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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department — continued.

Return showing the Number of Notices to Mariners relating to Matters within the Colony issued by the Marine Department during the Year ended the 31st March, 1896.

:ure o: Ixpeni ;ure. ;ai! Is. Is. tram Is. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Habboces— continued. Whakatane,— Removal of rocks 4 4 6 4 4 6 Pension of J. Heberley 50 0 0 Buoy chain Port lights Report on Westport training-wall General harbour contingencies 57 17 8 388 7 2 50 0 0 242 2 11 50 0 0 738 7 9 Lighthouses :— Salaries of keepers Travelling-expenses of keepers Oil .. Stores and contingencies Pension of Mrs. Deck Lighthouse artificer 8,985 3 10 89 10 8 1,430 4 3 8,316 1 5 24 0 0 200 0 0 Departmental travelling-expenses 14,045 0 2 85 6 5 85 6 5 Coastal buoys and beacons 8 5 0 Sundries Charts Inquiries into wrecks and casualties Survey of unseaworthy ships Relief of distressed New Zealand seamen Relief of distressed seamen (other than New Zealand) 191 19 11 84 5 0 154 10 8 13 0 0 202 14 6 36 10 11 8 5 0 683 1 0 683 1 0 Administration of Fisheries Acts, — Protection of fish Protection of oysters 125 8 10 219 13 5 Examination of Masters and Mates, — Salaries Contingencies 128 7 8 194 9 1 345 2 3 345 2 3 322 16 9 322 16 9 Weather Reporting 300 0 0 " Stella," s.s., — Expenses 300 0 0 " Hinemoa," s.s., — Wages, stores, provisions, &c. Less amount earned by vessel 7,129 14 3 253 1 6 233 18 2 233 18 2 Cost of new propeller 6,876 12 9 49 13 10 6,926 6 7 Total £28,639 7 0

'or1 or lace. ieo' otice. ilufi Harbour Jueen Charlotte Sound .. jueen Charlotte Sound .. Vaimakariri River fapier Harbour .. lapier Harbour .. 'names River Jroiselles Harbour Jroiselles Harbour laglan Harbour 'overty Bay 'overty Bay 'overty Bay Ireymouth Harbour lanukau Harbour luckland Harbour luckland Harbour 'ort Nicholson .. Telson Harbour .. Telson Harbour .. Itewart Island itewart Island .. Lightship replaced in position. Survey of passage between Jackson's Head and beacon. Position of Pirano Shoal, off Blackwood Bay. Signal that bar is not fit for vessels outward-bound. Extension of breakwater. Position and description of leading-lights, beacons, and buoys for approaching steamer and breakwater wharves. Light on Kopu Wharf (two notices). Position of Mace Rock. Position of Hapuka Shoal (two notices). Alteration in position of beacons. Anchorage for vessels bound into Turanganui River. Position of rock on which s.s. "Anglian" and s.s. " Waihora" reported to have struck. Guides to anchorages and sailing directions. Position of wreck of barque " Thurso " (three notices). Extension of Emma Spit and South Head Beach (two notices). Dredging channel leading to Quay Street Jetty No. 2. Light on Quay Street Jetty No. 2. Position of mine-field, Mahanga Bay. Alteration in position of bar-buoy. Harbour-lights and -signals. Position of dangers off Island. Beacons on Louie Rock and May Rock, Half-moon Bay.