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G.—No. 6.

RETURN showing the Cost of Maintenance of the NEW ZEALAND LIGHTHOUSES during the Financial Year 1869-70.

RETURN showing the Cost of Maintenance of the NEW ZEALAND LIGHTHOUSES during the Financial Year 1870-1.

RETURN showing the Total Cost of the LIGHTHOUSES recently erected on the Coasts of New Zealand.

REPORT OE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

Name of Lighthouse. Repairs and Stores of a Permanent Nature. Oil and other Annual Supplies and Contingencies. Keepers' Salaries. Total Expenses for the Year. Tiri Tiri Nelson Mana Island ... Pencarrow Head G-odley Head... Tairoa Head ... Dog Island ... Farewell Spit... Nugget Point £ s. d. 0 7 0 0 15 0 £ s. d. 257 3 1 63 3 9 221 2 6 325 6 1 225 4 6 167 6 4 325 3 6 17 2 8 £ s. d. 350 0 0 180 0 0 340 0 0 340 0 0 350 0 0 343 15 0 471 3 8 65 0 0 116 3 2 £ s. d. 607 10 1 243 18 9 561 2 6 823 1 7 578 14 G 511 1 4 802 7 2 82 2 8 116 3 2 15715 6* 3 10 0 6*' o 0 Totals 168 7 6 1,601 12 5 2,556 1 10 4,326 1 9 * Includes cost of a new set of lamps.

Name of Lighthouse. Repairs and Stores of a Permanent Nature. Oil and other Annual Supplies and Contingencies. Keepers' Salaries. Total Expanses for the Year. Tiri Tiri Farewell Spit... Nelson Mana Island ... Penearrow Head Cape Campbell Godley Head... Toiroa Head ... Nugget Point Dog Island ... £ s. d. 10 16 2 28 11 4 19 0 3 6 7 6 770 5 9* 14 10 3 18 0 2 0 0 182 0 lit 12 19 4 £ s. d. 162 5 3 262 10 2 55 15 0 169 3 6 253 4 10 183 0 9 190 17 0 127 4 2 291 19 8 246 8 10 £ s. d. 350 0 0 346 13 4 180 0 0 319 6 7 340 0 0 333 8 11 341 17 8 320 0 0 364 19 3 433 17 6 £ s. d. 523 1 5 637 14 10 254 15 3 494 17 7 1,363 10 7 530 19 11 534 2 8 449 4 2 838 19 10 693 5 8 Totals ... 1,047 19 6 1,942 9 2 3,330 3 3 6,320 11 11 * Includes cost of new Iwellings for Keepers. Includes cost of repairs and improvements to landing place. ■oad, and oil store at

Name of Lighthouse. Cost of Lantern Apparatus and Glasses, Wicks, Tools, and other stores. Cost of Tower and Dwellings ana of approaches to the Lighthouse Stations. Wages &c, of Fitters, fitting up Lantern ana Apparatus. Hire of Steamer ana freight of Stores in the Colony. Salaries of Inspectors of Works. Survey of Site. Stores ana Sundries. Total costNugget Point £ a. a. 2,627 0 5 £ s. a., 3,201 6 2 £ s. a. 106 18 6 £ s. d. 43 4 0 £ s. a. 373 1 0 £ s. a. 125 5 0 £ s. d. 57 8 10 £ s. a. 6,534 3 11 Cape Campbell 2,239 16 9 2,262 5 10 209 11 8 350 2 11 323 16 2 243 9 2 5,619 2 6 Farewell Spit 2,267 7 8 2,597 10 0 232 3 4 377 9 11 340 12 2 324 8 7 6,139 11 8