8.—7
41
CLASS VI.-CUSTOMS AND MARINE DEPARTMENTS— continued.
6—B. 7.
Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services
Item. MABINE AND HAEBOUES— continued. 1899-1900 14 15 VOTE No. 41 — continued. Salaries — continued. Harbours —continued. Waitapu, — Harbourmaster Collingwood — Lightkeeper Karamea — Signalman Okarito — Harbourmaster .... £ £ 25 25 16 40 17 35 Less contributions from Customs Vote 2,690 85 Lighthouses — 28 Principal Keepers: 2 at £180, 13 at £160, 5 at £150, 8 at £140 39 Assistant Keepers: 2 at £130. 17 at £120, 4 at £110, 5 at £100, 10 at £90, and 1 at £50 3 Keepers for East Cape (3 months) Artificer 2,605 18 4,310 4.190 90 210 Examiners of Masters and Mates — Auckland: 1 at £75 (3 months), and 1 at £25 Lyttelton (3 months) Weather-reporting Officer and Examiner of Masters at Wellington ... 8,800 19 44 6 20 350 Superintendents of Mercantile MarineIt each at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, at £250 a year (10 months) 400 21 833 • Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Steamers — Salaries — Chief Inspector of Machinery and Principal Engineer Surveyor 9 Inspectors of Machinery and Engineer Surveyors of Steamers : 4 at £325,'2 at £300, 3 at £275 2 Clerks: 1 at £200 (also Private Secretary, £25), 1 at £190 Cadet • 22 425 2,725 390 75 Other Charges — Travelling allowance and expenses Rent, cleaning offices, and fuel... Boiler-certificate Fees short-paid Contingencies 3,615 23 24 25 26 1,400 225 2 150 1,777 5,392 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Other Charges— Addition to wharf at Waitangi, Chatham Islands Beacon, North Sand Point, Kaipara Construction of embankment, Karamea Harbour Compensation to Captain T. C. Tilly for loss of office . ■ Expenses connected with Inquiries into Wrecks, Belief of Distressed Seamen, and Survey of Dnseaworthv Ships Grant towards cost of jetty at Cape Turnagain Fish Expert, salary Fish Expert, Travelling-expenses of Fish-hatcheries and expenses and travelling-allowance of Expert Ayson to Europe, Canada, and America ... Improvement of Somes Island Light (to be refunded by Wellington Harbour Board) 25 120 100 157 350 100 300 40 1,050 36 800