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Expenditure. Management,— £ s. d. £ s. d. Harbour Works— continued, — £ s. d. £ s. d Engineer's Department ... 5,395 1 2 Quarries ... ... 6,489 15 10 Office charges ... ... 983 611 Paritutu, drive ... ... 218 2 0 Election expenditure ... 295 12 10 Paritutu, blast ... ... 1,365 11 7 Committees ... ... 204 4 6 Paritutu, stripping ... 655 17 1 Endowments,— 6,878 5 5 Mikotahi Magazine ... 230 6 9 Kawau Pa reclamation ... 1,978 15 9 Lowering grade ... ... 989 5 5 Purchase of Native leases ... 607 2 0 Road to jetty ... ... 174 16 11 JC. Honeyfield's arbitration 164 9 0 Jetty ... ... ... 226 14 9 Rent, of prison site... ... 34 11 6 Block-yard wall .. ... 211 2 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. ... 502 8 1 Root .. ... ... 854 4 8 Reclamation of sandhills ... 135 19 9 Stonebreakers ... ... 72 19 0 Loan, — 3,423 6 1 Concrete in situ ... ... 185 13 8 Negotiation of loan ... 489 9 5 Mixing-house (labour only) ... 1,249 O O Expenses floating ditto ... 4,246 15 2 Fish Eock, drive ... ... 12 18 0 4,736 4 7 Permanent way ... ... 317 9 3 Plant and materials ... 39,516 16 9 Landing plant" ... ... 1,479 12 5 Harbourmaster's Department ~. 838 2 1 Erection of plant ... ... 582 15 1 838 2 1 22,284 5 1 Buildings and furniture .. 563 7 8 Refund overcharged " Adamant" ... ... 25 5 9 563 7 8 Draft to Agent-General to redeem Board's liaise and Roy ... ... 78 1 1 bonds, and exchange ... ... ... 8,058 0 0 Harbour Works,— 78 1 1 Tramway ... ... 4,870 11 1 £86,421 14 6 Harbour Road ... ... 2,097 19 7 ________ £ s. d. £ s. d. Total expenditure to 15th July, 1881, as above ... ... ... ~, 86,42114 C Less discount and expenses negotiating loan ... ... ... 4,736 4 7 „ Draft to Agent-General for purchase of bonds, being an asset of the Board 8,058 0 0 12,794 4 7 £73,627 9 11 Less root of breakwater .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,112 17 4 Net expenditure to date ... ... ... ... ... ... £72,514 11 7 T. King, Chairman, New Plymouth Harbour Board.

Appboxjmate Estimated Cost of Special Plant mentioned in Sir John Coode's Specification. £ £ 1 30-ton Hercules (Rees's Titan) ... ~. 2,555 6 Tipping-boxes ... ... ... ... 840 1 30-ton Goliath ... ... ... ... 1,659 1 Michell's cement-testing apparatus ... ... 100 2 Steam portable mixers ... ... ... 900 3 Stone-breakers ~ .. ... ... 642 £8,994 1 Tank locomotive ... ... ... ... 978 Freight and landing charges, say ... ... 2,350 1 Steam portable engine (Rees's 10-ton locomotive) 800 10 Skips, portable (2 iron boxes) ' ... ... 200 £11,344 2 Sets double and 1 single diving apparatus ... 320 ' This estimate includes only the items enumerated, and does not include the block ground, mixing-house, and steampower, &c, &c. T. King-, 28th July, 1881. Chairman, New Plymouth Harbour Board.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure by the Sinking Fund Commissioners to 16th July, 1881. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. One-quarter land revenue, Coupons due Ist May, 1880, from 30th June, 1877, to and exchange... ... 6,135 0 0 Ist July, 1879 ... 10,881 6 8 Coupons due Ist November, Ditto, from July to Decern- 1880, and exchange ... 6,090 0 0 ber, 1879 ... ... 1,214 6 9 Redeeming Board's bonds 2,000 0 0 Ditto, for year 1880 ... 1,660 8 7 Coupons due Ist May, 1881, Ditto, for three months end- and exchange... ... 6,089 2 0 ing 31st December, 1880 7,963 4 5 Charges, cablegrams, &c... 10 18 3 Ditto, for three months end- 20,325 0 3 ing 31st March, 1881 ... 15,618 14 5 Balance in Bank of New Zealand ... 28,409 13 1 37,338 0 10 Bank interest ... ... ... 10,989 11 4 Ordinary revenue ~ ... 407 1 2 £48,734 13 4 £48,734 13 4

Thursday, 28th July, 1881. Mr. J E. Eees further examined. 323. The Chairman.] Tou wish to correct some statement made by you at your previous examination ? —Tes. I wish to say now, with regard to the statement (Question 94) referring to the Governor's approval, that, after the lapse of eighteen months, I am not prepared to say who made the suggestion; but, as Sir John Coode's report was written shortly after the interview, it is more than probable that he is correct —that I did suggest it. I stated (Question 67) that the cost of cement was £5 55.; but from further calculations I find it to be £5 Is. I also stated (Question 107) that the increased cost, of cement represented a difference of £13,500. I now wish to state that, upon further calculation, I