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EEPOET OF MAKINE DEPARTMENT

DESCRIPTIVE RETURN of the LIGHTHOUSES on the Coasts of New Zealand.

RETURN of the AMOUNT received for PILOTAGE, PORT CHARGES, &c. (being Provincial Revenue) at the various Ports of New Zealand during the Financial Year, 1869-70.

Name of Lighthouse. Order of Revolving or Fixed. Colour of Light. Tower Lijihl Keepers' Dwellings Built of Total Apparatus. Built of Prime Cost. Tiri Tiri Farewell Spit ... 2nd order Dioptric Fixed ... Revolving White White, with red arc over Spit end White, with red arc to mark anchorage White Iron Timber ... Timber £ s. d. 5,747 7 3 6,131) 11 8 11 >> jj j) Nelson 4th „ Fixod ... Iron Iron, in same building as tower Timber 2,821 8 !) Mana Island Pencarrow Head. Cape Campbell... GodleyUead ... Tairoa Head ... Nugget Point ... Dog Island 2nd „ „ )) II I) M ••• Revolving Fixed ... JJ ••■ )) ,, Timber ... Stone ... 1» ••• Stone 5,513 0 1 6,422 0 4 5,619 2 6 4,705 16 4 4,923 14 11 6,534 3 11 10,480 12 8 3rd „ „ 1st „ „ „ Holopbotal j, ii ... Revolving Red '.'.'. White )j ... )j ■•• jj ... Jl • ■• jj ••■ »i ••• Total... £5S,009 18 5

Name of Province and Port. Amount received for Pilotage. Amount received for Port Dues, &c. Totals. Auckland — Auckland Onehungn Tauntnga Kaipara ... Kussell ... jVCongonui Hokianga... ... ... £ s. d. 1,411 0 1 151 2 2 17 13 8 160 7 0 120 19 7 15 1 8 52 4 8 £ s. d. 667 2 10 110 !) 5 & s. d. 2,078 11 11 201 11 7 17 13 8 106 7 0 VIA 0 4 15 1 8 52 4 8 2"o 9 1,934 17 10 779 13 0 2,714 10 10 Taranaki — New Plymouth 52 3 0 52 3 0 Bowks'i Bay — Napier 281 15 10 73 4 9 335 0 7 Wellington — Wellington Wnmjanui 701 11 1 704 3 9 290 16 4 1,052 7 5 704 3 9 1,405 14 10 290 16 4 1,750 11 2 Nelson— Nelson 719 10 0 19 2 5 738 12 5 Marlborough — Nil. Canterlnri/ — Ljtlclton... 1,224 6 1 491 12 7 1,715 18 8 Otago— Dunrdin... Oamaru ... 2,033 1 8 505 19 0 25 5 4 2,539 0 8 25 5 4 2,033 1 8 531 4 4 2,504 6 0 Southland — Bluff Invercargill Kiverton 10 4 41 11 2 28 3 0 58 16 5 27 10 9 0 5 0 458 6 9 69 4 11 23 8 0 Counhj of Westlayid — Efokitika ... Okarita ... 469 7 6 86 12 2 555 19 8 107 10 4 2 12 0 107 10 4 2 12 0 110 2 4 110 2 4 Total 8,290 19 1 2,272 5 7 10,503 4 8