyempha- profit margin. size the tenuousness of pass-throughand This office continues to assist local component assembly industries.Although business in the preparation of feasibility the local benefit of such industryis studies, market analysis, and management limited primarily to private sector employ- seminars. Where office expertise is limited ment, payroll tax, and some corporatetaxes assistance is sought and often provided accrued to GAS, it has been viewed with through the Economic Development Administra- favor because it would aid in the diversi- tion, Small Business Administration and fication of the private sector economy. other government agencies.

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Total Employees 11 Local 10 Contract 1 Basic Operation Budget $136,000

he Department of Agriculture began in livestock and crops production at the Fiscal Year 1977 with nine employees, two Community College, with the assistance of in Administration, three in Extension. and the Extension staff. Other activities of four in Marketing. The Office of Youth the director's office included budget Development was financed from the Agricul- preparation, personnel action papers, ture budget, but both the director of Agri- transmittal of collected revenues, coordi- cultUre and the Youth Officer were adminis- nation, planning the necessary reports. tratively responsible to the President of Each of the traditional districts of American Samoa Community College. American Samoa has an Extension Officer, In March, the giant African Snail was who is responsible for the improvement of discovered in the Satala-Atu'u area front- his own district in food production by ing the two fish canneries. In the giving technical advice through farm visits, final quarter, the Division of Veterinary field demonstrations, field tours and dis- Services was added with the employment of tribution of printed materials. The officers the Territory's first full-time veteri- made 400 farm visits, 10 farm tours, at- narian. Reprogramming requests were granted tended 30 village meetings and made 20 by the Legislature to finance the veteri- banana fertilizer demonstrations, and 60 nary services and snail control program. chemical spraying demonstrations for con- Budget allocation for 1977 was trol of pests on taros, bananas and vege- stration, $31,600; Extension Services, tables. $30,500; Marketing (Enterprise), $35,000; The Extension Office in Manu'a organized Youth Development, $31,860; Veterinary Ser- a wild pig hunt at the request of the vill- vices, $12,000; and snail eradicatio, age oC Fitiuta, where pigs were destroying $24,000, for a total of $164,960. many of the village crops. in spite of the The Administration Office processed and rough and steep slopes, the hunters killed transmitted 1,021 outgoing pieces of corres- 14 pigs during seven trips. Domestic pigs pondence; 1,835 incoming pieces of mail, are not allowed to roam free, so the hunt- 5,000 leaflets of agricultural information, ing parties were permitted by the villagers and 6,500 leaflets on the war against the to kill any domestic pigs found roaming the African Snail. It received office visits area. by 150 farmers, 31 visitors from overseas In addition *on field extension work, and 1-30 others. The director taught a course formal education programs included two 30 introductory courses at theCommunity Col- students. Fifty-four stu- lege involving 17 in- dents in Manu'a and45 in Tutuila were volved in a Youth SummerEmployment Program for two months. Estimates of production byfarmers in 1977 included: --Taro: approximately30 acres in Manu'a, 15 acres in the EasternDistrict, and 750 acres in the WesternDistrict for a total of 795 acres and aboutfive million plants. -- Bananas:approximately 20 acres in Manu'a, 30 acres in the East,and 355 acres in the West for a total405 acres and about 250,000 plants. -- Vegetables: mostof the vegetable farms were concentratedin the Western District. There are 35 farmswith a total of about 40 acres. --Pigs: there are approximately50 improved piggeries, 35 ofwhich have from two to four sows and15 of which have from five to 10 sows. Almost everyhousehold keeps a pig or two. --Poultry: There are twocommercial poultry units that have atotal of 3,700 layers. Each familyraises a few unpenned birds which roam freely. The high cost ofimporting feed for both pigs and chickens hasdiscouraged many of Efforts are being the livestock farmers. made to mill at leastpig food locally, using locally-grown cropsand fishmeal. Since the governmentstopped importing fertilizers, seeds, andchemicals for farmers, farming activitieshave suffered a set back. The E*tension personnel,with the help of workers from CETAprograms, were able to maintain someexperimental work on Ta'u, Manu'a, and Mapusagain the Western District. In Manu'a banana nurserymaterials were produced forsale to Pago Pagesince Manu'a is free of Bunchytop, avirus disease of bananas which iswidespread en Tutuila. Limited vegetable trials werecarried out in Manu'a for adaptability,fertilization, and disease-pest management.The Maousaga area near the CommunityCollege was developed in conjunction withthe classes in agriculture. Vegetables were grownfor plots, and an acre of student demonstration bananas was planted withdifferent spacing and fertilization methods. A full-time veterinarianwas hired to improve animal health andlivestock production on the island. Oneof his first accomplishments was theestablishment of a small animal facility todeal with an over population of dogs in theterritory. A village neutering service wasestablished, so the veterinariancould work directly with the villagers in dogcontrol. Marketing Services supervisesthe Farmers Market in downtown Fagatogoand coordinates sales between farmers andstores, markets, hotels and otherestablishments. Farmers bring produce daily andrent stalls at $2 sold Per stall perday. Other produce is directly to stores,supermarkets, and Oriental fishing boats atthe canneries. Approximately 71,400 pounds oftaros, 67,500 pounds of bananas,2,000 pounds of Vegetables and 4,500 poundsof fruits were supplied to the Sehool LunchProgram in FY '77.

31 The areas were confined to the waters around Tutuila, and the locations were care- fully noted so they can be relocated for future study. Work also continued on the ttuaccPegoutteeg checklist of inshore Samoan fishes. Approxi- mately 90 additional species have been re- Total Employees 9 corded during the past fiscal year. The Local 7 Contract 2 totals stand at 622 species with positive Basic Operation Budget $75,000 identification and 139 species unidentified or with questionable identification [or a total of 761 species. The Office of Marine Resources has the The study of inshore fishermen was responsibility of defining, developing and limited to the area from Laulitifou to Avau managing the aquatic resources potential of on Tutuila island. A total of 99 eight-hour American Samoa. The operating budget of surveys were made during the year and 466 $241,500 for Fiscal Year 1977 included groups of one or more fishermen were inter-i $105,125 in local funds, $90,375 from the viewed- -and their catches were weighed and Commercial Fisheries Research and Develop- measured. Estimated fishing effort by ment Act of 1964, and $46,000 from the Fish village handmethod indicated approximated Restoration Act. 80,000 man-hours of effort were expended Five projects were undertaken during the during sport /subsistence fishing activities fiscal year for further development of in this area. An average catch per man-hour commercial fisheries in the territory. was approximately three pounds. The esti- Three of these projects, baitfish, statis- mated total catch for the year was approxi- tical analysis and sportfishing survey, mately 180,000 pounds. were continued from the previous year. Two The sportfishing program begun in 1971 new projects initiated were Fishery Techni- was continued with surveys limited to one cal Assistant and Aquaculture Feasibility per month, except for April when three Study. surveys were made during a fishing tourna- For several years, Marine Resources has ment. Thus, only 14 surveys were made all been involved in a topminnow baitfish cul- year. A total of 82 fish weighing 1,051 ture program for use as a potential live pounds were caught for an average of baitfish for skiplack tuna, but until re- fish and 75.1 pounds per trip. Average ce'ntly large scale production had not been weight per fish was 12.8 pounds. There realised, The initial program site was were an additional 27 strikes and lost located at Coconut Point in Nu'uuli, but fish, so the contact rate per trip was 7.8 it was later moved to the agricultural fish. The five-year survey carried out station in Taputimu. In October of this previous to this resulted in averages of fiscal year Marine Resources personnel 13.2 contacts, 8.1 fish and 94.9 pounds began construction on screened enclosures per trip. in the shallow end of a pond located at The Oriental longline fishing fleet Pago Rego International Airport. Several showed an increase of 34 per cent in factors led to the choosing of the site, vessel landAlgs, from 292 in FY '76 to 390 among them security and the fact that a in FY '77. From the potential of 390 vessel- large population of topminnow was present trips, 350 catch logs were collected and and only needed to be contained to begin 285 albacore length samples of 50 fish production. each were measured.- A total of 233 of the In April, the Taputimu hatchery was vessel -trips were made by fishing vessels closed down in favor of concentrating all from the Republic of Korea and 150 from efforts on the airport pond site, where Nationalist China. the greatest potential existed. By Septem- Ten locally-owned and built fishing ber, production had exceeded the capacity dories, plus two larger vessels, were of the system. Problem areas have included selling their catches to the residents of rapid growth of algae on the screens which American Samoa. This is quite a decrease greatly inhibits circulation, periods of from the 21 vessels listed in FY '76. There low tides and increased temperatures during were no records for three dories, seven sunny days, a parasite infestation compli- others were laid up for repairs and never cated by a disease epidemic, and logistics. fished, while another was lost in rough In spite of all this, the project has pro- weather. It was more difficult to collect gressed very well.' catch and economic data from the fleet due The sportfish program is divided into to the growing number of outlets for fresh three parts: Determination of the composi- fish. The total catch of the 12 vessels was tion and structure of inshore fish communi- approximately 43,200 pounds with an average ties, analysis of the catch and effort of of about 181 pounds per trip. Catches were nearshore sport and subsistence fishermen, worth an average 70 cents a pound to fisher- and a survey of the trends and fluctua- men, so they grossed about $30,265 in sales tions in the pelagic sportsfish resources. during the year. During the period of February-September, The main objective of the new fishery 28 transects were censused in a wide technical assistant program was to provide variety of habitats. A total of 332 differ- training to local fishermen in the use of ent species were observed during the actual more advanced techniques, to develop a census or during the subsequent 30 minutes catalog of recommended gear and suppliers of random search within 20 meters of the for fleet usuage, to provide advisory ser- transect line. The total number of species vices to market management, and to improve observed during any one census, plus the marketing techniques for proper fish hand- random search period, ranged from 44 to 121. ling and preservation.

32 and carving Samoanhandicrafts. Refresh- The main purpose of the aquaculture and modern restroom extensive ments can be obtained, feasibility study is to make an accommodations are available,A similar stop study of aquaculture possiblitiesin Samoa. is being constructedin the breezy mountain The only previous study was ashort survey still another will by VISTA village of Aoloau, and of oyster farming conducted at the EasternDistrict volunteers, and no written report was open early in 1978 village of Aoa, on abay ideal for snorkel- corded. Studies will be made on the possi- and canoeing. bility of raising food fish, butthe ex- ing, spear fishing and will The islands of theManu'a group are pertise is not available in Samoa east of the main have to be recruited off-island.The pro- located about 60 miles by the Government island of Tutuila. Onthe twin islands gram, 100 per cent funded construction of a of American Samoa, is a specialproject of Ofu and Olosega, under way. Upon and is to be continued to PI''78. lagoon tourist site is completion of the villagesite, a large file will be situatedin the center, sur- rounded by 15 smallerfele duplex units for guest rentalaccommodations. A-similar project is being plannedfor Ta'u, the large island of theManu'a group. There are now ninepermanent employees In addition, 46 Total Employees $ in the Office of Tourism. CETA-hired personnelare'contributing Local 5 of the various Basic Operation Budget $112,500 greatly to the construction Tourism projects. he Office of Tourism, under anew director appointed in January,launched an ambi- tious program of developingtourist-oriented sites in the territory,encouraging community relations awareness, andcreating 'opportunities for visitors to seeand participate in traditional Samoanculture. The Tourism staff established atransit lounge at Pago Pago InternationalAirport, increased the services in the VIPlounge, and greeted incoming passengerswith pine- apple juice. A group of youngpeople per- form traditional dancesand songs as the visitors await clearance byImmigration authorities. Cruise ships in Paco PasoHarbor also are greeted by colorfullyattired village bands or by singing and dancing groups from the territory's villages. Ahuge show, featuring entertainers from sevenvillages, is held at the Rainmaker Hotel'spoolside just prior to the ship's departurefrom American Samoa. A successful "MissTourism Samoa" pa- leant was conducted over afour-week period, with beauties entered fromvarious villages and districts of the territory.The pageant activities andinvolvement created considerable awareness in theterritory of the tourist industry.Activities of the pageant included both localresidents and visitors who came by eitherplane or cruise ship. The Office of Tourism alsohosted a very successful "Night InSamoa" for delegates to the 17th SouthPacific Com- mission Conference. Thedelegates, repre- senting 23 membernations and territories, plus scores of observers,enjoyed a feast And entertainment which includedthe best talent of both American Samoaand independent Western Samoa. Touriat'rest stops have been planned at strategic villages through theterritory. The first project was completedin the Western Samoa. Tourist rest stops have beenplanned at strategic villages throughout theterritory. The first project was completedin the Western District village of Amanave,where two Samoan fales featurevillagers weaving

