H.—29.

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, 1892.

Return showing the Expenditure on New Lighthouses, &c, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1892.

Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c, collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1892.

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, 1892.

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Name of Lighthouse. Cost of Erection. ?encarrow Head kelson Ciri-Tiri Vtana Island* Paiaroa Head jodley Head Dog Island farewell Spit Nugget Point jape Campbell Hanukau Head 3ape Foulwind Brothers 'ortland Island VIoeraki Jentre Island Puysegur Point jape Maria van Diemen Ucaroa Head 3ape Saunders 3ape Egmontf VIoko Hinou Waipapapa Point ?onui Passage]: iaipara Head ?rench Pass • .. 3uvier Island jost of telegraph cable to Tiri-Tiri Miscellaneous and unallocated £ s. d. 6,422 0 4 2,824 8 9 5,747 7 2 5,513 0 1 4,923 14 11 4,705 16 4 10,480 12 8 6,139 11 8 6,597 3 7 5,619 2 6 4,975 2 4 6,955 9 1 6,241 0 0 6,554 14 5 4,288 13 2 5,785 19 0 9,958 19 5 7,028 14 8 7,150 6 5 6,066 6 3 .. J 3,353 17 11 .. I 8,186 5 0 .. | 5,969 18 11 .. I 5,571 8 0 .. ! 1,427 17 5 7,406 16 11 1,085 19 6 1,322 2 2 Total .. .. £158,302 8 7 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egmont. i Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparatus, which were renoved from Mana Island, is not included in this. J Built by Provincial Government of Auckland; cost not mown in Marine Department.

Port. Amount collected. Auckland .. Dnehunga Whangarei vVhangaroa .. Russell VIongonui ., Eokianga ., Kaipara .. .. rhames .. Doromahdel Cauranga Poverty Bay Napier Mew Plymouth Waitara Wanganui Patea Wellington Wairau Pieton Nelson Westport .. 3-reymouth Hokitika Lyttelton .. rimaru Damaru Dunedin Bluff and Invercargill £ s. d. 3,734 12 6 103 16 10 37 1 11 5 10 10 91 8 1 30- 8 0 . 55 4 5 288 10 0 62 17 1 11 4 4 27 5 1 187 17 8 586 6 7 88 14 9 28 12 11 121 1 8 7 12 3,719 9 4 12 18 2 186 12 4 325 13 7 290 17 5 159 2 8 15 10 2 1,842 16 9 320 11 11 182 0 5 1,755 18 6 1,958 11 6 Total £16,217 16 7

Nature of Expenditure. Amount. The Snares lighthouse .. Stephen's Island lighthouse £ s. d. ... 212 1 0 .. | 43 19 10 Total .. 256 0 10

Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Auckland* Onelmnga Whangarei Hokianga Kaipara Thames* Gisborne* Wairoa* Napier* New Plymouth* Waitara* Wanganui* Patea* Poxton Wellington* Wairau Nelson Hokitika* Lyttelton* Timaru* Oamaru* Dunedin* Invercargill* .. Bluff* Biverton* £ s. d. 366 15 11 10 17 10 £ s. d. 2,771 14 10 101 1 11 48 11 11 £ s. d. 3,138 10 9 111 19 9 48 11 11 42 13 0 616 3 7 68 19 10 623 12 11 98 16 3 3,349 15 2 56 0 7 199 1 6 353 14 10 37 5 1 112 9 4 6,082 10 7 128 11 0 1,489 6 1 5 12 4 7,819 6 6 2,225 17 4 1,265 6 1 8,808 11 11 12 2 3 3,485 16 0 8 6 6 42 13 0 103 6 8 68 19 10 37 0 2! 94 2 6 ; 2,319 10 8 30 9 4 83 5 3 353 14 10 28 6 7 112 9 4 794 2 2 128 11 0 1,489 6 1 5 12 4 4,594 10 4 533 9 2 648 13 6 4,829 14 2 512 16 11 ! 586 12 9 4 13 9 1,030 4 6 25 11 3 115 16 3 8 18 6 5,288' 8 5 3,224 16 2 1,693 8 2 616 12 7 3,978 17 9 12 2 3 1,160 15 4 8 6 6 2,32S' 0 8 I .. Totals .. 40,189 1 1 18,999 11 4i 121,189 9 9 * Harbour Bo! ■d revenue.

Nature of Receipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen's Act:— Pees for shipping and discharge of seamen, and sale of forms Survey of steamers Measurement of ships 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 £ s. d. 994 3 6 1,049 10 0 4 15 0 144 10 0 16,217 16 7 88 3 2 3,570 0 2 2,549 14 8 50 5 0 22 19 10 Total 24,691 17 11