aand RES cCeen alieneted “OrkKS @na reserves. save to t216 tovernment for nec The indizerncus innacitints om by traditional tenure over 7/9ths of tne lana in the .erritory. and some :amoans own or lease cther land cy laurcpeén. types “ae Large areas cf lance recently 2: ulred oy the Government of janoe sre already ceing surveved crior to wy of tenure. cteing opened u» for use cy Samoans. Consiiéeractle areas of samoan land not at ctresent cultivetsd i72 cacrac:le of new 2ealand reparation states 14s rat vsgue. vhe oF is cleariy made subject to temporary sarefutras and conditions waich are considered necesstry, until sucn time as Samoe is self-governing, in order to evcid tco dangerous cover 2nd resconsicility. I nave oO a divorce beteen stat = S ¢'> = gs '@lready referred to the estiolishment of 2 lccal advisory nd t 2 retdinvy fa ze of negoti- ations. I fear that the distiaguisned recresentitive of the Soviet Union in saying that tne ~dministering auttiority should spend the £509,035 reserve of tas Government shows that he has hare failed to trasp coth the constitutional position and che roliticel reality. This woney can be appropriéted orly by the -egislative . assembly of the Territory - the ..ssemcsly which votes virtually all sup oly end vasses virtually 211 legislation despite the ‘lack of no ers” from which one or two distinguished members of this Counci] think it suffers. 8 far as the £200, 00 accumulated srofits orf the New Zealand Reparation ‘states are concerned the administering authority has undertaken to srend this cniy after consultation with the case means the Cerritoriel “overnmcnt nic. in this -xecutive Cstuncil. ana ¢v2. in this case the local ~ssemoly could ocject to any creprosed exrenditure 9001034 if it “ished to.