The office prepared and distributed in October a Disaster Preparedness Plan to provide the government departments with the basis of disaster planning, preparedness Whit Sa and training. This interim plan identifies the government agencies and private organ- Total Employees 139 izations which must be relied upon to lessen the impact when disaster threatens or occurs. Local 136 Contract 3 Basic Operation Budget It establishes relationships among depart- $935,000 ments, fixes responsibility, and sets forth the actions to be taken by each and every Ie Department of Public Safety serves appropriate agency of te Government of the Territory of American Samoa through the America Samoa. Police Department, Fire Department, Correc- The current disaster program is 100 per tional Facility, Office of Motor Vehicles cent federally funded by a grant from the and Office of Disaster Preparedness. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel- The Police Department was upgraded dur- opment. ing Fiscal Year 1977 with training programs The Office of Motor Vehicles is made up of through the Community College and the de- four sections: Planning and Administration, partment's Training Division. A program to Driver Licensing, Vehicle Inspection, and streamline the records and conform to the Vehicle Licensing and Registration. The security and privacy act was started ini June. manager is responsible for planning and This project updated all criminal, traffic administration. He recommends revisions to and personnel records, setting a retention improve public service, maximized utiliza- schedule and purging outdated records. tion of manpower, and solutions for problems Contracts were let with LEAA funds to affecting motor vehicle activities. renovate the present police building, using The Driver Licensing Section issues an the second story now occupied by the At- average of 4,000 licenses and permits per torney General's Office. A communication year, although this number varies from year contract using LEAA and NHSTA funds was let to year due to the high flexibility of peo- for a network that provides island-widP ple traveling in and out of AMeriCan Samoa. communications without dead spots. The figures also includeofficial permits The traffic enforcement programsho-_ issued to operate GAS vehicles. continuing good results, and the crime rate The Vehicle Licensing/Registration Sec- as a whole decreased, although the number tion is responsible for preparation of ve- of major crimes still ran high when compared hicle title and registration papers, statis- to the population. A sub-station was re- tical reports, fee collection, information opened at Leone, a resident police of- retrieval and foreign license collection. ficer was hired for Tau, Manu'a. There were A new system was inaugurated to allow 10 72 budgeted positions. months for inspection and licensing of ve- There were 35 budgeted positions in the hicles, eliminating the long lines and wait- Fire Department during FY '77. A Fire Chief ing periods required under the old method of trainer was hired from Hawaii, and all fire- licensing during one month of the year. men were trained in modern fire-fight tech- Under the new plan, vehicles are inspected niques, cutting down the response time con- and licensed during the month which coincides siderably. with the final digit of their license plate Fire Station II was consolidated with number: "1" in January, "2" in February, etc. the Fire/Crash Station at Paco Pago Inter- national Airport to provide a much better equipped station for both the airport and the public. Five members of the Fire De- partment completed an emergency medical training course at Lyndon B. Johnson Trop- ical Medical Center. A new correctional facility was designed and contracted in September with funds from an LEAA grant. The present correctional facility is a converted wooden leprosarium, built by the U.S. Navy in the early 1900's. It is old, outdated and ill-suited for modern rehabilitation programs, although changes and improvements were made in the physical plant to provide additional space. A new rehabilitation progam was initiated using a newly-formed alcohol program and a psychologist from the Medical Center. Ongoing rehabilitation programs are Bible study and religion, carpentry, electric shop, school release on a daily basis, work release on a daily basis, and weekend release. The Office of Disaster Assistance Pre- paredness Planning was established by the Governor to work cloSely with all other government agencies in providing response and recovery assistance for the safety of lives and property in the event of a disaster or emergency.

56 and the Office of MotorVehicles. Other projects included the purchaseof an ambu- lance and training of emergencymedical ser vices personnel, installationof roadway delineators on all main roadways,construction of about 4,500 feet ofsidewalk, and a comprehensiveevaluation of the selective Total Employees 8 enforcement program. Local 7 Contract 1 Programs coordinated withthe Federal Basic Operation Budget(Federal Grant Funded) Energy Administrationinclude the preparation of an energy conservationbasic plan, cooperative Safety is respons- and the administration of a The Office of Traffic agreement fund whichprovided for the in- ible for all planning andadministration heating sys- Traffic stallation of 35 solar water functions of the National Highway monitored. Safety Administration and FederalHighway tems now being Administration 402 funds from the Depart- ment of Transportation. Italso administers programs under the FederalEnergy Adminis- tration, including fuel allocationcontrols, cooperative agreement for solarwater heating demonstration project,and the development of a territorial energyconservation plan. OTS, in its second yearof aceration, completely revised the TrafficSafety Edu- cation Division, which isresponsible for all driver education and,at the request of the Office of MotorVehicles, for all drivers' license examinations,both written and reet. The highlight of this year'sactivities was the completion ofthe Tafuna Safety Center, which providesservices to the mot- oring public by consolidatingall driver and vehicle related services in onelocation. These services includedriver licensing, driver education, driverexamination, vehicle inspection, vehicleregistration and liOensing. Driver education classesfor high school students and adults beganin September, ut- ilizirig simulation, multi-mediatechniques, and the off-street drivingrange. The program is the most modernand comprehensive in the Pricific basin andis on par with those in any of the 50states of the U.S. while the effort and resources may seem disproportionate for a localityof the size of American Samoa, theresults have an impact on such states asHawaii, California and Washington, whichhave large and growing Samoan communities. A two-week trainingworkshop was con ducted at the Safety Centerfor all school bus drivers whichincluded a classroom seg- ment, basic first-aid,emergency procedures and driving skills. This project was to initiate a long range puiltransportation training program which willlead to the certification of all schoolbus drivers in American Samoa. At the request ofthe Office of Motor Vehicles, OTS prepared a newwritten test and:handbook for driverslicensing. Late in the fiscal year, itbegan conducting all drivers license examinations,including eye tests, written testsand behind the wheel had been tests. A special driving range construction, and an eight-hourtraining program is conductedonce a month for persons wishing to preparefor the driver license examination, orthose who have previously failed the test. OTS funded numerousprojects during the fiscal year. Continuing programs included the Selective TrafficEnforcement Project

37 gamoutt CommuRteattor Total Employees 63 Total Employees 71 Local 63 Local 71 Basic Operation Budget (EnterpriseFunds) Basic Operation Budget $437,000

he Office. of Samoan Affairs serves as eOffice of*Communications recorded new highs in the volume of overseastele- the-link between the Samoan people and phone, radiogram and telex traffic handled the territorial government's officials Revenue-producing and various departments. It is the head during Fiscal Year 1977. of local government and strives to develop radiograms rose 12 per cent, telephone by self-reliant system, 15 per cent, and telex by 17 per cent over a self-sustaining and These increases are much consistent with traditional policies. Under FY 1976 levels. the administration of the Secretary of higher than anticipated normal growth and reflect, to some extent, a healthy condition Samoan Affairs are three districtgovernors, in the territory's economy. 14 county chiefs, 53 village pulenu'us During FY '77, 16 per cent of the total (mayors), six village police officers, revenues generated by the Office ofCom- three district clerks, one sports coordi- munications were derived directly out of nator and a legal counselor. The office conducts elections and con- services provided to the Government, while village the remaining 84 per cent was from thepri- rns itself at the local level with This repre- problems, such as water systems, roads, vate sector of the community. sanitation, agriculture, schools and land sents the highest percentage of Communica- tions revenues ever generated by the pri- disputes. It also provides information to vate sector of the territory. the local Social Security Office for years FY '77 marked the completion of some very inpyrnti lqgl, Important construoLion project= designed to During FY '77, the Office of Samoan further upgrade and expand the local tele- Affairs dealt with 16 metal title cases The first in a series of and 22 land disputes. Only six mataititle phone system. solved these projects included the installation cases and 16 land disputes were and commissioning of a new microwave system and settled in this office, but the rest linking the Faga'itua telephone exchange in of the cases were referred back to the the eastern part of Tutuila with the rest High Court of American Samoa for court of the telephone exchanges already inter- settlement. The island of Aunu'U Late in the fiscal year, the 17th South connected by microwave. Pacific Conference was held in American joined the island-wide telephone system when nearly 30 subscribers received service Samoa and, since the Deputy Secretaryof Samoan Affairs served as the chairMantthe via a UHF multi-channel link between Aunu'u and Faga'itua coordination of all activities and social The introduction of purely electronic functions was conducted through the switching systems took place in the latter office. part of FY '77 when two 400-line systems High Chief Le'iato Tull, who served as were installed and commissioned at theRain- Secretary of Samoan Affairs for 18 consecutive years, retired in late August. The maker Hotel and Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center. At the close of the fiscal Governor appointed the Deputy Secretary year, only the islands of Ofu andOlosega as Acting Secretary. Either the Secretary have yet to join the island-wide telephone or the Deputy Secretary serve onthe Immi- system. These two remote islands will be gration Board, Taro Board, Farm Fair Execu- receiving telephone service for the first tive Committee, Library Advisory Committee, time when the Ofu telephone exchange build- the Pago Page Area Master Planning ing is completed in mid FY '78. Committee, and several other boards and During FY'77, considerable progress was committees. coordi- made in reducing the number of multi-party The Office of Samoan Affairs also telephone service connections whenever and nates the community recreation program, wherever possible. At the close of the fis- supervises the "Samoan Village" and Page cal year, nearly 70 per cent of subscribers Pago Park recreation areas, coordinates was receiving single-party service. summer youth programs, andcoordinates island-wide clean-up and beautification campaigns. "disgrace" to a "showplace" as chief executive from 1961 to 1967, returned to the territory as its last appointed governor. --Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus issued the formal order paving the way for American Samoa's first elected governor and Total Employees 72 lieutenant governor. Local 70 Contract 2 --American Samoa hosted the South Pacif- Basic Operation Budget(Enterprise Funds) ic Commission's 17th South Pacific Confer- ence, attended by delegates from22 nations and territories, plus observers from all iscal Year 1977 was the start of a parts of the world. reconstruction period for the Marine Rail- During Fiscal Year 1977, OSI prepared and way, which got off to a good financial distributed 320,000 copies of the "News start but was then plagued by storms and Bulletin", the government's daily report a derailment. It still ended up with a of activities in American Samoa and around final net operating profit of $14,112. the world, as provided by United PressIn- The problems caused by storm conditions ternational. About 10,000 of those copies were compounded on May 6 by the derailment were mailed, on a weekly basis, tocollege of the No. 2 cradle, which precluded the and city libraries, newspapers incities launching of No. 1 cradle until the vessel with Samoan communities, government agen- on No. 2 could be launched. The lack of cies, and Samoans off island, either on facilities to dredge to sufficient depth scholarship or serving with the Armed of water to launch No. 2 vessel further Forces extended the period that the ways were out An additional 240,000 copies of the News Bulletin-were printed as a service to the of operation. The fiscal picture at the outset of the Department of Education for distribution accident showed an operating profit of and use by classes in all of the high $93,000, of which $83,000 had been expended schools, both public and private, in Amer- by the end of the fiscal year on refloating ican Samoa. h of st, of OSI, with a staff of two contract spec- an additional sum of $75,000 in FY'78 to ialists and Three Samoans, also prepared, meet further costs of refloating cradles published and distributed American Samoa's has been submitted. The derailment result 1976 Annual Report to The Secretary of the interior. in an estimated, loss of $125,000. Preparation of the 91 -page Reportin- Despite the problems, Marine Railway cluding makeup, selection of art work and hauled 20 private vessels, seven belonging the print- to the government, and 106 fishing vessels photographs, and negotiations ing contract--was directed en'tirely by a for the canneries. in addition, Marine young Samoan woman who serves asassistant Railway crews fulfilled 127 private job another orders, 176 government jobs orders, and director of OSI. She was assisted by young woman, a contract specialistin her 266 jobs orders for the canneries. the The work force included 78 permanent first year out of college, who headed photography and dark room operations for employees, plus 12 temporary employees. Gross sales were $1,196,286. The costof the Office. OS! assisted journalists, visitingschol- sales was $776,086 and total expenses of American Samoa. $406,088 brought the net operating profit ars and other visitors to It also continued the routine tasksof for FY '77 to $14,112. answering letters requesting informationand data on the Territory of American Samoa,and worked to build up the file of bothblack and white and color negatives to meetphoto- gamocul ottraothoti graphic needs and requests.

Total Employees 5 Local 3 Contract 2 'Basic Operation Budget $96,000

he Office of Samoan Information has the responsibility of providing news of the world to American Samoa--and news of Amer- ican Samoa to the world. There was a areat deal in each category during Fiscal Year 1977, but the highlights were: --Jimmy Carter was elected President of the United States, returning aDemocratic administration to the White House for the first time in eight years. --Queen Elizabeth II of England beganher Silver Anniversary tour of the SouthPacif- ic in American Samoa, where sheboarded the Royal Yacht Britannia on February 10. --Governor H. Rex Lee, credited with transforming American Samoa from a U.S

39 tual arrangements with NBC and ABC,these networks provided programming free of charge to the station. No compensation was received by the stationin any form for broadcasting these programs.Likewise, no commercial charges weremade to anyone in connection with broadcastingthese pro- Total Employees 25 Local 18 Contract 7 grams. $571,000 KVZK has both studio and remote capa- Basic Operation Budget bilities and is color equipped in both areas. The remote capabilitiesinclude a television Station KVZK -TV continued mini remote van with a three-camera capa- as TOne of the majoreducation, information bility and equipped with a microwavelink and entertainment sources forthe people back to the studios. Following is abreak- of American Samoa during FiscalYear 1977. down of the major studio, master control A survey conducted inDecember of Surveys and remote equipment: Three RCATf(45 Color Hawaii showed that 96 per centof all Cameras: one Grass Valley Switcher(1600-3C); Samoans have access totelevision. KWIC, one RCA TE 28 Color FilmChain; two GE with a full-time staff of 32,broadcast black and white film chains with Eastman approximately 234 hours per week whenschools projectors; eight Sony 2800 CassetteVideo are in session and about159 hours per week tape Machines; five Ampex 1200 Highand during the summer months.Broadcasting is Videotape Machines (two with Editec); one on Channels 2, 4 and S. Ampex 1200 Lowland Videotape Machine;two During the school year, KVZKdevoted RCA TR3 Videotape Machines; two Sony2850 the daytime, weekday hours(7:30 a.m. to Cassette Videotape Machines; three Sony Tele- 3 p.m. ) to In-School, Instructional DXC 1600 Cameras; one Sony DXC 1610 Camera; vision. The early afternoon,evening and and three Sony VO 3800 CassetteVideotape between weekend hours were divided mainly Machines. local programming and programsfrom the In addition to the above equipment, all stateside networks. The breakdownis 75 hours three channels are time-base correctedand per week for ITV, 54for Public Broadcasting image enhanced so the cassette videotapes Broadcasting Service (PBS), 68 for National are of broadcast quality.Under a grant Company (NBC) ,27 for Psterican Broadcasting from the Corporation for PublicBroadcasting, Company (ABC), six for localprograms, and KVZK has purchased three new transmitters four for free films, moviesand syndicated which are to be installed early in 1978. shows. KVZK has local and international news six hours of KVZK produced an average of seven days a week. Thethree-person team local programming per week,including pro- villages in nation of Western gathers news from all accessable grams from the independent the territory using Sonyportable equipment. Samoa and a series ofdocumentaries about The News car is also radio-equippedand can breakdown was: Samoans living in Hawaii. The be in instant communication with thestudio. "Fa'afiafiaga,y entertainment, weekly;"On KVZK's international news is providedby .I Island,"interview, weekly; "Lenei Vaiaso United Press International and visually I Samoa,"information/entertainment, weekly; supplemented on the air by UPI's Unislide Samoa Now, information/entertainment,bi- service. The local and international news weekly_; "Mafutaga Fa'aletusiPaia," reli- is broadcast in both Samoan andEnglish. gious, weekly; and KVZKEvening News, infor- A special one week experiment totransmit mation, daily. television programming via satellite was The television station alsoproduced, made possible late in the fiscal yearthrough specials, such as the inaugurationof two including of the Legisla-s the cooperation of several agencies, governors, special sessions NASA and the Rockv Mountain BroadcastingNet- and other special. ture, Flag Day activities work. Using the ATS-6 satellite,direct events. One event of specialnote was the transmissions of three hours per day were at the close South Pacific Conference held read from RMPBN in Denver andreceived by of the fiscal year.Approximately three a portable 10-foot dish at theKVZK studios hours of television per dayfor six days for broadcast to the people ofAmerican was devoted to theconference and various Samoa. A long range plan to havedirect activities associated with it. satellite feeds to KVZK presently isbeing Department of At the request of the examined by all agencies involvedand may Education, KM producesinstructional become a reality in FY '78. programs. During FY '77,there were three programs in production--OralErelish Level 2, Oral English Level 3 andOral English Level 8. Funding for the PBS programmingis provided by grants from theCorporation for Public Broadcasting. The CPBCommunity Service Grants also providedsubstantial additional funds for stationupgrading in terms of eouipment,development and production. The vearlv CsE.Community Service Grant sunolemented the majorfunding of the ooeration, which wasprovided by the Government of American Samoa. One special note is neededconcerning NBC and ABC programming. Throughcontrac- 40 t.

