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

Return showing the Fees, &c., received under the Shipping and Seamen's Acts, the Merchant Shipping Act, the Sea-fisheries Acts, the Inspection of Machinery Acts, and for Pilotage and Port Charges &c., during the Year ended 31st March, 1900.

Return showing the Amount of Light-dues collected during the Year ended 31st March, 1900.

Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended 31st March, 1900.

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Name of Lighthouse. Cost of Erection. iName oi mgninouae. Pencarrow Head Nelson Tiri-Tiri .. Mana Island* Taiaroa Head Godley Head Dog Island Farewell Spit Nugget Point Cape Campbell Manukau Head Cape Foulwind Brothers Portland Island Moeraki Centre Island Puysegur Point Cape Maria van Diemen Akaroa Head Cape Saunders Cape Egmontf Moko Hinou Waipapapa Point Ponui Passage! Kaipara Head French Pass Cuvier Island Stephens Island Cape Palliser Cost 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 3,353 17 11 8,186 5 0 5,969 18 11 5,571 8 0 1,427 17 5 7,406 16 11 9,349 9 11 6,243 16 1 1,085 19 6 1,322 2 2 Total .. £173,895 14 7 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egm + Cost of iron tower, lantern, and appara noved from Mana Island, is not included in + Built by Provincial Government of i mown in Marine Department. lont. itus, which were rethis. Auckland; cost not

Nature of Receipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen's Acts :— Fees 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 Pilotage and port charges .. Sundry receipts under Harbours Acts Sea-fisheries Act Inspection of Machinery Acts Sundries £ s. d. 1,787 8 0 1,405 10 0 18 8 0 156 15 0 20,996 8 3 64 13 0 1 3,255 14 0 207 12 0 95 0 0 3,939 2 6 165 5 11 Total .. .. £ 32,091 16 8

Port. 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 Bluff and Invercargill £ s. d. 5,913 9 11 113 1 6 84 12 7 6 5 2 20 2 1 6 2 11 6 16 1 232 13 5 86 5 8 23 5 6 20 3 5 446 10 0 583 7 10 167 0 4 34 6 8 134 3 10 10 9 10 5,026 10 2 15 7 2 266 5 9 314 4 2 477 10 1 197 5 7 1 17 5 2,252 2 5 710 15 3 117 9 6 1,681 9 3 2,046 14 9 Total £20,996 8 3

Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Auckland* Onehunga Hokianga Kaipara Thames* Gisborne* Wairoa* Napier* New Plymouth* Waitara* Wanganui* .. Patea* Foxton Wellington* .. Wairau Nelson Hokitika* Lyttelton* Timaru* Oamaru* Dunedin* Invercargill* .. Bluff* Riverton* £ s. d. 615 13 2 7 15 12 9 6 169 18 3 74 10 8 104 16 2 110 13 0 742 13 7 64 6 2 80 7 10 502 4 11 31 9 8 164 3 1 211 19 0 151 2 11 971 11 3 £ s. d. 3,173 11 9 124 3 6 1,085 4 6 903 8 6 4 3 0 3,420 19 3 134 7 11 73 18 2 510 3 £ s. d. 3,789 4 11 131 4 11 12 9 6 1,255 2 9 74 10 8 1,008 4 8 114 16 0 4,163 12 10 198 14 1 154 6 0 502 4 11 36 19 11 164 3 1 8,925 16 9 151 2 11 1,541 10 10 16 16 5 11,209 1 4 4,386 5 10 1,811 13 11 11,447 19 10 9 18 6 4,532 19 5 5 4 0 8,71317 9 6,755'l9 0 1,527 13 8 569 19 7 +16 16 5 4,453 2 4 2,858 12 2 +1,811 13 11 5,075 14 10 9 18 6 1,503 6 2 5 4 0 6,372 5 0 3,029 13 3 Totals .. 21,700 11 6 33,943 12 6 55,644 4 0 * Harbour Board revenue. t Tonna{ te rate on carj to-