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

Nature of Expenditure. i Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 22,077 19 3 Brought forward Fisheries:— Protection of fish and oysters,— Salaries Travelling-expenses Contingencies Wages of attendants, Hakataramea Hatchery 530 15 10 136 12 11 103 13 6 292 0 0 530 15 10 136 12 11 103 13 6 292 0 0 1,063 2 3 Fish-hatcheries Import of salmon-ova Import of whitefish-ova Hakataramea salmon-hatchery Supply of fish-ova and acclimatisation of fish, animals, &c. 740 16 8 167 9 1 257 9 3 162 15 11 185 3 0 740 16 8 167 9 1 257 9 3 162 15 11 185 3 0 1,513 13 11 Grant to Portobello Fish-hatchery Board for equipments, &c. Grant to Hokitika Fish-hatchery 250 0 0 61 19 6 250 0 0 61 19 6 311 19 6 Weather-reporting:— Salaries Contingencies 350 0 0 7 18 0 2,888 15 8 350 0 0 7 18 0 357 18 0 Less credits to vote 25,324 12 11 700 3 9 Government steamers: — Working-expenses .. .. .. .. New propeller boss .. .. .. .. Repairs and renewals, &c. .. .. .. .. j 9,409 0 9 146 17 10 225 14 7 9,409 0 9 146 17 10 225 14 7 24,624 9 2 Less amount of freights, passages, &c. Departmental travelling-expenses Checking overcrowding of steamers and legal expenses Coastal buoys and beacons .. .. .. Survey of coast by H.M.S. " Penguin," to 31st March, 1903 .. Charts Examination of masters and mates—contingencies Inquiries into wrecks and casualties Surveys of unseaworthy ships .. .. .. .. i Relief of distressed seamen .. .. .. .. i " N.Z. Nautical Almanao " .. .. .. Fog-signal .. .. .. .. .. Subsidy to Shipwreok Relief Society Cost of River Limits Commission .. .. .. Compassionate allowance to widow of late Lightkeeper Nicolson Napier Spit protection-works Sundries 9,781 13 2 474 10 11 60 1 6 306 9 2 78 16 7 8,983 11 3 91 8 4 46 4 9 91 16 11 12 12 0 29 19 0 250 0 0 588 0 8 200 0 0 144 2 11 130 0 0 200 0 0 392 18 3 9,307 2 ! 11,306 4 4 Less credits to vote 11,606 1 4 299 17 0 Total 45,237 15 9