Al or the government. Littering enforcement_ continued by Public Safety, Public Health and village mayors.

Daily inspections of water sources con- . tinued as one of the Safe Drinking Water Program requirements. Water samples were Total Employees 9 analyzed for both biological and chemical Local 9 parameters. Sanitary survey of all drinking Basic Operation Budget (Federal Grant Funded) sources and monitoring sites identification were completed during the fiscal year. In in conjunction with EPA, the Environmental 1he Water Pollution Control Program American Samoa continued in FY '77, funded Quality Commission provided funding to hire a full-time supervisor for the waterlabora- by a $58,471 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and $15,000 in local tory and also to send one lab technician matching funds. The program included moni- to San Francisco for training in sampling toring, enforcement, public participation, and analytical monitoring. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimi- waste water permits, surveillance,administration, and planning functions. The terri- nation System permits for the two government tory also received a $56,000 grant fromEPA sewage treatment plants, and two tuna canneries, were reviewed, and compliance moni- for the Safe Drinking Water Supervision Pro- toring was carried out in conjunction with gram. The Environmental Quality Commission met the Environmental Protection Agency offioia34 regularly during the fiscal year to review The four-man Labor Patrol continued to progress on pollution controloriented acti- operate at a high level, issuing approxi- vities, and the waste water facilities mately $12,350 in citations during the fis- of cal year. There were no major oil spills. master plan developed by the Department damage Public Works. The commission staff took an Several minor spills occurred, but increased interest in overseeing the various was minimized through quick reaction and aspects of government operations to assure the cooperation of the local U.S. Coast their compliance with federal and local en- Guard unit. vironmental laws and principles. Late in FY 77, The Environmental Quality Village by village inspections continued Commission, in conjunction with the Office of Planning and Development, started work in an effort to identify environmental pro- (208) blems and those activities which were pollu- on the Waste Water Management Plan tion oriented. Meetings with village mayors for the Territory of American Samoa, as were scheduled to discussvillage problems required by the Environmental Protection and seek solutions through villagecouncils Agency.

42_ 40 The Outreach with Rare Books on Samoa program was an instant success, evidenced by the increased reezarch interest of the students. Additional books will be made available to all the schools in FY '78. An Art Coordination program also was established Total Employees 12 to assist the Department of Education in Local 8 Contract 4 development of an art curriculut in all ele- Basic Operation Budget (Federal Grant Funded) mentary and secondary schools. Additional emphasis was placed on identification of talented youths, and the council he American Samoa Arts Council was es- hopes to reinstate its fine arts scholar- tablished in 1970 by the Governor to promote ship program next year. The FY '77 effort and encourage the maintenance of Samoan na- was confined to assisting students in place- tive culture and art forms, improve and en- ments in colleges, universities and art in- courage awareness of the local environment, stitutions. Additional emphasis also was improve knowledge and awareness of art forms placed on environmental awareness among the non-Samoan in nature, encourage high artis- youth, with initiation of the Natural History tic standards, and encourage and promote and Environment Awareness program at the greater community participation. Museum. Several new programs were added in Fis- In the out-of-school programs, the Jean cal Year 1977, and community participation P. Haydon Museum received a facelift with had a remarkable increase through the estab- the dedication of its Art Gallery Wing and lishment of an Advisory Committee on Pro- completion of general maintenance work grams. The committee includes the three which included a complete resetting of ex- district governors, two representatives of hibit materials, installation of carpeting the Arts Council, and one public member. for noise control and a single unit air The district governors provided the avenue conditioner for the whole building. A for direct input from the grassroots level Samoan Pale was completed to serve as a in program development, implementation and classroom and all-purpose area for art and coordination. The council also had an op- cultural classes and exhibits. Additional portunity to demonstrate the territory's programs included tape making, weaving and overall cultural maintenance effort during carving classes on a regular basis. A direct the South Pacific Conference, which coin- result of emphasis on program planning and cided with the dedication of the new Art outreach was a fantastic increase in visi- Galley Wing of the museum, a Bicentennial tors, from approximately 12,000 in 1976 to project. 57,902 during FY '77. Approximately 60 per The Arts Council concentrated on pro- cent of the visitors were Samoan, the major- grams in two phases: directly related to ity of which were students. schools and out of school settings. The 1977 Arts Festival directly involved In the first phase, a "Looking Around about 2,000 participants. A total of 35 You" program during Christmas vacation in- youth and adult village groups were involved volved 567 high school students who volun- in the five-day event, which included a tarily signed up for lectures, demonstrations film festival, choral festival, rock fest- and field studies in Plants of Samoa, Pacif- ival and variety festival. The council ic History, Marine Biology, material Cul- also continued its support in staging all ture of Samoa, Ecology and Archaeology. cultural activities of the annual Flag Day The tapa making program in the high celebration, through the Office of Samoan school had room for more than 500 students Affairs. to learn this ancient art of Samoa. Their Approximately 500 youths from ages three first works were successfully exhibited at through 20 participated in the Summer Cul- Pago Pago International Airport. Another tural Maintenance and General Development 1,500 students completed one year in the program at the museum. Subjects included laufala weaving program, and their mats tapa making, weaving, carving, Samcan his- were displayed at the annual Arts Festival. tory, first aid and cardiopulmonary resuss- Another new program was the High School itation. All participants were issued cer- Speech Festival, directly involving more tificates, with special recognition accorded than 200 students with an outreach overall to exceptional participants. The annual of approximately 10,000 through television Christmas program at Lee Auditorium involv- and audience participation. All elementary ed the high school choruses and village students had an opportunity to spend one youth organizations in a demonstration of day at the Museum under a continuing daily the continuing singing development program. in-house cultural maintenance program which The Arts Council Choir continued to main- included informal lectures in Samoan history tain its image as one of the best vocal and culture, films, story telling and weav- groups in the Pacific. It held more than ing with coconut leaves. 100 performances and demonstrations during Efforts to encourage and promote liter- the year. The choir's international fame ary skills were initiated with the Student in the Pacific was increased with an invita- Literary Magazine publication program. Ex- tion from the Government of Tahiti to parti- tension of this effort is being planned to cipate in the Taupiti Nui o Tahiti Interna- include a literary festival and publication tional Cultural Festival in Papeete. of a comprehensive book on student writing on an annual basis. The council also began direct assistance to the high school choral music program by providing voice training and resource materials during the day.

or inactivity, or even retirement. In fact, all elderly people attribute their long- vity to the fact that they continue to participate in the routine of daily life. During FY '77., TAOA directed the activi- s of two major programs, handicraft and Total.Employees 155 nutrition. The program in handicraft devel- Local 155 opment was designed to encourage activity Basic Operation Budget (Federal Grant Funded) and interest in material culture by providing materials needed to show the skills of the elderly. These skills were of neces- he Office of Territorial Administra- sity in a time when few conveniences were tion on Aging is an autonomous agency with- available locally. in the Executive Branch, which provides the The program provides-added scope to the office with budget, procurement and house- value and position of the elderly in the keeping services. The Governor appoints the community and within Samoa custom during director, who represents the Governor in a period of strong confrontation with new those areas which relate to the well being ideas and values. It maintains cultural of older persons of American Samoa. heritages of the Samoans by allowing the TACIA administers the Older Americans elderly to work with the youth during pro- Act-funded programs, monitors and evaluates grammed periods of the day. This encourages programs affecting the elderly, and adminis- pride among the older population, which ters other programs as mandated by the feels it is contributing to society by Governor and federal government. passing on the arts and crafts of the cul- Compared to other parts of U.S., old age ture. in Samoa is highly recognized and revered. The nutrition program provides senior It begins at age 50, when men are referred citizens with a hot, nutritious meal in to as "toeaina" and women "lo'omatua or congregate settings along with other ser- "olomatua." From the age of 60 upwards, the vices. Anyone age 50 or over is eligible word "vaivai" (weak in body) is applied, to participate, and there is no charge for even if it does not Lecessarily describe the meal. The program operates five days the individual's physical condition. In a week at the Handicraft Center and other FY 176, about 8.5 per cent of American locations convenient to senior citizens. Samoa's population fell within the category The program is funded primarily through of 50 and older. Title VII of the Older Americans Act. The Even though the life span in srloa is federal funds are supplemented by state much shorter than that in the U.. old appropriations, on "in-kind" contributions, age is not considered a time for leispre such as facilities or equipment.

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MOM The Office of Samoan Information wishes to recognize and give special thanks to the following for their contributions to this publication:

Sue Clark, for tape designs.

Office of Tourism, for photographs located on pages 20, 26, 30, 33,34, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47. Television Station KVZK for the photograph on page 40.

Government of American Samoa Print Shop. APPENDIX

(AS DEPARTMENTS, [OFFICESand CORRESPONDING CHARTS

Page 50 Governors of American Samoa 51 GAS Commissions 452-54 Development Dank- 55-58 Department of Educ 59 Community College 59 Television Operations ,6068

...... Budget and Planrit . . ... _ ..... ''''' 69 Tax Ottie.? -70- 9 Economic Development Planning 60-82 Manpower Resouree!, -83 Communication,; 64-87 Port Administrattoi

.. .. - ...... -88-91 Public Worka---- .. -

. .. .. -92-93 Marine Resources-. 93-98 Public Safety

...... 99-103 Department of Heal ...... - . 104-106 Maps -

49 GOVERNORS OF ANERICNN SNNOA

VE NGRS UNITED STATES NAVE 1900 -Nov.27,1901 _Commander B. R. rr11ey Feb.17, 16,1902 Captain U. Sebree Nov.27,1901 Dec. May 5, 1904 Lt. Cmdr. B. Kiftett (Acting) Dec.16,1902 - May 5,1904 Jan.30,1905 Commander E. B. Underwood May 1908 Commander C. B.T. Moors Jan.30,1905 21, May 21,1908 Nov.10,1910 Captain John F. Parker 1913 Commander W. K. Gross Nov.10,1910 Mar.14, July14,1914 Lieutenant N. W. Post Mar.14,1913 July14,1914 Oct. 2, 1914 Commander O. B. Stearns 6, 1914 LieUtenant N. W. Post (Acting) Oct. 2,1914 Dec. Mar. 1, 1915 Lieutenant C. A. WOodruff (Acting) Dec. 6,1914 1,1915 June10,1919 Commander John M. Foyer 1920 Commander Warren J. Terhune (1) June10,1919 -Nov. 3, Nov.11,1920 Mar. 1,1922 Captain Waldo Evans 4,1923 Captain Edwin T. Pollock Mar. 1, 1922 Sep. Sep. 4, 1923- Mar.17,1925 Captain Edward S. Kellogg Sop- 1927 Captain Henry F. Bryan Mar.17,1925 9. 2, 1929 Captain Stephen V. Graham Sep. 9,1927- Aug_ Aug. 2,1929 Apr. 3.1931 Captain Gatewood B. Lincoln 22,1931 Commander James S. Spore Apr. 4,1931 Apr. July17,1931 Lt. Cmdr. Arthur Emerson (Acting) Apr.23,1931 July18,1931 July 8. 1932 Captain Gatewood B. Lincoln Apr.10,1934 Captain George S. Landergerber July 8e1932 Lt. Cmdr. T. C. Latimore (Acting) Apr.11,1934- Apr.13,1934 Captain Otto Dowling Apr.14,1934- Jan.15,1936 Lt. Cmdr. T. B. Fitzpatrick (Acting) Jan.15,1936- Jan-20,1936 Captain MacGillvray Milne Jan.20,1936 June 3, 1938 Captain Edward Hanson June be1938 July30,1940 Lt. Cmdr. J. R. Wallace (Acting) July31,1940 Aug. 8.1940 Captain Lawrence Wild Aug. 9,1940- June 5,1942 Captain John G. Moyer June 6,1942- Feb. 8,1944 Captain Allen Hobbs Feb. 8,1944 Jan.27.1945 Captain Ralph W. Hungerfo d Jan.27,1945 Sep. 3. 1945 Commander Samuel W. Cana Ac Sep. 3,1945 Sep.10.1945 Captain Harold A. Houser Sep. 10,1945- Apr.22,1947 Captain Vernon Houser Apr.22,1947 June15,1949 Captain Thomas F. Darden July 7,1949 Feb.23,1951 CIVIL GOVERNORS Governor Phelps Phelps Feb.23,1951- June20,1952 25, Governor John C. Elliott July16'1952- Nov. 1952 Governor James Arthur Ewing Nov.28,'952- Mar. 4,1953 Governor Lawrence M. Judd Mar. 4, 1953 Aug. 5,1953 Governor Richard B. Lowe Oct. 1,1953- Oct.15,1956 Governor Peter Tali Coleman (2) Oct.15,1956 May 24,1951 Governor H. Rex Lee May 24,1961 JuIV31,1967 GOvernor Owen S. Aspinall Aug. 1,1967 July31.1)69 Governor John M. Hayden Aug. 1, 1969- Oct.15,1974 - Feb. 1975 Lt. Gov. Frank C. Mockler (Acting) Oct.15,1974 6, Fob. 6,1975- Sep.30,1976 Governor Earl B. Ruth 27,1977 Governor Frank Barnett Oct. 1,1976 May Governor H. Rex Lee May 28,1977

