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Return A.—Estimated Cost, Expenditure, and Balance requiring to be Voted for New Zealand Defences.

Return B.—Estimate of Total Expenditure for Defence required from the 31st March, 1885.

£ s. d. Deduct expenditure .. .. ■• •• •• •• 65,942 0 0 Deduct amount allowed for Armed Constabulary labour .. .. ' _____ £80,942 0 0 Amount required to complete works .. . • • • • • £37,768 0 0

Return C.—Statement of Liabilities on Orders for Material required for Harbour Defences.

*"•-•- - 19°£°47 "° ZSgfSm**, :: sdlllll Liability due 1887-88 .. 56,30b 0 0 £190,047 7 10 j £190,047^ 7 10 Wellington, 12th May, 1886. E. M. Tudok Boddam, Major. lAjiproximate Cost of Fayer.— Preparation, nil; Printing (1,400 copies), £0 ISs. 3d.;

Authority: George Diosbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.-1885.

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Description. Works. Armament and Stores from England. Torpedo Stores. Stores from Admiralty. Whitehead Torpedoes. Contingencies. Totals. .. Estimated cost of defences (vide Eeturn A) !. Actual expenditure on defences, 1885-86 £ s.d. 103,710 0 0 £ s. d. 151,000 0 0 £ s.d. 35,000 0 0 £ s.d. 3,525 0 C £ s. S. 13,000 0 0 £ s. a. 2,500 0 0 £ s. d. 313,735 0 0 65,942 0 0 39,008 8 8 2,953 0 0 6,295 0 0 8,387 0 10 1,323 12 4 123,909 1 10 4,012 19 2 1,176 7 8 189,825 18 2 Balance 37,768 0 0 111,001 11 4 32,047 0 0 2,230 0 0 i. Amounts required to be voted for 1886-87 : . Amounts to be voted in 1887-88 30,000 0 0 7,768 0 0 60,000 0 0 42,001 11 4 22,047 0 0 10,000 0 0 2,230 0 0 4,612 10 2 1,176 7 8 129,066 6 10 00,750 11 4 Totals 37,768 0 0 111,001 11 4 32,047 0 2,230 0 0 4,612 10 2 1,176 7 8 180,825 18 2

Description. Auckland. Wellington. Canterbury. Otago. Totals. . Works in progress and to be completed in connection with 7-inch and G4-lb guns !. Works contemplated— Emplacements and magazines for 8-in. guns Emplacements and magazines for 6-in. guns Barracks and buildings Enclosing works i. Lands purchased for works £ s. a. 13,100 0 0 £ s. a. 17,031 0 0 £ s. a. 5,169 0 0 £ s. a. 9,G50 0 0 £ s. d. 44,910 0 C 7,800 0 0 8,000 0 0 1,700 0 0 1,750 0 0 2,000 0 0 7,800 0 0 6,000 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,500 0 0 2,300 0 0 5,200 0 0 4,000 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,000 0 0 700 0 0 5,200 0 Oj 8,000 0 0 1,700 0 0 4,750 0 0 1,800 0 0 2G,000 0 C 2G.000 0 C 6,000- 0 C 9,000 0 C G,800 0 C Totals 34,410 0 0 35,031 0 0 17,3G9 0 0 31,000 0 0 118,710 0

Estimated Cost Expenditure. Liability due 1886-87. Liability duo 1887-88. Particulars of Ordnance. £ s. d. 123,355 0 0 16,000 0 0 10,500 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 9,472 7 10 £ s. d. 38,845 3 0 £ s. d. 43,703 17 0 16,000 0 0 2,112 19 2 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 3,930 1 5 3,880 0 7 £ b. d. 40,806 0 0 i-in. and 8-in. guns complete, and extra ammunition* Fwenty Nordenfeldt machine guns, complete Pwenty Whitehead torpedoes, with gear, &c. Sight range-finders Six 9-lb guns, complete Ammunition for 7-in. and 64-lb guns Ammunition for 2,000 Martini-Henry rifles, and extra 100,000 Snider rifle oartridgesf Pwo Hotohkiss machine guns, &c, complete jrun-cotton detonators, &c, for torpedo stores} Ammunition for machine guns already in colony§ 8,387' 0 10 6918 7 92 7 3 5,500* 0 0 1,500 0 0| 23,320 0 0 650 0 0 476 6 2 0 19 10 1,500 0 0 12,843 13 10 649 0 % 10,000* 0 0 i Totals .. 190,047 7 10 47,871 15 8 85,869 12 2! :56,306 0 0 * The final payment of the contract for guns will not fall t The Martini-Henry rifles will not be supplied until aftei I The £10,000 for Brennan torpedoes will not be required § The balance of £35,000 for torpedo defence will be expei due in 1886-87. 1886-87. in 1886-87. tded in the coloi >y-