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Return showing the Cost of Maintenance of the New Zealand Lighthouses, and the Quantity of Oil consumed at each, during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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Oil 1. Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Gallons consumed. Value. Stores and Contingeucies. Totals. Cape Maria van Diemen Moko Hinou Tiritiri Bean Rock Ponui Passage Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island Napier Bluff Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head Somes Island Cape Egmont Manukau Head Manukau South Head leading-lights Manukau North Head leading-lights Kaipara Head Brothers Tory Channel leading-lights Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island Centre Island Puysegur Point Hokitika Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit Nelson Stephens Island French Pass Totals .. £ s. a. | .. ! 368 6 8 332 0 10 .. 280 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 330 0 0 352 17 6 ] 355 7 0 20 0 0 1 280 0 0 300 0 0 131 2 9 279 2 3 270 0 0 120 0 0 250 0 0 463 4 3 .. ! 90 0 0 270 0 0 271 0 5 280 0 0 268 15 10 261 0 3 248 2 3 350 0 0 268 16 10 348 4 5 350 0 0 365 4 6 12 0 0 280 0 0 353 6 8 280 0 0 380 0 0 210 0 0 .. 9,338 12 11 1,028 834 531 76 1,598 704 740 Gas 950 949 759 581 ' 504 142 176 568 671 160 555 501 568 488 531 : 646 865 672 I 804 870 864 Gas 571 678 240 1,787 126 £ a. d. 77 2 0 62 11 0 39 16 6 5 13 0 5 14 0 119 17 0 52 16 0 55 10 0 12 8 4 71 5 0 71 3 6 56 18 6 43 11 6 37 16 0 10 13 0 13 4 0 42 12 0 50 6 6 12 0 0 41 12 6 37 11 6 42 12 0 36 12 0 39 16 6 48 9 0 04 17 6 50 8 0 00 6 0 65 5 0 64 16 0 10 16 6 42 10 0 50 17 0 18 0 0 134 0 6 9 9 0 £ s. d. 127 3 8 189 2 11 66 17 7 23 12 10 15 16 6 158 17 6 182 0 8 147 6 4 83 8 1 01 3 10 85 13 9 108 1 5 41 13 8 4 12 2 327 6 5 114 18 2 136 2 4 5 5 5 96 11 11 69 11 7 117 12 8 63 12 1 59 0 11 173 10 11 273 0 8 81 15 9 98 7 4 109 1 0 127 0 11 0 5 6 37 7 3 1,883 1 1 27 9 4 148 12 5 90 14 3 £ s. d. 572 12 4 583 14 9 380 14 1 189 5 10 181 10 6 608 14 6 •587 14 2 558 3 10 32 8 4 434 13 1 432 7 4 273 15 0 430 15 2 349 9 8 15 5 2 f460 10 5 407 10 2 +649 13 1 107 5 5 408 4 5 378 3 6 440 4 8 368 19 11 §859 17 8 [470 2 2 '1687 18 2 401 0 7 506 17 9 584 0 0 •*557 7 5 23 2 0 360 3 9 t+2,287 4 9 325 9 4 662 12 11. +♦310 3 3 21,737 1,659 3 4 5,396 5 4 16,394 1 7 Note—This return does not include the cost of the periodical with oil, stores, and provisions. The proportion of the steamers e • Includes £76, cost of sending doctor to island. + Includes of provisions. § £7 18s. 5d. of this for repairs. II Include staff and repairs to house. •• Includes £15 for improving chanr and £17 15s. lid., repairs to tower. tl Includes £65 Is. 3d., lepa ,1 visits made expenses chai £298 Is. 6d., c ',s£72 9s. Id. I nei at landing lirs and addit e to the lighthoui rgeable to this ser lost of new beacon or repairs. H g. ++ Includes tions to house. ses by the Goveri :vice is about £5,01 is. t Includes Includes £182 6s. £1,790 15s., cost of nment steamers 00 a year. £56 lis. Id., cost 3d. for new flagf new dwellings;