1 - Died in Office 2 - First appointed Samoan governor

50 GOVERNMENT OF AMERICAN SAMOACOMMISSIONS

BOXING COMMISSION CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION CHILD ABUSE COMMISSION COMMERCE COMMISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION HISTORICAL COMMISSION INDUSTRIAL PARK COMMISSION LAND COMMISSION SPORTS COMMISSION WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION GOVERNMENT OF AMERICAN SAMOA BOARDSAND COMMITTEES

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COaTROL BOARD BOARD OF APPRAISERS ARTS & HUMANITIES COMMITTEE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE BINGO BOARD CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW BOARD CONTRACTORS LICENSING BOARD COPRA FUND BOARD SUPERVISORY BOARD CRIMI'.V .JUSTICE PLANNING AGENCY DEVELOPMENT BANK BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ELDERLYPROGRAMS ENERGY CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD TERRITORIAL HEALTH COORDINATINGCOUNCIL HEALTH SERVICES REGULATORY5071-0 HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD IMMIGRATION BOARD INSURANCE SAFETY COUNCIL LAND & SITE USE COMMITTEE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LIBRARY SERVICES MANPOWER SERVICE COUNCIL BOARD OF MARINE INSPECTORS MARINE RAILWAY BOARD MARKET ADVISORY BOARD BOARD OF MUSEUM TRUSTEES PARK & RECREATION CONTROL BOARD BOARD OF PAROLE PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD GENERAL PROPERTY SURVEY BOARD BOARD OF REGENTS BOARD OF REGISTRATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR RETIREMENTACT SALARY AND WAGE COMMITTEE

51 DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FUND (Administered by the Development Bank cf American Samoa)

Balance Sheet

Ass June 30 1976

Cash $ 121,633 $ 17,201 Time certificate of deposit 100,000 Interest receivable on securities 129 Loan$ receivable Loan balances 3,498,777 3,137,712 Interest receivable on loans 80,605 52,873 ,579,382 3,190,585 Less allowance for doubtful lea _357,000 297,000 3,222,382 044,015 $3,010,915 Ce ,Liabilities and Fund Balance

Advance from Development Bank of American Samoa, 5 1/8% $ 200,000 - 1,602 Deposits - Accrued expense 4,981 6,700 204,981 3,302

Fund balance Appropriation from the Government of 2,500,000 the United States 2,500,000 Retained earnings 639,034 502,613 3,139,034 3,002,613

,344,015 $3,010,915

SOURCES neveloPment Bank of American Samoa

52 IMIWI MIME MIMI I R1/11111110IMINIMIN10111111011111 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF AMERICAN SAMOA

Statement of Income For Years Ended I Dune_ 30 N 1977 1976

Revenue Interest Loans $108,717 $109,471 Certificates of deposit 5,332 162 58,603 59,050 II Government securities Development Housing Fund advance 2,233 III Rentals and interest - Lumaha'i building_ 130,504 127,460 Service charge - Development Housing Fund 54,000 37,500 II 560 5,206 -.. Recoveries on loans Loan guarantee fees 1,864 160 li 3,679 Other income 1,765 I 342,688

Expenses Salaries and related expenses 83,918 84,337 Rental expense - Lumana'i building 103,533 85,205 Administration expenses 26,344 21,949 4,596 - Depreciation 4,161 _60,000 5 ,475 wo. i rcvisicn for loan to o 277,97 258,562

Income before recovery on coi 85,602 84,126

Recovery on commitments in American 17,910 Samoan Development Corporation 97,(500 $102,036 Net income $182,602

rIran Sanwa SOURCE: Development Bank of :o.;

DEVELIT HOUSING FUND (Adminietered by the D.,eiopment Bankof American Samoa) Earnings I atement of Income and Retained For Years Ended 0 176 U 1977 Revenue Interest $212, 670 Loans $230,591 Time certificates of deposit 1,946 6,028 24,294 16,565 Other income Recovery of loss on low incomehousing project 4,150

Operating expenses 37,500 Administrative fees 54,000 3,912 5,200 Auditing fees 2,233 Interest expen$e 265 94 Other expenses 60,000 Provision for loan loss 60,000 120,410 102,794

Net income 136,421 136,619

Retained earnings, beginning 502,613 365,994

Retained earnings, ending 8639,034 $602,613

SOURCE: Development Bank of American Samoa 111 IIMMUM1111111 a-I 11111011111 WWI LIM MU II La MA MOH ti 59 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF AMERICAN SAMOA

Balance Sheet

Assets

June 0

1977 1976

Cash on hand and in banks $ 148,316 $ 120,795 Time Certificates of deposit 175,000 225,000 Advance to Development Housing Fund, 5-1/8% 200,000 United States Government Securities 800,683 779,799 Accrues interest on time certificates, advance and Securities 16,810 18,515 Loans receivable (including accrued interest), less allowance for doubtful loans, $258,000 in 1977 and $198,000 in 1976 1,333,854 1,399,095 Tenant and other receivables 23,689 Prepaid expenses 4,878 7,132 Advance and investment 97,000 102,000 2,79 55 2,696,025

Property and equipment 1,11Mariati Building 583,516 583,516 Air conditioning system 169,243 152,296 Furniture and equipment 20,078 18,588 Office space alterations 5,719 5,719 778,556 760,119 Less accumulated depreciation 111,512 84,553 667,044 675,566 ,457,399 371,591

Liabilities and Corporate Equity

Liabilities Accounts payable $ 7,703 7,784 Accrued and withheld payroll taxes 1,704 1,417 Accrued expenses 6,200 6,200 Guarantee of American Samoan Development Corporation loan 125,000 140,607 3,134,190 Corp a equity 6,792 $3,457,399 $3,371,5

SOURCE: Development Bank of American Samoa

54 EDUCATION AD MIT I'STRATIVB AKDOWN PY 1975 1976 FY 1977

EMENTARY DIVISION 6,030 5,961* 5,622 25 Enrollment 27 26 Schools Supervisors 3 Samoan 0 Non-Samoan Principals 29 cipals and Assistant 38 29 0 0 Samoan 0 Non-Samoan 243 248 278 22.1 Regular Classroom Teachers 20.1 24.1 Student,oTeacher Ratio 748 $2,044,000 $2,064,000 0 $367 Total GAS Budget 334 $347 Average Cost Fer Student 11 11 9 64 Teachers with MA Degrees 40 20 Teachers with BA/BS Degrees 148 132 181 25 Teachers with AA Degrees 97 31 Teachers with less thanAA Degrees per student isless 72 *Snrcllment figure (5,889)used to compute cost Special Education studentsin resource rooms.

SECONDARY DIVISION 2,034 2,105 2,144 4 Enrollment 4 4 4 5-hools 4 4 4 incipals 4 4 5 Assistant Principals 4 6 Counselors 78 Classroom Teachers 64 78 Samoan 34 34 52 $967.500 Von-Samos $863,500 $997,000 Total GAS Budget 19.1 19.1 17.5 11 Student - Teacher Radio 17 11 54 Teachers with MA Degrees 55 55 39 Teachers with BA/BS Degrees 32 38 8 Teachers with AA Degrees 12 8 Teachers with less thanAA Degrees

SOURCE: DEPABTMENT OFEDUCATION

5 4 6 Assistant Principals 4 Counselors 78 Classroom Teachers 64 78 34 Samoan 52 34 Nen-Samoan $997,000 $967,500 $563,500 19.1 Total GAS Budget 17.5 19.1 $451 Student-TeaCher Patio $424 $474 11 Average Cost Per Student 17 11 54 Teachers with MA Degrees 55 55 Teachers with BA/BS Degrees 38 39 32 8 Teachers with AA Degrees 12 8 Teachers with lessthan AA Degrees

SOURCE; DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION

55 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROFILE

FE 76 FE 77

Administrators& Supervisors Samoan 61 Non-Samoan 7 Teachers Samoan 467 520 Non'--Samoan 83 95 Clerks Samoan 35 37 Non-Samoan Support Samoan 162 166 Non-Samoan 2 2

Total 817 890

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

ry 76 FY 77

PRE-SCHOOL(ECE) Public Males 980 972 Females 936 988 Private Total 1,916 1,960

ELEMENTARY (Grades 1-8) Public Males 3,200 2,976 Fe:Ales 2,689 2,646 Private 1,457 1,226 'Meal 7,346 6,818 SECONDARY Public Males 1,098 1,185 Females 1,007 959 Private 398 426 Total 2,503 2,570

TOTAL ENROLLMENT (Public) 9,910 9,726 TOTAL. ENROLLMENT (Private) 1,855 1,652 (*) Datc Unavailable

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

56 SCHOLARSHIP PROOR M DEPA F EDUCATION Fy 77

MIX FEMALE TOTAL 118 students 63 55 number of scholarship 26 18 44 First year scholarshipStudents 13 25 students 12 Second year scholarship 9 5 14 Third year scholarshipstudents and cent nuing Fourth year scholarship 17 18 35 students FIELDS OF STUDY MALE FEMALE TOTAL

8 12 20 BuSiness 9 8 17 Education 11 0 11 Engineering 3 0 Arts 3 2 S Law 5 3 a Science 0 15 15 Nursing 2 7 15 8 Medicine 6 2 Political Science 1 0 1 Medical Lab Technician 1 0 1 Communications Technician 8 6 14 Undecided 63 55 118 TOTAL

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION..'

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 1977

1960 ENROLLMENT 135 NUMBER OF CENTERS 149 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONTEACHERS 13 NUMBER OF SUPERVISORS 13.7 STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO $329,975 TOTAL BUDGET $168.00 AVERAGE COST PER STUDENT

ECE PERSONNEL EDUCATIONBAC_GROUND

BA Degree

AA Degree 21 High School Diploma orequivalent( ED 141. Less than HighSchool Diploma

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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SPECIAL EDUCATION OLLMENT AND PERSONNEL

ENROLLMENT Deaf Class, Tutuila 12 Deaf Class, Manua 6 Severely Handicapped 15 Special Secondary Vocational 35 Special Elementary 30 Resource Rooms 72 SPecil PrO-Sehool 10 TOTAL 180

PERSONNEL Teacher Trainers 7 Teaching Positions 29 Social Worker 1 Assessment Personnel 2 Administrative Personnel 6 Support Personnel 2 Student-teacher ratio varied for eachprogram. Severely handicapped need a one-to-oneand at most a one-to-threerelationship because of the extreme severity of thedisability. Othar programs operated on anywherefrom a one-to- ratio to a one-to-15 ratio.

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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T OP EDUCATION FISCAL, YEAR1977 INCOME

AMOUNT R CENT OF TOTAL

LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS 185,900 2.4 DEPARTMENT OE INTERIOR GRANT-IN-AID 5,171,800 66.1 FEDERAL GRANT 2,465,923 31,5

TOTAL EDUCATION BUDGET $7,823.623 100per Cent

PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE (Excluding federalgrants) $541.40

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

58 IMMOMM.MMMOMMOmM. M 0,'- m mOMMW.MWMMMwMWMftMmmMmmMmMMWMOM.WMMM.MmmmmMOmmmm.mMmm ENROLLMENT BREAKDOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Full Time Students 920 893 361 494 324 Part Time Students 443 441 166 395 Special Students* 25

Males 407 366 429 410 1 a Females o On GI Bill 114 139 1.322 105 116 o 201 o Business Students 244 o Teacher Ed Students 236 174 83 1 General Ed Students 155 1 111 22 1 Voc-Trades Students o 35 56 Police Sci. Students $ Library Tech Students 11 13 60 1 Nursing Students 34 0 26 o Pre-Allied Health Sci, 10 o 84 1 Others 1 71 t Graduates o o o o High School juniors arid ser.:.ors taking courses atA5CC, prior til o a Spring of 1976, were classified as Part TimeStudents. o o o 1 1 certificates. 1 o ** 89 received AA degrees and 11 received 1 a o 1 s o SOURCE: AMERICAN SAMOA COMMUNITY COLLEGE o o a mmftwwmmmmmmmwmmj .- ...... - .. mmmmmmmwmmwmammmommw. mmmmm

jpolutuolooll Itol onll'IIItimouo miloottootort000loomoonoomuoulooholcomoniroloululooluiuthoploolimisloolomilloolooe ffl VZK n_PERAmIoNAL DATA FOR P ISCA YEAR 1977 Average number of instructionaltelevision lessens produced per month: 27

Approximate number ofITV lessons broad to the schools: 540

Average number rot commu-rnit_ytelevision proT a produced per month: 45

Number of hours of syndicated andnetwork programs broadcast: 7,234 Total hours transmitted (threechannels 793 SOURCE: OFFICE OF TELEVISIONPPFRYPIOZJS um"'

59 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF LOCALAPPROPRIABLE REVENUES BY FISCAL YEAR 41i

As of September 30, 1977(in thousandsof dollars)

