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Return showing the Cost of Erection of the New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Return showing the Amount of Light-dues collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1890.

Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1890.

Return showing Expenditure on New Lighthouses, &c., out of Public Works Loan, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1890.

Return showing the Fees, &c., received under the Shipping and Seamen's Act, the Merchant Shipping Act, the Inspection of Machinery Act, and for Pilotage and Port Charges, &c., during the Year ended the 31st March, 1890.

Name of Lighthouse. Cost of Erection. £ s. a. Pencarrow Head .. .. .. 6,422 0 4 Nelson .. .. .. .. 2,824 8 9 Tiri-Tiri .. .. .. .. 5,747 7 2 Mana Island* .. .. .. 5,513 0 1 TaiaroaHead .. .. .. 4,923 14 11 GodleyHead .. .. .. 4,705 16 4 Dog Island .. .. .. 10,480 12 8 Farewell Spit .. .. .. 6,139 11 8 Nugget Point .. .. .. 6,597 8 7 Cape Campbell .. .. .. 5,619 2 6 Manukau Head .. .. .. 1.975 2 4 Cape Foulwind .. .. .. 6,955 9 1 Brothers .. .. .. .. 6,241 0 0 Portland Island .. .. .. 6,554 14 5 Moeraki .. .. .. .. 4,288 18 2 Centre Island .. .. .. 5,786 19 o Puysegur Point .. .. .. 9,958 19 5 Cape Maria van Piemen .. .. 7,028 14 8 Akaroa Head .. .. .. 7.150 6 5 Cape Saunders .. .. .. 6,066 6 3 Cape Egmontt .. .. .. 8,358 17 11 MokoHinou .. .. .. 8,186 5 0 Waipapapa Point .. .. .. 5,969 L8 II Ponui Passage J Kaipara Head .. .. .. 5.571 s o French Pass .. .. .. 1,427 17 5 Cuvier Island .. .. .. 7,406 16 11 Cost of telegraph cable to Tiri-Tiri .. 1,085 19 0 Miscellaneous and unallocated ,.| 1,322 2 2 Total .. .. .. £158,302 8 7 • Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egmout. 1 Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparatus, which were removed from Mana Island, is not included in this. t Built hv Provincial Government of Auckland; cost not known in Marine Department.

Tort. Amount collected. Auckland .. Onehunga .. Whangarei Whangaroa Russell Mongonui .. Hokianga .. Kaipara Thames Coromandel Tauranga .. Poverty Bay Napier New Plymouth Waitara Wanganui .. Patea Wellington Wairau Picton Nelson Westport .. Greymouth Hokitika .. Lyttelton .. Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Bluff .. I £ s. d. 3,339 8 3 83 10 7 46 14 1 26 4 4 148 15 11 8 10 10 37 8 8 372 12 9 47 16 6 19 10 10 28 18 0 170 10 10 674 10 1 104 13 8 4 15 8 56 16 7 6 19 6 3,371 9 9 24 12 0 113 17 9 290 1 3 192 1 1 167 19 2 16 1 9 1,974 12 3 277 7 11 351 1 3 1,879 0 11 18 10 11 1,470 2 1 Total .. £ £15,880 15 2 £15,880 15 2

Name of Port, i 1'ilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. Auckland* .. 329 7 3 1,395 0 2 1,724 7 5 Onehunga .. 3 3 10 132 1 3 135 5 1 Whangarei .. j .. 45 3 6 45 3 6 Russell .. 3 16 .. 3 1 C Mongonui .. .. 12 0 6 12 0 (i Hokianga .. 44 12 3 .. 44 12 3 Kaipara ... 289 1 6 613 2 4 902 3 10 Thames* .. 39 J 5 0 .. 39 15 0 Gisborne* .. 52 15 2 527 4 8 579 19 10 Wairoa* .. 82 16 8 4 0 0 86 16 8 Napier* .. 2,050 7 8 1,108 10 8 3,158 17 11 New Plymouth* 52 18 6 39 5 11 92 4 5 Waitara* .. 50 5 2 19 19 9 70 4 11 Wanganui* .. 332 6 1 .. 332 6 4 Patea* .. 27 13 2 5 10 Oi 33 3 2 Foxton .. 180 5 11 .. 186 5 11 Wellington* .. 922 2 9 3,859 8 8 : 4,781 11 5 Wairau .. 242 15 11 .. 242 15 11 Nelson .. 1,041 19 10 .. 1,041 19 10 Hokitika* .. 3 114 .. 3 114 Lyttelton* .. 3,627 9 10 2,685 13 5 0.313 3 3 Timaru* .. .. 814 10 11 814 10 11 Oamaru* .. 685 15 (I 681 14 9 1,367 9 !) Dunedin* .. 3,975 15 4 3,480 1 1 7,455 16 5 Invercargill* .. 11 5 6 20 17 3 32 2 9 Bluff* .. 1,005 13 0 669 9 10 1,675 3 4 ' ! Totals .. 15,060 18 1116,113 14 3:31,174 13 2 Harbour Board revenue.

Nature of Expenditure. Amount. Cuvier Island Lighthouse £ a. d. 1,551 11 4

Nature of Receipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen's Act— Fees for shipping and discharge of seamen, and sale of forms Survey of steamers Examination of masters, mates, and engineers Light-dues Merchant Shipping Act Inspection of Machinery Act Pilotage and port charges Sundry receipts under Harbours Acts Sundries £ a. d. 873 13 0 ; 1,275 13 0 160 10 0 15,330 15 2 62 11 G j 4,015 0 6 ! 2,613 8 4 83 10 0 63 18 C Total 24,479 0 0