REPORT OE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

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G.—No. 30.

RETURN of the Total Expenditure of the MARINE DEPARTMENT for the Financial Year 1871-72.

RETURN showing the Cost of Maintenance of the NEW ZEALAND LIGHTHOUSES during the Financial Year 1871-72.

RETURN of the AMOUNT COLLECTED during the Financial Year 1871-72, as FEES under the Steam Navigation Act, the Merchant Ships Officers' Examination Act, and for SALE of CHARTS, &c.

Vote 53. Details of Expenditure. Total Amount Expended. Total Amonnt Voted. Item. Nature of Expenditure. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to 18 19 20 21 Marine Engineer Inspector of Steamers and Nautical Assessor Inspector of Steamers and Engineer Surveyor Examiner of Masters and Mates in Navigation Clerk Local Inspectors of Steamers Expenses under " Enquiry into Wrecks Act, 1869 " Lightkeepers' Salaries ... Beacon on Flat Rock, Hauraki Gulf Repairs to Dog Island Tower Repairs to Lighthouses Additions to Houses ; Tools and other permanent Lighthouse Stores ... Lighthouse Contingencies—including the Payment of temporary Keepers, Freight, &c. Greneral Lighthouse Contingencies, Oil, &c. Lightkeepers' Travelling Expenses Departmental Travelling Expenses Local Officers' Travelling Expenses Departmental Contingencies C i i arts Buoys and Beacons £ s. d. £ s. d. 200 0 0 380 0 0 380 0 0 300 0 0 175 0 0 250 0 0 26 4 0 3,288 18 5 39 18 6 552 19 1 £ s. d. 200 0 0 380 0 0 380 0 0 300 0 0 175 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 3,690 0 0 500 0 0 750 0 0 76 8 1 320 7 5 313 2 6 487 11 1* 29 0 4 308 12 3 12 10 0 82 12 9 34 1 3 51 0 4 1,715 6 0 3,500 0 0 Totals '7,308 6 0 10,175 0 0 * In adi lition to this there is a liability of about £720, being bi ilanee of cost of oil shipped from London, the invoice of

Name of Lighthouse. Kepairs and Stores of a Permanent Nature. Oil and other Annual Supplies and Contingencies. Keepers' Salaries. Total Expenses for the Year. TiriTiri Farewell Spit Nelson Mana Island .., Pencarrow Head Cape Campbell G-odley Head... Tairoa Head ... Nugget Point Dog Island ... £ s. d. 20 19 8 171 8 . 0* 28 12 8 15 5 3 46 11 8 66 6 7 7 18 27 18 0 £ s. d. 161 7 0 144 2 7 30 12 6 177 15 1 219 8 0 153 19 2 177 9 0 104 10 5 190 12 4, 151 17 6 £ s. d. 340 0 0 397 9 11 180 0 0 324 11 10 340 0 0 331 12 2 315 4 6 320 0 0 310 0 0 430 0 0 £ s. d. 522 G 8 713 0 6 239 5 2 517 12 2 605 19 8 551 17 11 499 15 2 452 8 5 506 12 4 1,150 8 7 565" 11 1 Totals ... 9-19 14 7 1,520 13 7t 3,288 18 5 5,759 6 7 * Includes the cost of] t This sum includes £' irrived. naterials for Second Ass' '20, the estimated balam iistant Keeper's house, ee of the cost of oil shii ipod from London, the invoice of which lias not

Nature of Receipt. Amount Collected. £ a. d. Fees under Steam Navigation Act Pees under Merchant Ships Officers' Examination Act Sale of Charts, &c. ... 511 7 0 8 0 0 72 6 6 Total for 1871-2 ... 591 13 6