FY 73 FY 74 FY 75 FY 76(*)FY 77

TAXES AND DUTIES 2,597 1,936 Corporate Income Taxes 7,290 9,498 3,683 1,896 5,240 Tnelividual Income Taxes 1,936 3,440 3,286 1,310 1,325 2,279 Excise Taxes 1,549 1,194 5,818 9,455 SUB-TOTAL 10,775 14,132 7,281 LICENSES, PERMITS AND FINES 140 147 Licenses 121 130 130 27 44 39 94 73 Court Tees and Fines 62 2 Travel Permits 12 12 16 185 296 222 SUB-TOTAL 160 186

INTEREST AND RENTAL INCOME 3 20 Interest on Deposits 131 316 85 282 260 542 Rents and Leases 291 267 367 263 562 SUB-TOTAL 422 583 SERVICE CHARGES Agricultural inspections & Sales 39 14 30 10 1 135 128 192 235 257 Hospital & Nursing 13 10 Pharmacy Sales 11 10 8 30 31 22 0 0 Hospital Cafeterlal Sales 155 94 Water Service Cbarge0 18 52 58 16 9 10 Aerial Tramway Charges 15 16 531 489 687 619 696 D0OX & Harbor Charges 276 0 0 0 90 Water Transportation Charges 73 0 0 0 295 Construction .5ervie Charges 425 0 0 0 93 Vehicle Service Charges 94 0 0 0 11 Printing Service Charges 619 767 llaneOus Charges 112 -527 227 1,240 2,149 2,703 UB-TOTAL 891 1,267 SURPLUS FROM COMMERCIAL/ INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS Mk 159 328 L: fluor Sto7 Sales 61 44 0 Marin Railway 0 Electric UtLiLj 166 U 0 0 CommunicaticuE 0 Ot4er Revolvinq Fund surplus 122 0 C) 438 309 TOTAL 400 203 328 12,648 16,371 9,401 8,964 13,251 GRAND TOT. , the12 (*) Figures include the threemonth transitional period added to 1975 to September 30, 1976) month fiscal year ( July 1, The accuracy of some figures in the"Taxes and Duties" portion of the sto chart is currently under ntua'y by the InternalAudit Office. *********** 66 60 FISCAL YEAR 1977 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTPROGRAM (Department of Interior & Local Funds) DoI LOCAL TOTAL BUDGET REVENUE ESTIMATE AUTHORITY APPROPRIATION

EDUCATION & CULTURE Multi - Purpose Facility- Classrooms, Dining Area 218,000 Kitchen 218,000 -0- Playcourts - Elementary 21,000 Schools 21,000 -0- 90,000 -0- School Bus 90,000 cols 75,000 -0- 75,000 Band Instruments - Hi 10,000 Instructional TV Sets 10,000 -0- ToileL & ShowQr Facilities 280,100 280,000 280,000 High Schools -0- 103,000 Community Library 103,000

HEALTH Water System Improvements 1,888,000 43,000 & Repairs 1,931,000 50,000 50,000 -0- Sewer System Improvements 50,000 -0- Solid Waste Equipment 50,000 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION POWER Reads Construction, Repa 987,000 1,157,000 & Improvements 2,144,000 Electrical Power System 1,500,000 1,500,000 -0- Improvements -0- 162,000 Port Improvements 162,000

ERAL GOVERNMENT 300,000 -0- 300,000 Conference Conner 40,000 Rehabilitation of Lee Auditorium40,000 -0- Housing Renovation & 200,000 -0- 200,000 Furnishings Replacement -0- 280,000 Construction Equipment 280,000 60,000 Building 60,000 -0- New TV Transmitter -0- 30,000 New Legal Affairs'Office 30,000

PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Protection System - -0- 75,000 Central AdministrationBuilding 75,000 43,000 -0- 43,000 Sidewalks -0- 20,000 Street Lights 20,000 Relocation of Fuel Lines Under Conference Center 20,000 57 000 TOTALS 7,702,

SOURCE: OFFICE OF Ph, , AND Eir-DC-X'

61 *44,016.R.f.E**41.100B,4,44.4.3 .4 444f*f I .. #41 **** faf flogr...,.. *Pee s0 f.e***4

FY 1977 Federal Grants to the Government of American Samoa (Exclusive of Local Match - Cash & In-kind)

FY '77 GAS Department or Office U.S. Department and Authorizing Legislation Purnose of Grant Award (Grant Red. ient) (Name of Grant)

OPERATIONS:

Dept. of Education Department of Health, Education 4 Welfare Office of Education Elementary & secondary Educ, Act, Title I Assistance for educationally deprived 408,500

ii ", Title IV Innovative projects 319,500

", Title IV, University of Hawaii Teacher training 30,959

", Title VII Bilingual/bicultural education 216,500

Emergency School Aid Act, Title VII Assistance for educationally disadvantaged 367,835

Library Services & Contr. Act, Title 1 Library services 46,000 10,000. " , Title III Inter-library cooperation

Education of the Handi- capped Act, Part B Handicapped school programs 180,508

Vocational Educ. Act, Title I, Part B Secondary vocational education 35,894 Education Professions Development Act Teacher training vocational education 201256

Office of Child Development Econ. Opportunity Act Section 243 (Head Start) Preparation of pre-school children 108,575

Department of Agricul ture Food & Nutrition Service National School Lunch Act School Lunch & breakfast programs 1,416,749

SUB-TOTAL 3,161,276

Office of Teltvisiop Operations Corporationfor

Ii Public Broadcasting Public Broadcasting Community service TV Act programs 3530559

Board of Eigher Education Department of Health, Education & Welfare Office of Education Higher Education Ac.,.1: Title I ComMunity services & continuing education 24/729: 100,000: HEA, Title I Basic instructional develop. 31930: REA, Title II College library resources REA, Title IV Basic educational opportunity 27,093; grants 93,654: REA, Title IV Student financial aid 31,90: HEA, Title IV Special services (disadvantaged) Demonstration program in HEAP Title IV cooperation education 2,332:

Veterans' cost of instruction 4,239: REA, Title X Post-secondary education HEA, Title XII planning 30,144:

Vocational Educ, Act Vocational educ. in Community College 391656: in Community College 123 695: Adult Basic Educ. Art Adult educ

471,450: SUB-TOTALS

Advisory Council on Vocational Education Department of Health, Education & Welfare Vocaticnal Education Act Evaluati on 0i vo0ational Office of Educ. 50/000: odcation programs

National Foundation on Arts Council Arts & the Humanities

National EndowmInt for the Arts rational Foundation on the Arts 4 Humanitio Act Operaticof museum & Arts Council 131,170

Dept: of Health (Medical Dept, of Health, Services) Education & Welfare Public Health Service Public Health Services Health planning & develop. 50,338 Act, Title XV

Public Health Services 275,569 Act, Title II/ Public health operations

it H II Mental health operations . 60,000

Social Security Act, Maternal & childhealth Title V, Bee. 503 172,800 services

C. 504 Crippled children's services _21i.221 SUB-TOTALS 609,707

Administration on Aging Department of loalth, Education & Welfare Administr4tion on Aging Oldor American Act, Title III & IV Promotion of native 0611s $ crafts, and nutrition program 872,174 Territorial Energy Office Federal Energy Administration Energy Policy & Conservation Act State energy conservation program 40,110

Office of Manpower Resources Dept. of Labor Manpower Admill, Compronhensive Employment Training Job training for disadvantaged & summer youth 1,514,796

Anti-Recession Fiscal Assistance Act Job training 44,671

bureau of Local Statistics Occupational Safety & Health Act . Ongoing occupational injury statistics programs 8,218

Civil $Wrico CommiqAon Intergovernmental Per. sonnel Act Improvement of personnel 4L317-

SUD-TOIAL 1,572,000

Qovernor's Office Environmennl Pto- teotion Agency Water Pollution Control Act Water pollution control program 115,271

Criminal Justice Planning AgenOy Dept, of dustico Law Enforcomont Assistance Admin. Omnibus Crime Control & Safe Streets Act Law enforcement planning 190,029 I It Law enforcement action programs atiAl -523-,-00T0

TOTAL FY 1977 OPERATING GRANTS 9,122,550

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 73

Dept, of Public WOrXs Dept: of Commone A 72 EconoMic Develop ent Administration Local Public Works Develop. and investment Act Airport terminal expansion 1,779,300

Public works Economic Development Act Ma water reservoir 36, 000

Dept, of Transporta- tion Federal Righway 672,400 Admin. Federal '67,4:ay Act Road construction

Federal iati n Admin. Airporr and Airways Development Act Airport runway over- lay 3,4E1,400 Airport apron extension 450 000

M. Coast Cuord Special cra4t Ta'u small boat harbor 12,000 43,030 edotol Energy Admin. Energy Conservation Act Solar Water heaters

Dept. of Ocfonse Army Corps of 303,000 Emineers Flood Control Act Sewall construction Small Nuiption Projects' Act Ta u small boat harbor 2,000,000

FAIvironmotal Protection

1,251,460 ,4 Agoncy Water Pollution Contral Act Sewer _onstruction

Board of RighEf Pencation Dent. of Commerce uonomic Development AdmOistration Local Public Works and Investment Act Community College expansion 3,922,725

Criminal Just?. Flnninq Agency Dot, of Ju$tice Law Enforcement Assist- ance Adwhistration Omnibus Crime Control & Safe Streets Act RoModeling of Youth office 35,999: New correction facility 299,475:.

TOTAL FY 1U7 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS 14.596.785: TOTAL FY 1977 FEDERAL GRANTS 21.121,347:

74 oloamedre

FROG DISTRIBUTION S MARY, FISCALYEAR 1.977.(As a a 1977)

a FY 1977 PER CENT CHANGE OPERATIONS: AMOUNT FROM. FY 1976

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR $ 438,500 +10% JUDICIARY 384,500 +161 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4,786,500 N.A. 0 OFFICE OF TELEVISION OPERATIONS 571,000 N.A. BOARD.OF NIGHER EDUCATION 607,000 13% DEPARTMENT OF MEALTR (Medical Services) 4,015,500 +101 0 DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 135,000 -59% OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 50,000 N.A. a OFFICE OF TOURISM 112,500 +78% 0 OFFICE OF MARINE RESOURCES 75,000 N.A. DEPARTMENT OF PORT ADMINISTRATION 722,000 +128% 0 LOCAL JUDICIAL 67,000 +11% LEGISLATURE 764,000 +171 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 1,467,000 +145 OFFICE OF PLANNING S BUDGET 135,000 +15% a OFFICE OP MATERIAL MANAGEMENT 613,500 +52% 9 0 0 OFFICE OF MANPOWER RESOURCES 371,000 + 0 PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE 36,000 -291 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 4,656,500 +37% DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS 352,500 + 6% 0 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 437,000 +151 AUDIT OFFICE 137,500 3% 0 OFFICE OF SAMOAN INFORMATION 96,000 0 935,000 OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 0 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 7,702,000 It a GRANT MATCH FUNDS 2,228,500 -32t a SPECIAL PROGRAMS 357,000 +43%

TOTALS 32,454,000 +5..111

NOTE: Does not include federal grants ether than DOI Grant -in -Aid. S 0 SOURCE: OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET a a

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R(in thousncls of dollars) COMPARATIVE ST'Et4ENT OFRECEIPTS}31 FISCAL As ofSept. 30, 1977

FT '74 FY '75 FY 176 (*) FY '77 FY 173 1 16,695 11,142(1) 5,563 9,582 LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS 9,836 1 798 DIRECT CONGRESSIONAL 556 647 942 APPROPRIATIONS 520 t DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 29,615 22,074 14,510 13,444 14,203 GRANT -IN -AID 13,547 23,721 5,545 6,981 5,567 OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS 49,667 56,175 30,411 37,676 31,559 SUB-TOTAL 1 RECEIPTS BY GAS OF AMERICAN SAMOA 1 1 INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL 6,007 6,142 6,206 OPERATIONS (2) 3,510 5,996 1 43,672 37,566 55,809 62,381 TOTAL: ALL SOURCES 3,921 transitional poriod to t ular 12 rnonth 1 (*) Figures includethe three month ( July 1, 1975 toSeptember 30, 1 fiscal year oriclina1 estimates 1 (1) Adjusted for reductionsin local revenues from tic ns estimated levels of internal -a 3of OAS approp (2) Does not include from GAS Commercial/Industrial operations. 1 or grant fundsFor services purchased 1 SOURCE: PLANNING AID BUDGET OFFICE 1

1 FISCAL YEAR 1977 ENTERPRISE ANDSPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS

SURPLUS/ ACTIVITY REV EXPENDITURES (Deficit)

Marine Railway (1) 1,196,285 1,134,174 62,111 Airport (1) 649,975 620,641 29,334 Electric Utility (1) 3,661,672(3) 3,337,588 324,084 Communications (1) 1,293,536(4) 1,167,664 125,872 Public Market (1) 62,094 50,18 11,936 Liquor Store (1) 687,041 377,827 309,216(5) Driver Training (2) 40,bn 7,349 33,323 Road Maintenance (2) 271,146 135,002 136,143

TOTALS 2,422 6,830,403 1,032,019

(1) Enterprise Fund (2) Special Revenue Fund (3) Includes GAS revenues of $1,135,118 (4) Includes GAS revenues of $212,139 (5) Appropriable revenue

SOURCE: OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET

FISCAL YEAR 1977 SPECIAL PROGRAMS

LOCAL PRO AFPROPRIATIO Claims & Damages Fund 8100,000

Small Village Project Fund 50,000

Maintenance of Ofu Airport 12,000

Gubernatorial Commission

South Pacific Commission Conference 60,000 Governor's Contingency Fund 75,000

TOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS $357,000

SOURCE: OFFICE OF PLANNING & BUDGET AR 1ERICAN SAMOABY FISCA TAX REVENUEGOVERNMENT OF --- (in thousands ofdollars)

TOTAL COLLECTIONS1 QR 1Y 77 Indiv1dLIa 51,935 54.240 Corporate : Net Income Tax Revenue $7,176

$12,938

226

$9,498 $7 176

$5,971 57,291) 54,493 *$3,655 * 5,240 * 51,996 ,440* /597* 266 936 11111 936* 111 111

FY 1975 197 977 FY 1973 FY 74

Individual IncomeTagil. (Cash)* Corporate Income Tax Withheld (Non - cash) Payrolls-Income Tax n oeriod. Includes GAS include the threeont4 Iran NOTE -(+) Figures do not Corp $711; Indi- Figures for transitionperiod Include vdual $610; Total$1,321, OF AMERICAN SAMOA SOURCE: TAX OFFICE, GOVERNMENT -...... $.mug..10

NUMBER OFI4 USEROLDS IN AMERICAN SAMOA

OF HOUSEHOLDS

6,000 ebruary 19 77 1111 Sample Census 5,50 ember 1974 Census

5,000

4,500

4,00

3,500

3,000

2,500 2,608

2,00 9 0 19 4 197

SOURCE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFFICE

...... Lwow

ZR OF ERICAN S A

N 1. OF PERSONS

a I a 7.4* a 7.6 6.9 7.0+ . .0" ..

