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Table II., Land Defence.—Estimate of Total Expenditure for Cost of Works from 31st March, 1885. (Major Boddam's Reports, L.B., pp. 105 and 123.)

Table I., Land Defence.—Estimate of Total Expenditure for Guns and Materiel from 31st March, 1885. (Major Boddam's Return, 24th June, 1885.)

Item. No. Description. Aucldand. Wellington. Canterbury. Otago. Totals. 1 2 3 4 5 10 13 20 12 Guns, 8in., 12J tons, B.L., on H.P. carriages, with 50 rounds per gun, delivered in London „ 6in., 5J tons, „ „ „ „ „ machine, with carriages and pivots, and 200 rounds per gun Range-finders, for batteries Ammunition, practice, for 7in. and 64-pounder £ s. d. 18,045 0 0 13,600 0 0 3,320 0 0 75 0 0 970 0 0 £ s. d. 18,045 0 0 10,200 0 0 3,000 0 0 75 0 0 970 0 0 £ s. a. i £ s. d. 12,030 0 0 I 12,027 0 0 6,800 0 0 j 13,600 0 0 3,000 0 0 : 2,400 0 0 50 0 0 : 94 0 0 645 0 0 962 0 0 £ s. a. 60,147 0 0 44,200 0 0 11,720 0 0 294 0 0 3,547 0 0 10,525 15 9 1,000 0 0 5a 100 rounds per gun 50 rounds „ extra, for B.L. guns 1,910 0 0 2,545 15 9 3,200 0 0 2,870 0 0 6 7 8 9 per gun 6 2,000 9-pounder field-guns, complete Martini-Henry rifles, with 1,000,000 rounas Miscellaneous valise equipment (2,000) Freight a on items 1, 2, and 5a „ 6 on item 3 c 5 d 8 e 7 330 0 0 2,300 0 0 250 0 0 2,200 0 0 180 0 0 260 0 0 65 0 0 45 0 0 170 0 0 2,300 0 0 250 0 0 2,100 0 0 150 0 0 260 0 0 35 0 0 45 0 0 330 0 0 170 0 0 1,840 0 0 2,743 6 8 200 0 0 i 300 0 0 1,400 0 0 : 1,700 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 170 0 0 250 0 0 65 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 60 0 0 9,183 6 8 1,000 0 0 7,400 0 0 600 0 0 940 0 0 200 0 0 180 0 0 10 11 Whitehead torpedoes and freight Contingencies 44,840 0 0 40,470 0 0 28,620 0 0 37,007 2 5 150,937 2 5 20 13,100 0 0 2,462 17 7 Total 166,500 0 0

Item. Description. Auckland. Wellington. Canterbury. Otago. Totals. 1 2 Works in progress and to be completed in connection with 7in. and 64-pounder guns Works contemplated : Emplacements and magazines for 8in. guns.. „ „ 6in. „ „ Barracks and buildings „ Enclosing works Lands purchased for works £ s. a. 13,160 0 0 7,800 0 0 8,000 0 0 1,700 0 0 1,750 0 0 2,000 0 0 £ s. a. 17,031 0 0 7,800 0 0 6,000 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,500 0 0 2,300 0 0 £ s. d. 5,169 0 0 5,200 0 0 4,000 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,000 0 0 700 0 0 £ s. d. 9,550 0 0 5,200 0 0 8,000 0 0 1,700 0 0 4,750 0 0 1,800 0 0 31,000 0 0 £ s. d. 44,910 0 0 26,000 0 0 26,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 6,800 0 0 34,410 0 0 17,369 0 0 35,931 0 0 118,710 0 0 Deduct for Armed Constabulary labour for two and a half years 41,000 0 0 Total cost of land defence .. 10 0