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LIST of PERSONS to whom PILOT LICENSES have been granted since 1st July, 1865.

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Name. Place. Date of Issue. Thomas Cross John Atto Scott Lancelot Holmes John Gibson ... Thomas Coulson William G. Cellum .Alexander Reid Toha Rahurahu NeilMcGill ... Poveaux Straits Port of Wellington Ditto Port of New Plymouth ... Port of Grey mouth Port of Napier Sumner Bar and Heathcote Wairoa, Hawke's Hay Hokitika, West Coast 29th September, 1805. 29th November, 1865. 4th December, 1865. 18th December, 1865. L6th December, 1805. 18th December, 1805. 19th January, 1866. 9th February, 1800. 18th April, 1866. Marine Board Office, AVellington, Chas. Sharp. 1st June, 1866. President Marine Board. Statement of Light Dues collected at the Ports of \"i:\v Zealand from the 1st July, 1865, to the 31st March, 1866. Ports. Amount. Remarks. Auckland Wellington Lyttelton Otago Nelson Bluff Harbour Invercargill Riverton Picton Havelock Akaroa Tiinaru Wanganui ... £ s. d. 1,112 0 11 053 16 10 884 7 5 1,102 12 0 710 9 3 319 10 5 35 2 6 5 11 9 94 17 3 7 15 4 25 2 10 2 4 8 25 1 4 i "} Light dues, collected from the 5th August, > 1805, when Dog Island Light was first ex- ) hibited. £5,308 12 (i Amount collected during nine months. Marine Board Office, Wellington, Chas. Sharp, 1st June, 1866. President Marine Board. Statement of Expenditure incurred on account of Marine Board Department, including Maintenance of Lighthouses and Survey of Steam Vessels, from 1st July, 1865, to 31st March, 1800. Salaries of Officers, including Inspector of Steamers and Engineer Surveyor. Salaries of Lightkeepers. Cost of Oil for Lighthouses. Freight, &c, on Oil. Sundry Bopairs to Lighthouses. Tnivi'lling Expenses for Officers of Contingencies. l!o;u-d, and Surveyors of Steam Vessels. Total. £ s. d. £ 1693 s. d. 6 8 £ 726 s. d. 0 0 £ 190 s. d. 7 0| £ 132 s. d. 9 10 I I £ s. d. 1 71 17 6' £ • s. d. 219 15 10 £ 4162 s. d. 0 10 1078 10 0 Remarks. —The officers at present receiving salary, are the President and Master Warden, and two Engineer Surveyors, who also act as Inspectors. Warden and Inspector Robertson resigned on the 30th November, 1865, and Warden and Inspector Kennedy has been employed on special-service, in command of Government steam vessel " St. Kilda," from the same date. The travelling expenses are almost wholly incurred by officers on survey duty, the ports from which steam vessels ply having to be visited for that purpose every three months. Cn.uiLEs Sharp, Marine Board Office, Wellington, President Marine Board. 25th June, 1866.