February 1977 10% Sample Census + September 1974 Census

19.0 975 19

SOURCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFFICE ......

70 MINIMUM WAGE FATES FOR AMERICAN SAMOA UNDER FAIR LABOR STANDARD ACT

INi USTRIES 1974 1975 1975 1977 Fish Eanning & Froce g 1.66 Can Manufecturint 1.35 1.42 1.54 1.44 1.57 1 70 512121-1-(3n 1 7 1.64 1.70 e xoleur m2L1sLI.119 7 1.44

Construction 1.15 1.20 1.35 .45 1.20 1.25 ticnip & Ech on .00 1.05 1,15 Hotel 1.00 1..05 1.10 Retailing, Warehousing Wholesalin 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.40 0.95 1.00 1.00 .00 Lailnar6------1291------Ii"__ Bottling & Dal Products 1.10 1.15 1.20 25

Printin3 & Publish n- 1.6 1.22 1.30 1.40

Finance & Insurance 1.27 1.34 1.45 1.

cellaneous 1.05 1.05 1.10 1.15

Tour & Travel Service 1.45 5

SOURCE: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 0 FICE _

CrNi' DiTRIBT_ITION EY AGE FOR ANER1cAN SA,loA PoPULATION: 1',74& 1277

PERCENT OF POPULATION

22-

20-

LE it

1 2

1 tz_qtrf",-:ovm

1111, 01111111111)11 1 7

CP1 ta, AGE n In LO 1 I I I 1- GROUP cm LI-, m fl m m If, CD n 1.0 tri Cl C (-1 rq .1- LI in no

SOURCE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFFICE

(1) 79 (FY1976) PERCENT DISTRIBUTIONOF TOTAL EXPORTS

CANNED CASES 89.75%

Y 1.1B%

FRESH FISH 0.72%

FISH MEAL 0.50%

ARK

EAT CND. KEG BEEF0.09%

MISCELLANEOUS 0.01%

SOURCE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFFICE

73 PER CAPITA & AVERAGE INCOME

FOR AMERICAN SAMOA

1975 1974 1973 26,804,237 23,449 219 Total Income Paid 24,539,233

30,100 * -19,190 28,574 Population .27 820.55 Per Capita Income 815.26 7,459 7,994 8,200 Employment 3,353.04 2,859.66 Average Income 3,289.88 4,170 4,082 Number of Households 4,318 5,744.54 Average Income per Household 5,683.10 6,427.87 6,817,390 Income Paid in Private Sector 6,143,094 7,293,819 1,910.17 Average Income Private 1,498.32 1,778,98 16,530,829 Income Paid Government 18,396,139 19,510,418 4,253.41 Average Income Government 5,476.67 5,023.28

Estimated population Seven persons per ho ehold PLANNING OFFICE SOURCE: ECONQMIC DEVELOPMENT

-,. OF 2SONS

31,000-

30,000

29,000- 1977 10% SAMPLE CENSUS Males - 15,260 29,190 28,000 Females - 15,340

27,000 27,159 26,000

25,000

24,000

23,000

22,000

21,000

1970 1974+. 1975 1977 1980

* February 1977 10% Sample Census September 1974 Census

SOURCE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFFICE

74 .1_,N3DHad nounsuusla JO 1V10,1, S.LHOdWI Ad) (9&(T -.12,--;jj-"-

nos DIWONOD2 1N3Wd013A20 ONINNVid 3D1.40 POPULATION BY AGE & SZ_A, FISCAL YEAR1977 PERCEPT OF POPULATION

45-49

FT1 LE,S

FEMALES

SOURCE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFF'CE

76 7,r.t.WW0T

R'PELATION BY AE h SEX AND AIL;. nTWREN 17)..74 1977 PERCENTOF POPATION _ -,-- --r 1- T -- i-1- --T _,___ ,- 1 ; i- --r-i tt t' I ri_ --__L__-_47 -1 --_- -.--;- , 8 '-- i AGE q 5 3 2 1T.6 11 2 3 4 56 -J 1111 75 & 1 I ERNI ain_lp - 74 _= _i___ F =.=_L__ 1 II '. ii, 65 --69 -LL 1- 1--- I-- i - Il ____ 1 IIlom _i_ _ , r__, _ ±' J I II 4- MINI L 1_ i -r- MI _ 1_. .____ A - -1-__I _ 1 I______II 1- i", 41 111 11t ----,---- 0 - 44 IR 4,- lill _ Man _ _ _ Mil II35 - 39 L -4 I i [NE-' --- IRU

11111 30 - 34 MI 111111111

. - 29 Tk_ ,--J--I tA t , II __L IL a20- 24 Iii: I ll IIII MU15 - 19 ::- La '-...?: 141111 4. 5 - 9 tnen- _- IT; I ,J- ..r.,-' NM NUM .- . II ail Iii 11111111__

FEMALE INCREASE

MALE DECREASE

SnUP.Cr. ECONOMIC DEVEnomENT PLANNING OFFICE

77 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

All Items Food Housing Cloning Transportation Miscellaneou: BASE pERIOD Cost IndexCost Index Cost Index Cost Inde Cost IndexCost Inde

1974

March 1 759.05 100 100.25 100 517.23 100 114.71_ 100 933.19 )00 ' .7 vi June 1727 .23 98 91.24 91 529.74 102 111.95 98 905,08 97 89.22 95 Se.tember 1,745.46 99 103. ,9 103 514.61 99 112,80 98 924.17 99 90.76 97 December 1 604.45 103 106.39 106 507.34 98 119.39 104 970 104 101.10108

1975 March 195301 112 111.86 112 541.89 105 121.92 1061080,42 116 04 2 14 une 2 028.86 115713.08 113 556.40 108_128.31 1121120.83 120 110.24-----118 Jgtember 2 021,66 115 114.71 114 575.86 111 128.5 1121088.75 117 113.78 121_ December 1 933.02 110 115.34 115 541.89 105 131.38 115103542 111 108.9 116

1975 March 2 000.82 114 115.24 115 602.77 117 135.35 118 1035.42 111 112.04 120 June ?_L031.49 115 113.82 114 616.34 119 136,50 1191046,78 112 118 05 126 Se tember 2 079.48 118 114.74 114 629.55 119 139,06 1211074.41 115 121.72 134 December 2 127.47 121 115.66 115 642.76 124 141.62 12310W04 118 125.39 134

1977 March 2 250.92 128 117.39 117 621.12 120 137.29 1201246.20 134 128,92 138 June 2 379.35 135 120.21 120 644.90 125 139,52 _1221 344.90 144 129.0 139 Seitemter 2 385.92 136 121.42 121 641.44 124 140 35 1221352.77 145 129. 94_1

MACE: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING QiIICE 19 I 1111911111111191111111 411 I lig Imml mmu m Immulmmumm mmrt... m mII MINI III IIII I I III MI II II HUIIII II II UM

MINI MIN II 1 II HISFAIIIII ol 2111151111M I NH IINVIIIII OPMAlui Im I I , -4 1%111111k ir MIOL411 _ Ii,- MINI I I tri 1gl 11 11111 1511!4 A I II 11111111111kr MOM.II IN WARIM 11110IIPPT MO% Bill _z I I UliI Now 111 -L CAREER SERVICE RECRUITMENT SECTI ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FY 1977 1 FY '76 FY '77

552 624 POSITIONS VACANCIES 70 OFF-ISLAND CORRE:,'ONDENCE/INQUIRIES REGARDINGEMPLOYMENT 50 200 216 GAS ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTEREt 128 235 POSITION ADVERTIflED NUMBER OF APnICANTS SUBMITTED TO HIREINGAGENCY FOR INTERVIEW 1,400 1,660 NUUBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED 460 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PROCESSED FOREMPLOYMENT

OF MANPOWER RESOURCES SOURCE: PERSONNEL OPERATION DIVISION/DEPARTMENT ...... 7.-ft.

CLASSIFICATION BRANCH ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FY 1977

FY 176 FY '77

NEW POSITION DESCRITPTTONS COMPLETED 259 370 POSITION DESCRIPTIONS REVISED 102 655 POSITION AUDITED 288 315 RECRUITMENT ADS COMPOSED 419 645

POSITIONS RECLASSIFIED 132 250 QUALIFYING RANKING FOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST APPLICANTS 600 880

PERSONNEL ACTION REVIEWS/APPROVED 648 950 SCREENING COMMITTEES 530

SOURCE: PERSONNEL OPERATIONS DIVISION/DEPARTMENT OF MANPOWER RESOURCES ...... C.ONTROL SECTtON TIVITY REPORT FOR FT 1977

FY 177

POSITION REQUESTS AND PROCESSED 15,708 CERTIFICATION REQUESTS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED 1,416 PERSONNEL ACTIONS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED 14,556

OFFICE VISITS SEEKING INFORMATION 495

TELEPHONE INQUIRIES 2,500

SOUCESt PERSONNEL MERIT-IONS DIVISTON/DEPARTM:Wr OF o1ANPOWER RESOURCES -w..wffQw-~1wmsw.mftol~omnkA MAMEW nammtimmimmmimmommmmisommommaimustinialmimimignimummegtmimum,

TA TITLES DI FISCAL YEAR 1977 I U 111 I TITLE I (Total Grant $287,520) Participants Enrollment 244 Participants Transferred to unsob _dizad employment 40

ResignatiOn* 70 TITLE II (Total Grant $262,120)

Participants Enrollment 314 I Transferred to uns idivQd orli l= =m nt 27 150 a R ignation* I TITLE VI M (r. :4C 80,7) Participant s Enrolimt 490

Transferred Enrollment 38

Resignation* 50

*Joined the :7;ervic or :aigrd to

11 SOUPCE: DEr fl)

I EMPLOYMENT DATA FORCOVERNMENT OP AMERICAN SAMOA

I FY 197- FY 1976 PY 1977

CONTRACT EMPLOYEES 178 161 187 I LOCAL HIRE EMPLOYEES 3 ,107 (*) (') 3,742(e ) M I TOTAL 3,265 3,293 3,929 M O I eludes special 01) (316) (1,035) I CONTRACT EMPLOYEES BY NATIONALITY FY 1975 FY 1976 FY 1977

AMERICAN SAMOAN 4 11 12 U.S CIT'ZEN 168 137 167

8 OTHER a:, 13

I T& )LS 178 161 187

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF MANP01 R RESOURCES I :1.11 1111E11111 f>

pn CONTRACT RECRUITMENTOFFICE "',._;PORT

Personnel Action Requ received 47 43 Positions advertised Applications to Hiring Agencies 734 In-processing of new hires 96

Interviews conducted 11

Form-Letter correspondence 3,122

Miscellaneous correspondence 127 Cables, Telex Overseas Telephone calls 117

Contract Renewals 27 56 Terminations

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF MANPOWER RESOURCES

RECORDS 111

ACTIVITY REPORT FOR 1977 FY '76 '77 50 PERSONNEL. ACTIONS RECEIV70 -39 PERSONNEL ACTIONS PREPARED 713 ,41 4 LETTERS OP ADVERSE ACTION 3,500 NUMBER OF ?ERFORMANCE EVALUATIONPROCES SI,D 9,500 NUMBERS OF DOCUMENT-, FILED INOPP 10,000 9,350 UP-DATE SERVICE RECORD CARDS 2,632 750 OFFICE TELEPHONE INQUIRIES 720 51 OVERSEAS REQUESTS FOR EMPLOYME' VERIFIC

SOURCES: PERSONNEL OPERATIONSD/VISION 7PARTMENT OF MANPOt ER RESOURCES

ft -q ft ft ft -a a ftti 444444444IT 444 ft -a 3 APPENDIX COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC SUMWXY AND OUTPUT DATA

OVERSEAS TELEGRAM SERVICE 1972 1973 1974 1973 1976 1977

Number of messages handled: Revenue traffic...... 35,358 38,085 44,308 46,372 48,419 54,277 Non-rvIvenue traffic 13,428 12,940 12,511 13,311 13,673 15,405 Total 4:8;78-6 51,1Y-25 '57,-S19 59,?,10 (TT7-(787 Number Jf words handled Revenue tiiffic 910,246 970,570 1,309,736 1,753,602 1,398,425 1,428,047 Non-v-venue traffic 877,4t)1 9,10,940 920,479 892,406 974,789 1,029,110 Total 1,787,707 1,911T'.74 2,130,215 2,156,008 2,373,1-5 2,577,157

TELEX SERVICE

Number of calls 2,659 5,800 8,465 10,919 . 11,315 13,200 Number of minutes 13,134 23,045 35,909 49,204 50,650 61,788 Number of subscribers 15 17 20 22 24 25

OVERSEAS TELEPHONE SERVICE

Number of completed calls 75,314 40,201 56,14- 59.699 61,545 70,712 Number of minzites 159,209 217,210 343,1 365,056 337,819 45L,q10

LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE

3,616 Telephon :tions in service 2,184 2,513 Ti, 04 3,262 Miles of te':oohone cables in pineo 51.9 76.0 107.0 126.0 130.0 140.0

SOURCE: Z:7.=NICPTIONS OFFICE

1 4 . ..*.,...... 440m.4..r. . . ..

