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Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

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, 1888.

Name of Lighthouse. Order of Apparatus. Description. Period of Bevolving Light. Colour of Light. Tower built of )wellings built of Dato first lighted. Cape Maria van 11 Diemen 1st order dioptric Ecvolving Fixed 1' White .. Eed, to show over Columbia Eeef White White, with red arc over Flat Bock White and red White Bed, to show over Bull Eock White Timber mbor 24 Mar., 1879 1st order dioptric 2nd Flashing Fixed 10" Stono Iron Timber 18 Juno, 1883 1 Jan., 1865 Moko Hinou Tiri Tiri.. Ponui Passage Portland Island -1 5th 2nd Eevolving Fixed 30" Timber 29 July, 1871 10 Feb., 1878 2nd order dioptric 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Iron Timber 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Pencarrow Head .. Cape Egmont Manukau Heads .. Kaipara Head Brothers Flashing 10"| 10" Timber Fixed Eed, to show over Cook Eock White 1 Aug., 1870 1 April, 1865 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1805 1 Jan., 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Jan., 1884 1 Aug., 1865 Capo Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Capo Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point .. Dog Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st order catadioptric 1st order dioptric Eevolving Fixed Flashing Fixed V Timber Stono Timber Timber Stone Timber i6" Eovolving Fixed Plashing Eevolving i; Eed White Stone Timber Stone Timber Stcne Stone Timber Stone Timber Stono io" 30" Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point Capo Foulwind Farewell Spit 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Eevolving 10" 30" V 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept., 1876 17 June, 1870 Nelson 4th Fixed White, with red arc over Spit end White, with red arc to mark limit of anchorage Eed and white, with white light on beacon Iron 4 Aug., 1862 French Pass 1 0th 1 Oct., 1884

Oil. Stores Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Gallons consumed. Value. and Contingencies. Totals. Jape Maria van Diemcn .. \loko Hinou riri Tiri Bean Eock Ponui Passage Portland Island.. Napier Bluff Pencarrow Head Somes Island Jape Egmont Manukau Head Manukau South Head leading-lights Manukau North Head leading-lights Kaipara Heads Brothers lory Channel leading-lights Cape Campbell Godley Head (Vkaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island Centre Island Puysegur Point Hokitika Capo Foulwind Farewell Spit Nelson French Pass £ s. d. 380 17 3 380 0 0 248 6 8 150 0 0 160 16 8 372 16 5 36 0 0 233 6 8 130 0 0 272 10 0 247 12 8 130 0 0 263 12 0 420 19 11 90 0 0 260 0 0 200 0 0 270 0 0 272 10 0 279 13 0 270 0 0 270 0 0 257 19 8 356 13 4 360 0 0 308 0 2 853 816 522 72 79 658 Gas 887 203 505 500 135 218 536 670 172 534 501 608 510 555 511 960 509 809 894 897 Gas 529 494 229 124 £ s. d. 63 19 6 61 4 0 39 3 0 0 6 0 5 18 6 49 7 0 18 6 0 06 10 6 15 4 6 37 17 6 37 10 0 10 2 0 16 7 0 40 4 0 50 5 0 12 18 0 40 1 0 37 11 6 45 12 0 38 5 0 41 12 6 38 6 6 72 0 0 38 3 6 60 13 6 67 1 0 67 5 6 £ s. d. 128 14 11 62 3 0 37 10 9 0 6 0 20 10 6 73 10 1 5 6 0 92 6 10 15 11 0 62 19 5 58 3 3 24 4 8 70 11 10 *80 7 9 8 19 125 3 11 54 5 2 42 17 4 48 1 10 48 1 11 37 16 10 07 5 1 47 13 11 96 8 1 87 7 10 105 11 10 £ s. d. 573 11 8 503 7 0 325 0 5 102 12 0 187 5 8 495 13 6 59 12 0 392 4 0 166 15 6 373 6 11 343 5 11 10 2 0 170 11 8 374 7 10 563 12 8 110 19 9 425 4 11 351 16 8 358 9 4 358 16 10 309 7 5 346 3 4 409 5 1 343 17 1 513 14 11 514 8 10 541 3 6 |55 8 4 371 2 3 438 1 0 325 13 7 218 15 11 286 13 4 328 12 10 291 13 i 200 0 0 39 13 6 37 1 0 17 3 6 9 6 0 44 15 5 72 7 2 16 16 9 9 9 11 Totals 7,860 19 11 15,490 1,180 19 0 1,656 10 9 10,753 18 0 * Includes cost of rationing keepers, £318s. 11< •I Includes Ml 13s, 4d. paid to Harbour Boan 10s., cost of gas from the 1st September. L, 1 for maintainini lighthouse to the 31st August; £C Ss., salary of keeper; and