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RETURN showing the Amount Expended under the Public Works Act on Lighthouses, &c, during the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1877.

STATEMENT showing the Amount of Light Dues collected in New Zealand during the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1877.

Retuen of the Amount Collected during the Financial Year 1876-77, as fees under the Steam Navigation Act and the Merchant Ships Officers Examination Act, and for Sale of Charts, &c. £ s. d. Fees under Steam Navigation Act, and Merchant Ships Officers Examination Act ... 926 3 0 Sale of charts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 88 17 0 Saleof oil casks, &c. ... ... .., ... ... ... ... ... 16 10 0 Total ... ... ... ... .., ... £1,031 10 0

Name of Lighthouse. Amount Expended. Cape Foulwind The Brothers Portland Island Hokitika Puysegur Point Moko Hinau Cape Maria van Diemen Centre Island Moeraki Miscellaneous and Unallocated ... Lighthouse steamer " Stella " £ s. d. 337 7 1 2.469 6 6 3,171 9 5 66 6 8 2,004 7 6 3.470 12 9 2,718 13 4 3,557 16 6 177 0 0 86 11 1 10,694 12 6 Total 28,754 3 4

Name of Port at which Collected. Amount Collected. Auckland Onehunga Kaipara Tauranga Thames Russell Mongonui Hokianga Whangarei Whangaroa New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Napier Poverty Bay Picton Havelock Kaikoura Wairau Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Kakanui Dunedin Invercargill Bluff Riverton £ s. d. 1,493 2 8 129 0 2 35 1 11 20 9 8 11 2 4 48 6 0 0 11 8 12 12 6 20 17 0 2 12 115 8 5 60 17 1 2,207 11 8 135 2 10 11 2 1 138 10 9 15 4 9 11 1 10 12 3 0 914 17 5 115 13 4 80 1 2 43 11 10 2,109 9 1 110 14 10 124 0 3 5 19 1 2,486 1 9 7 14 5 550 12 8 6 0 10 Total for 1876-77 £11,035 4 2 Total for 1875-76 £11,439 2 4