O0r ARISON FISCAL YEAS{ and FISCAL YEAR 1977

FY '76 FY '77

ITEMS OUANTITIES_ QUANTITIES

Ammunition 202,600rounds 201,000rounds Bananas 255,665lbs. 344,440lbs. Beer 704,610gals 439,762gals Biscuits 223,486lbs. 147,607lbs. Butter, fresh 262,449lbs. 288,296lbs. Candies 315,330lbs. 385,392lbs. Cheese, fresh 43,197lbs. 52,724lbs. Cement 1,907tons 1,855tons Chicken 180,536lbs. 100,886tons cigars 402boxes 3,314boxes Cigarettes 119,372boxes 136,686boxes Cloth 682,185yds. 436,069yds. Coffee 149,590lbs. 170,998lbs. Eggs, fresh 118,813doz. 112,247doz. Fish, canned 1,445,267lbs. 2,248,464lbs. Fish, frozen 1,121,267lbs. 737,951lbs. Flour 2,481,150 %"",. 2,002,194lbs. suit, canned 251,062 .?1' 246,874lbs. ruit, fresh 690,35:' 429,318lbs. --it .juices 17,486:. 20,650gals. Gasoline, aviation 278,432gal. 433,404gals. Gasoline, Motor 4,015,,,15gals, 2,486,886gals. Lumber 1,386,524bf. 3,136,67bf. Meats,, canned 1,277,824lbs. 1,157,45rlbs. Meats, fresh 2,193,325lbs. 1,857,172lbs. Mutton 365,849lbs. 163,72lbs. Diesel Fuel 26,686,944gals. 28.595,534lbs. Fuel 15,369,17 ..,,l.s. 12,0'.7,320gals. Oil, lubricating 416,014gals. 362,170gals. Onions 330,165lbs. 231,080lbs. Pork, fresh 137,501lbs. 7'4,081lbs. -ice 3,179,632lbs. ':-:41.90Clbs. Potatoes, fresh 1,197,483lbs. 112,890lbs. Salt 458,295lbs. 571,072lbs. Shoes 81,644nrs. 127,495prs. lbs. 35jar 2,836,920lbs. 1,990,453 Tea 420967lbs. A.,671lbs. Tobacco 2,687lbs. 2,687 Vegetables, fresh 985,223lbs. 1,903,473lbs.

TOTAL IMPORTS: $50,69 6 0 $5 , 4 48 00

Covers 15-month transitional_ period to conform with new fiscal year dates(October 1 - September 30)

SOURCE: Department of Port Administration REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVI IMPORTSBY COUNTRY, PORT OF RAOtJGOy

COUNTRY Y 1975 FY TRANSITION Y 1977 5 Australia $ 1,347,132 83b,417 $ 284,822 1,818,087 New Zealand 1,922,116 2331i937 661,131 2,869,502 Fiji 657,346 745,54 250,167 875,751 Western Samoa 340,539 221,136 114;662 365,264 Japan 3,418,381 2,352,602 616,324 6,298,604 Great Britain 55,324 9,213 16,320 Canada 414,791 32,726 74,546 353,924 Germany 11,249 3,447 1,070 4,231 Korea 5,772 13,938 ;0 0 Hong Kong 497,633 3540581 119,840 454,566 Holland 10,500 , 2,022 0 0 Tonga 61,485 76,405 6,902 86,560 South Africa 74,440 ,O, 0 21,640 Singapore 65,783 13,713 133,153 Republic of China 58,303.! 29,289 22,987 108,753 Marshall Islands 150 0 0 0 Pakistan 29t05 483 1,181 0 France 41,392 '3,704 0 0 Demnark 14,950 0 0 0 Switzerland 1,551,530 Y,158,163 335,579 1,145,514

Italy . 5,404 0-- 0 0 Scotland 0 0 1,501 84,852 United States 39,265,880 29,739,5881 0 40,303,429 India 60;390 2,B47' 10;232,239 Phili _nes 0 0 0 896 Total Imports b37, 154 4,9 1717UTF

SOURCE: PORT ADMINISTRATION

LAJULLUSJULLULLCULLIt._ _a {PORTS DY ITEM or mutt, YEAR, PORT OF PAGOPAGC1 FY1975 FY1976* FY1977

QUANTITY VALUE QUANTITY VALUE CCM QUANTITY VALUE nu 2,723,506 cs. $48,633,789 2,727,254 es. $58,244,373 2,013,774 cs. $73,098,222 2,413,768 490,303 cs. 4,589,905 rt Food 710,811 cs. 2,338,019 455,793 cs. :wen Fish 410 tons 184,456 1.,180 tong 464,390 74,591 34,204 lbs. 93,600 lark Fin 109 tone 104,832 11 tons 4,121,600 lbs. 280,763 Lsh Meal 825 tons 72,12n 2,156 tons 322,159 Itches 4,273,675 2,542,416 766,721 )welry, Curios 425,864 woe 0 28,390 lbs. 5,841 10,414 lbs. 13 3talwork 0 58,375 68,200 lbs. ,051 ets, Canned, Prose ilea 0 133,964 esh Fish 443,022 lbs. 10,138 Lagers

TOTALS 033,5 92,749

[neludos three south transition period from o SepteMber 30, 1976.

)URCE: PORT ADMINISTRATION

------_ VESSELS ENTERING PACO PACO HARBOR BY FICA', YEAR FY 1977 TYPE OF VESSEL FY 1975 FY 1976(*)

ENTERED CLEARED EN'TEREN CLEARED ENTERED CLEARED

21 18 18 Ships 26 26 21

Government Vessels 22 23 13 14

109 109 Freighters 125 126 135 135

15 12 12 Tankers 13 15

282 285 255 307 Fishing Vessels (1) 23B 422

221 221 Local Vessels 235 235 258 258

16 16 Other Vessels 12 18 17

128 112 Yachts 87 76 130 122

TOTAL, 754 333 872 867

(1) Fishing veJsels returning from fishing grounds without havingtouched foregin ports are not recorded as entries. 0) Figures include the three month transition period as well the regular fiscal yearThis represents a 15 month period.(July 1, 1979 to September

PORT ADMINSTRATION -1===== . M ...... MINIMM-04====1555====$$$5 === . ======moisill010= I RAW PAW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT STATISTICS BY FISCAL YEAR

I I FY 1976 TRANSITION 1977 I I I 6,616 2,716 11,992 I TOTAL NUMBER OF LANDINGS

I PASSENGERS DEPLANING 67,732 19,266 77,610

I PASSENGERS ENPLANING 70,397 19,779 91,920 I I 1,469,525 lbs. 6,225 lbs. 3,222,572 lbS1 I OUTBOUND AIR.FREIGHT I 6,131,563 1b04 I INBOUND ATRFREIGHT ',6917),877 ih,,;. 1,163,018 1bAo I SOURCE: PORT ADMINISTRATION =la ======NO_

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TERRIT T' L )\BMTNIGT TION 01d AGING

FUNDS

Title III - Eedo r si Shares $62,500 Title III - Laca1 Shares 21,000 TOTAL $111-,J00 Title IV - Fedorl Shares $10,000 Title IV - LoeaI 0 TOTAL $110-IrCRO

Title VIII Pedeal Shar $507,724 Title VIII - Loca:1 Shares 57,000 TOTAL 64

GRAND TOTAL 24

SOURCE TAOA

87 977 JECTS UNDER CONTRACT t ITil V FISCAL YEAR

VALLJE FIRM PROJECTS Aua-Afono Consultant for Plans S 226,122 Parsons, Brinkerhoff :eta Assoc. and Specifications( con't) Afono-Vatia Consultant Contract 153,964 Parsons, Brinkerhoff Plans and Specifications (con't) & Ilirota Assoc. Cornell NOWland Hayes Waste Water Facilites Plan (con't) 183,300 & Merryfield, Inc. Groundwater Dev., Inc. FY 74, FY 75, Well Frilling Prograrn 409,000 (con't) Airport Pavement ENaulation, Phase II 243,500 Army Corps of Engineers (con't) Austin-Tsutsumi Assoc. Design (3) Road Project (can't) 142,181

Construct FY 75 Water Transmission 475,000 Kong Yung Constr. Co. System Samoa Constr. Co. Construct aga'alu Beach Park, Phase IT 26,740 & Amanavo Village Park (con' Groundwater Dov., Inc. Modernize Field Lighting, Vault & 68,930 Control System at Airport (can't)

Construct Top Mile Section 1st Stage 1,588,990 J.J. Welcome Constr. Co. (can't) Construct Poloa Seawall (con't) 110,500 Army Corps of Engineers

Construet Fagasa Pass to Alava 225,000 U.S. Army Support Pioneer Road (con't) Command Groundwater Dev., Inc. Construct (3)8" Wells (con't) 69,525 F & L Associates Extend Culverts 20,497 Construct Access Road to Ana R_ it 9,000 J.J. Welcome Constr. CO.

Construct Motor Control Centersfor 20,140 Lent's Inc. Pump Stations Construct Pago Pago & Faga'alu PuMP 74,690 Groundwater Dev., Inc. Stations Construct Conference Center 246,330 Samoa Constr. Co.

Construct '76 Water Transrri:,sion System 227,777 J.J. Welcome Constr. Co.

Construct Pava'ia'i Sidewalk 33,250 F & L Associates tr Provide D-9 at the Industrial Park 10,000 J.J. Welcome Con Co. Welcome Constr. Construct Driver ''raining Range 22,250 Roadway Surveying, Ta'u & Tutuila 50,000 Hawaii Planning, De- Sign & Research Construct Monument at Samoan High School 10,000 F & L Associates --ntinUed on next page)

00 Construct Airport Road Waterline 60,000 Welcome Con Co.

Construct Page Pago to Nu'uuli Shore 461,000 Army Corps Protection Engineers Install Solar Water Heaters 87,139 Pacific Raiders Construct Aoa, Afono & Vatia Seawalls 339,000 Army Corps of (con't) Engineers Drillings & Technical Supervision for 115,000 Army Corps of Wells & Foundations Investigations Engineers (con't) Construct Skid Mounted Pump Assemblies 96,079 Lent's Inc. (2) for Faga'alu & Pago Page Stations (don't) Rehabilitate Sewer Pump Stations Inter- 260,000 CH2M Inc. ceptors & Treatment Plans (con't)

trengthen Airport Runway (con' 3,488,000 Kong Yung Constr. Co. Improvements at Page Recreation Center 57,440 Samoa Constr. Co. (con't) Rehabilitate SaMoana High School Bldg. 15,000 F &L Constr. Co. 1,8" (con't)

Construct Gabians & Drainage Strct1.1es 8,350 Groundwater Bev., Inc. at the Pago Page Water Tank

Construct Fagatog_ Sidewalks 14,400 Samoa Constr. Co. Construct Learning Resource Center at 73,900 Groundwater Dev., Inc. A.S.C.C. Construct Tennis Court, Bathhouse and 44,290 Samoa Constr. Co. Picnic Shelter at Tafuna Recrea Center Construct Art Gallery Extension to the 75,000 F &L Associates Museum of American Samoa Provide Professional Services for 13,000 The Richardson Assoc. Design at A.S.C.C. Assoc. Design Pha of New Correcti 21,610 Jan H. Kiser Facilities Assoc. Design Remodeling Police Station 15,670 Jan H. Kiser Design Gymnasium for A.S.C.C. 15,000 Jan H. Kiser & Assoc. Design Multi-Purpose Building for 21,000 Jan H_ Riser & Assoc. Manulele Elementary School

Fumigate G.A.S. Housing 4,000 Pago Page Termite & Pest Control

The Richardson Assoc. DesignHullo A.S.C.C. 130,400 Reconstruct Page Pago Park 26,450 F &L Associates Football Field Groundwater Disinfection S u- 8,350 CH2-11111 Inc. 8,850 U.S. Geological Survey Fy 77 Investigationof Water Resources

(Continued on next page) Dockside Design Of Talu Harbor. 12,000 A y Corps of E ineers

Modify Second r of the High Court 10,000 F &L Associates

Sitework at A.S.CC. 47,480 Groundwater Dev , Inc.

Surveys for Waterl: 25,000 & S Surveyors

Construct W3terli.nes at Malaelo and 9,986 Samoa Constr. CO, A.S.C.C.

Construct Read TER -S -106(5) junction 537,777 ..J. Welcome Constr. with Route 11 to Fag 'itua' Co.

Construct Litulet Sidewalk 8,700 Samoa Constr. CO,

Evaluate Runway 8/26 27,000 Woodward & Clyde Consultants

Provide Assistance to Corp of 7,500 Groundwater Dev., Inc. Engineers Well Drilling Program Rehabilitate Leo Auditorium 69,600 Fuimaono-Atoa,

Design Airport Improvements 93,800 The Richardson Assoc. Construct Generator Platform at Tafuna 29,800 Samoa Constr. Co,

Paint the Exterior of the Tafuna 13,718 Fuimaono-Atoa, Inc. Power House Two-In-One Painting c Painting of Satala Power House 2,500

Build Addition tcthe Satala Power House 19,000 Samoa constr. Co.

ti Survey Atu'u-Leloaloa Water Line 5,835 South Seas Surveying

Remodel the Police Station 150,000 South Seas Center. co. Construct Phase I, Tafuna Correctional South Seas Constr. Co. Facility 169,600 Repair Roofs on Various Buildings 6,2 6 Moors Agencies TOTAL $11,418,646

SOURCE.: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

90 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORICS CAPITALIMPROVEMENTPRO !TS FISCAL YEAR 1977

Cost Pic.eram Area

Water System improvements: $2,348,000 2,140,000 Sewer Construction Electrical Power System Improvements 1,500,000 2,496,000 Roads Harbor & Dock Facili 2,4'13,000

Airport Improvements 6,125,000 606,000 Seawalls 4,421,000 Ed on 525,000 Public Health &sa -

Central GGtjernmen t _O 000 TOTAL $22,911,000

50ORCE: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

FLECTRIC UTILITY 0TV1STON STATTSTP78, T-_ YEAR 1977

Sources,. ef KWH Sold

Posidontial Salo 14,224,087 $ 1,031,482.59

ComMeroial 26,374,974 1,991,051.43

Large Power Sales 19,432,993_ 1,375.,310.12 TOTAL 60,032,054 4,297,844.14

Gross KWH Generato 61,963,700

Station Service Use -1,771,286

WI! Generated 60,192,414

Sales KWH 60,032,054

Unaccounted KWH 160,360

Loss (per cent) 3.1%

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC WORKS/UTILITYDIVISION

91 -.W. .M.vml .wa..m. ..% .V... .j,vw. .Ap% ~ wok. .r., 4.71,1% mAjL. .d...... A.

