H.-24.

Return showing the Number of Masters, Mates, and Engineers examined during the , ended the 31st March, 1886, distinguishing the Number of Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates.

Return showing the Cost of Maintenance of the New Zealand Lighthouses, and the Quantity of Oil consumed at each, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

• £195 6s. 2d, of this amount was for repairs to foundations of tower. + £59 Is. 4d. of this was for new ruby lamp-glasaes. J £24 16s. 9d. of this was for repairs to burners. £im 133. KM. of this was for repairs to tower,

16

Wellington. L; 'ttelton. Dunodin. Thames. Totals. Auckland. Class of Certificate. ■d re 1 1 3 d d O P( PH H rd rd I 1 ! Pi h H h I I >d rrj S « I o Ph Ph Eh foreign - going masters and mates lome-trade masters and mates liver-steamer masters !ca-going engineers liver-steamer engineers 20 19 39 2 5 1 4 4 22 59 9 1 10 10 6 16 28 5 1 .. 14 4 _±^_ 45 10 33 67 31 91 3 3 4 7 7 3 12 7 2 9 1 4 1 13 ! 7 5 43 3 I 1 1 1 3 1 1 18 3 8 1 8 11 12 31 17 5 2 5 1 li 1, 3i LI Totals 37 38 14 7 i 21 i I 4 .uranga. apier. Xgaruawi ihia. Tairuj ingai mi. liver-steamer masters liver-steamer engineers it <e 3 o p< Ph H f3 I id • a 3 d O t3 rrj 1 1 3 III 1 1 1 i '3 3 0 1 .. 1 1 .. 1 J I I 1 .. ! 1 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 1 .. 1 .. 1 1 i 1 i 1 4 Totals 1 1 i 'icton. Invercarj MI. Qui ;enstown. Westpo] ■t. liver-steamer engineers m a> it 1 1 fc EH it •i 1 1 O £ B P4 id id rd % * o 61 1 1 2 ! 1 .. I 1 1 I .. I 1 1 1 .. 1 i .. i 4 I i 147 i 1 45 Totals 1 192

Oil. Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Gallons consumed. Value. Stores and Contingencies* Totals. Jape Maria van Diemen .. tloko Hinou :iri Tiri 3ean Rock 'onui Passage .. 'ortland Island.. Napier Bluff 'encarrow Head iomes Island Jape Egmont rlanukau Heads Caipara Heads ?rothers 7 ory Channel Jape Campbell rodlcy Head ikaroa Head tocraki Jaiaroa Head Jape Saunders .. Tugget Point .. Vaipapapa Point )og Island Jentre Island 'uyeegur Point.. Jape Foulwind .'. ?are\vell Spit .. kelson.. French Paas £ s. d. 335 0 0 382 0 10 265 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 300 16 8 36 0 0 253 13 0 205 16 8 299 3 4 263 6 8 242 10 0 502 9 1 112 10 0 265 0 0 257 10 0 200 0 0 260 0 0 275 0 0 255 0 0 261 2 0 273 1 4 360 16 8 389 6 8 354 16 10 279 3 4 355 1 7 282 6 0 180 0 0 913 847 485 64 78 645 Gas 867 215 453 512 483 656 175 590 508 570 502 490 500 960 497 812 826 855 532 497 226 119 £ s. d. 70 7 6 65 5 9 37 7 8 6 16 0 6 0 3 49 14 4 21 0 3 66 16 7 16 11 G 34 18 4 39 9 4 37 4 7 50 11 4 13 9 6 45 9 7 39 3 2 43 18 9 38 13 11 37 15 5 38 10 10 74 0 0 38 6 2 62 11 10 63 13 5 65 17 1 41 0 2 38 6 2 17 8 5 9 3 5 £ s. d. 72 17 4 39 6 7 38 3 2 196 14 8* 8 18 6 56 2 1 1 15 3 30 2 7 20 5 11 28 14 1 29 2 8 73 9 9 68 7 11 5 0 9 58 3 8 42 16 8 59 9 2 24 19 8 106 12 3t 50 9 8 42 13 8 42 16 2 140 4 6{ 63 15 1 534 15 9§ 52 5 2 62 6 8 30 16 8 9 15 9 £ s. d. 478 4 10 486 13 2 340 10 10 353 10 8 174 18 9 466 13 1 58 15 6 350 12 2 242 14 1 362 15 9 331 18 8 353 4 4 621 8 i 131 0 3 368 13 3 339 9 10 363 7 11 323 13 7 419 7 8 344 0 6 377 15 8 354 3 8 563 13 0 516 15 2 955 9 8 372 8 8 455 14 5 330 11 1 198 19 2 Totals 7,876 10 8 14,877 1,169 11 3 1,991 1 9 11,037 3 8