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3. Accounts representing in the aggregate a considerable sum expended at Port Moresby prior to the Ist June last not having reached the Special Commissioner in time to enable him to embody them in the previous statement, the effect has been to correspondingly swell the apparent expenditure for the six months now under review. 4. I am glad to be able to certify that the several books submitted for examination, and the vouchers in support o£ the entries therein, exhibit considerable care on the part of the Accountant. W. L. G. Dbew, Audit Department, Brisbane, 14th January, 1887. Auditor-General.

APPENDIX 11. BEITISH NEW GUINEA PROTECTORATE. Assets and Peopeety of the Goveenment at Poet Moeesby. £ s. a. Government bungalow (total cost) ... ... ... 1,083 16 0 Furniture ... ... ... ... ... 230 4 4 Government store ... ... ... ... ... 73 3 6 Gaol ... ... ... ... ... ... 975 0 0 Surveys ... ... ... ... ... 787 0 0 Fencing (cemetery, &c.) ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 Stockyard ... ' ... ... ... ... 35 0 0 Men's quarters ... ... ... ... ... 174 6 8 Seven horses, £10 per head ... ... ... ... 70 0 0 Six calves, £2 10s. per head ... ... ... ... 15 0 0 Whaleboat and fittings ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 Cutter " Maino," nee "Daisy" ... ... ... 300 0 0 Fifty tons of coal, £2 15s. per ton ... ... ... 137 10 0 Various tools and forge ... ... ... ... 60 0 0 Saddlery and tackling ... ... ... ... 44 14 0 Chiefs house ... ... ... ... ... 15 0 0 ■ Survey instruments ... ... ... ... 3700 Meteorological instruments ... ... ... ... 40 2 0 Dingy ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Gaoler's cottage ... ... ... ... ... 40 0 0 Moorings and buoys ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Water-tanks and piping ... ... ... ... 94183 Various rifles and revolvers ... ... ... 80 0 0 Roads, clearing mangroves, &c. ... ... ... 200 0 0 Purchase of land ... ... ... ... ... 347 0 0 Argus Villa and improvements ... ... ... 100 0 0 Gatling gun and ammunition ... ... ... ... 350 0 0 Thompson's deep-sounding apparatus ... ... ... 70 0 0 Photographic apparatus ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Piping, additional ... ... ... ... ... 160 0 0 Wells at Granville West ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 Stores and trade on hand, about ... ... ... 300 0 0 Total ... ... ... ... £6,209 14 9

APPENDIX 111. Estimated Annual Expenses fob the Maintenance of a Steameb foe Use on the New Guinea Coast. & Captain ... ... ... ... ... ... 360 First officer ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 Second officer... ... ... ... ••■ ... 160 Third officer ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 Chief engineer ... ... ... ... ... 240 Second engineer ... ... ... ... ... 200 Third engineer ... ... ... ... ... 160 Pour quartermasters, at £9 per month ... ... ... 432 Four leading firemen ... ... ... ... ... 432 One carpenter, at £10 per month ... ... ... ... 120 One steward, at £9 per month ... ... ... ... 108 One cook, at £9 per month ... ... ... ... 108 Eight native deck hands, at 10s. per month ... ... ... 48 Six native firemen, at 12s. per month Four native servants, at 10s. per month ... ... ... 24 Rations for eighteen white men, at £3 per month ... ... 648 Eations for eighteen natives ... ... ... ... 100 Coal for 8,000 miles, 250 tons at 50s. ... ... ... 650 Insurance or sinking fund, 7 per cent. ... ... ... 840 Repairs and refits (average) ... ... ... ... 300 Stores (average) ... ... ... ... ... 300 Extra coal, incidentals, clothing, &c... ... ... ... 500 Total ... ... ... ... ... £6,114