LOC DINGB OF FISH (in tons )FY 1977

125

100

50 29 25

974 1975 1976 1977

SOURCE: MARINE RESOURCES

BOAT TRIP PLED BYARINE RESOURCES FY 1977

900

800

700

600

500

400 390

300 317 Canner? 200 Loco 1 100

1973 1974 9

SOURCE: MARINE RESOURCES

.trw. .JKLm XINw 4IR.

92 COMt4ERCIAb U BOATS AND FISHERMEN IN LOCAL

BOATS 0

150 30 125 25 100 20 75

SO 10 25 5 41

0 1977 1973 7 97 1976 boats BOATS * (*) Number of local commerical (**) Number of local fishermen EISBERM 1%1.....

SOURCE: MARINE RESOURCES

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN AS 977

200 193 At 172 175 164 ,.,

150 144 143

125

100

25 Commercial Buses Taxis Cargo Vehicles 19 7 1971 974 9 6

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

93 NPMB.ER OFGOVERNMENT OF

450

400

350

300

250

7 FY 76 FI 77

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF P0 LIC SAFETY

TOTAL NUN MOTOR VERICL A _RICAN S A BY F FISCALCAL YEAR clude to au _m c m e ial bG s, k/ Vehicle overnment of -erica, Samoa vehiClea.)

3,500

,250

3,000 3,003 2,750

2,500

2,250

2,000

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAPETY

94 ftibeeftfttft****.~4*~*1 *ft vat Ism ma iftti to* WO ft* ftm *10ft ft wi*

PRIVATE AUTOM Bi IN AMERICAN SkM0A AS oJULY 1,19y7

3,000 2,763

2,500 2,399

394 2,000 2,377 2,270

1,500

1,000

500

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

NOTE - Figures do L tool _c Government of n Samoa vehicles.

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT or PUBLIC SAFETY .0

HARBOR PATROL

MONTH NUMBER OFBOATS FINES OCTOBER 76 13 $1,000.00

NOVEMBER 76 23 2,050.00

DECEMBER 16 1,040.00

JANUARY 77 15 1,350.00

FEBRUARY 77 it 860.00

MARCH 77 22 1,900.00 APRIL 77 15 1,500.00

KAY 77 9 900.00

JUNE 77 2 200.00

JULY 77 4 400.00

AUGUST 77 5 450.00

SEPTEMBER 77 B 700.00

TOTAL 143 $12,350.00

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY L__ ------= s- - -= 95 FIRE EP TrmENT

0 T NOV DEC JAN FEB RC A Y JUNE riesSEPT iists 2 7 4 2 5 4 7 5 4 4 4

;cue R 5 4 11 5 4 8 9 7 5 3 1

:eca 11 Response 9 4 4 7 5 3 2 3 2 1 6 8 ;pee tion (hrs) 130 160 120 50 40 5 5 6 0 52 60 40 2440 :e Patrol (h 145 130 130 100 60 6 0 5 0 50 40 40 1610 Lining(lire) 130 60 55 35 30 45 56 60 117 45 SO40 :Or WO gels) 3 0006000 20 00 4 900 2 000 1000 300(1 2000

'VOTED FDANAGE

LES ;idetial $1080 $100$200$150 $4 0 $2490 09 40 $350 imercial 2000 1000 .us trial 1800 50 6 950515 0 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TMENTorPUBLIC SAFETY JUVLNIEU DIVISION

COUNSELED PART 1 -°`A E[] PROSECUTED PENDING

Assault 2

.Threat

cpurglary 26 1 Larcen.

.TOTAL 43

Part 11

Simple. 4 1 A&D

Stolen Property:

Weapons-:. decent ExposUre

Malicious= Mischief

Runaway 1 2

,_Truancy- 2

Littler 2

--TOTAL TOTALPART Due to the, rise in the number of Juvenile PART II 60 offenders, a Juvenile DiiSiOn was started in 7 .itibt GRMO.TOTAL' 123- April 1972, There are 4 police officers as signed to this task, using LEAA funds for training and equipment. IC SAFETY

I U ...... -.

KNOWN TO POLICE

FART ONE FY 75. FY 76* FY 77

Criminal Homicide 5 11 8 F©rceahle Rape 27 12 Robbery 5 10 94 132 165 193 242 221 :-Theft 174 277 252 L= Vehicle Theft 12 24 16

TOTAL 485 695 685

PART TWO OFFENSES

Other Assault 119 230 168 Arson 4 10 6 Forgery Counterfeit 0-. 19 9 Fraud '0 9 5 Stolen Property 0 0° 1 Vandalism 80 103 Weapons 20 27 Prostitution 0 4 1 Sex Offenses 0 0 40 Narcotics 0 5 6 Family & Children 0 3 4 DUI 130 142 8 Disorderly Conduct 275 400 413 All Other Offenses - 791 398 166 47 Juvenile__ * 13 35 TOTAL PAkT TWO 1,355 1,024 TOOJJ PART OA 485 695 665

GRAND TOTAL 1,874 2,050 1,709 Incl.udes throe month transition period. SOURCE: DEPARTMENTOFPUBLIC SAFETY

...... CAUSES OF DiBAH BY CALENDARYEAR 1973 1974 1975 1976 CAUSE 1972

Tuber'culpsi of Respiratory 0 1 0 1 0 System 1 2 4 Meningococcal Infections 0 0 Classifed All Other Diseases 7 2 as Infective orParasitic 0 5 Malignant Neoplasms, Including Neoplasms of Lymphatic and 16 12 12 Hematopoietic Tissues 13 Neoplasm 1 0 0 3enign and Unspecified 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2 2 0 0 Anaemias 0 Vascular Lesions Affecting 14 10 Central Nervous System 17 17 0 2 0 0 Non-Meningoeoccal Meningitis 3 1 Chronic Rheumatic HeartDisease 3 3 ArteriosclerOtic.and Degenerative 24 16 20 Heart Diseases 20 3 Other Diseases of the Heart 9 14 4 Hypertension with Heart Disease 0 3 5 2 Hypertension without Mention of 1 0 0 Heart Disease 5 4 4 Pneumonia 0 1 0 Bronchitis 0 3 4 Ulcer of Stomach andDuodenum 2 Gastritis, Duodeniti. ,Enteritis and Colitis, ExceptDiarrhea 0 7 0 0 of Newborn 0 0 0 Intestinal Obstruction andHernia 0 the Liver 1 0 Cirrhosis o 1 0 Nephritis and Nephritis 2 Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium 1 0 Congenital Malformations S 3 Birth Injuries, Postnatal 8 6 Asphyxia and Atelectasis 1 4 Infections of the Newborn 0 Other Diseases Peculiarto Early Infancy and Immaturity 10 11 Unqualified 11 Senility Without Mention of Psychosis, 111-defined 12 10 16 10 15 and Unknown Causes 22 21 17 (Residuals) 23 16 All Other DiseaseS 2 3 3 Motor Vehicle Accidents 7 7 2 7 19 10 All Other Accidents 1 Suicide and Self-InflictedInjury 5 2 5 5 2 0 Homicide 1 140 159 129 132 TOTAL 162

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

99 OUT- PATIENT VISITS, LYNDON B. JOH SoN TROPICAL hf DICAL CENTER, BY FISCALYEAR

SERVICES CY 1973 FY 1974 FY 1975 FY 1976 FY 1977

TOTAL (*) 110,171 106,891 116,138 114,733 102,844

GENERAL OUT- PATIENT 67,749 65,835 74,968 66,464 58,495 6,965 6,302 5,262 542 9,532 7,045 5,934 6,001 851 7,097 16,209 16,397 16,083 5,851 15,734 12,203 12,442 11,884 12,960 11,986 4,460 4,664 9,083 8,890 6,701 521 612 657 722 553 7,222 7,166 2,144 ,560 2,544

(*) Excluding Dental Clinic MEDICAL CENTER DISCHARGES BY F ISCAI, YEAR

SERVICES FY 1973 FY1974 FY1975 FY1976 FY 1977

TOTAL 4,286 4,028 4,655 5,020 4,865

SURGICAL 866 798 792 983 980 MEDICAL 1,066 1,031 1,406 1,563 1,395 PEDIATRIC 1,081 887 976 1,043 1,030 OB-OYN 1,226 1,277 1,443 1,390 1,435 COMM. DISEASE 47 35 38 41 25

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT CE HEALTH

vITAL. STATISTIC -.S.MEDICAL. SERVICES CALENDAR

1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

CRUDE DEATH RATE PER 4.5 4.4 1,000 POPULATION 5.8 4.9 5.5 NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE 9.8 PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS 18.6 12.2 12.9 13.7 FETAL MORTALITY RATIO 13.9 19.5 11.6 14.7 10.6 PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS 1,118 TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS 1,077 987 1,088 1,171 TOTAL DEATHS (Exclusive 134 132 of fetal deaths) 164 139 160 13 16 12 FETAL 'DEATHS 15 21 INFANT DEATHS (Under 27 22 one year of age) 36 26 IS

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

1_12 100 N 0 I NOTIFIABLE DISPASES 6Y CALENDAR YEAR 0 0 DISEASE 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 I I Amobiasis 0 0 1 0 2 Chickenpox. 83 31 G7 136 152 Dengue Fever 123 3 0 280 0 Dysentery Bacillary (Shigellosis) 1 U 0 1 1 I Encephalitis 0 3 0 1 0 Food Poisoning (F.ts, 2 8 2 0 0 Filariasis 49 33 21 0 Gonorrhea 42 47 54 42 86 Hepatitus, InfoOriouo 51 13 24 44 14 Hepatitue, Serurs 0 1 1 0 1 Infantile Diarrhea I (Hospital only; 130 120 119 126 132 influonalikc I1lase 12t687 ,121 745 15,139 ,959 (1) Leprosy, Leoro:na:-.ous 2 6 12 17 4 Leproyt TuLnrenleij 4 0 1 (--,17 11 MPasios Ruholla -=7 MenincatiO (ASOyl'.tiC; Meningecoccalt Pneu morocco.)arn1 Solmeoe 1 ra) 2 3 9 4 .3 Mumps 14 20 40 117 88 Pertussis 11 0 0 0 0 Rheumatic Fever 0 2 5 1 3 Road Traffic Injur 304 408 3Cr8 314 252 4 SaImonelloole 1 U 2 0 Trachoma 4 0 0 o 0 Tuberculosis (Polmona: 20 37 19 12 11 Tuberculosis (Other 1 3 1 1 1 (1) Clinical Dia-

I SOURCE: DEPARTMENT oFHtALTH EimmummialiminimummtamisimitainininimminimilmissiffaiiiistiousT

1111 111111 II II 1111111111 III u l I I 1111111111 II 11111111

TOP TEN CAUSES BEATH IN MIT A FOR CAL AR YEAR 197 111 111 CAUSE PERCENTAGE OF ALL DEATHS RANKING 111 al) 17.4 1 111 1. Trauma (accidental & intent/ 2. Cardiovascular bisase 15.9 a 3. Malignant Neoplasms. 10.6 3 is 4. Cerobrovascular Disease 6.3 4 Ill 5. Chronic Pulmonary Disease 3.2 5 III 6. Congenital Anomalies 3.8 6 7. meningiti,,; 3.0 7 111 8. Pneumonia 3.0 a 9 III 9.Diabetes. 3.0 OM 10. Other causes of perinatal :mortality 3.© 10 no SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

1111 11111

11111111111111111111111111,1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

101 11 4ftwo ilLMfg 410.0

t I INFANT MORTALITY I TH 1Y CALENDAR YEARt 1 .4

25 It I 20

I 10 4

1 uno 1 ate U.S. Rate

1912 19-36 SOURCE: DEPARTMENT or H OH j 4.. 4.. 4.. 4.. 4.. 4..

CALENDAR YEAR CRUD -TI I TG 000roPULAT%org_BV

i4. 7 Sa a Rate 5 U. Rate

5 9 6

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

isatkr wilyr ^ft/PNW+ 214 J.00.0.4.....0 0 . 1

1 C LENDAR YEAR 1 ROAD TRAFFIC ACCI I EATHS

800

700

600

500

400

inn

200

100

972 73 19 4 1975 7976

Outpat.lent Visitslogimmgmbm AccidentsMOOMEMMIR

Hospitalizationistgovereves Death

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OP HEALTH L-..-... . 0.00.000.0.00.0.0..00.0.0.0=00

DEATHSHy AGE & t ,_CALENDAR YEAR_1976 FEMALE AGE GROUP 00TH SEXES MALE B Under 1 22 14 3 1 1-4 4 2 3 --(_) 1 0 10-14 1 3 1 15-19 4 2 0 20-24 2 2 3 25-29 5 1 30-34 7 7 6 1 35-39 1 40-44 3 2 1 1 45-49 2 7 4 50-54 11 5 1 55-59 6 B 2 60-64 10 9 0 1 65-69 6 70-74 14 11 5 6 75-79 0 2 2 80-84 5 2 85+ 7 0 0 UNKNOWN 0 TOTAL 132 90 42

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALT

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