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

lature o: 'xpem liture. ;ai: Is. is. I Irani Is. £ s. d. £ s. d. m £ s. d. 5,838 7 4 Brought forward.. Jighthouses:— Salaries of keepers Oil Stores and contingencies Keepers' travelling-expenses Lighthouse artificer 9,342 0 7 1,678 0 2 3,628 10 5 147 3 5 220 0 0 15,015 14 7 Superintendents of Mercantile Marine :— Salaries Assistance Contingencies fisheries:— Protection of fish and oysters,— Salaries Travelling-expenses Contingencies 1,140 12 4 318 0 0 202 13 1 566 11 7 154 16 4 92 15 0 1,661 5 5 814 2 11 Import of salmon-ova Import of whitefish-ova Hakataramea Salmon-hatchery,— Salaries Contingencies Supply of fish-ova and acclimatisation of fish, animals, &c. Collection, &c, of rainbow trout-ova .. Survey of Foveaux Strait oyster-beds 257 2 11 322 18 7 292 0 0 107 8 7 141 17 4 91 3 3 55 4 0 257 2 11 322 18 7 292 0 0 107 8 7 141 17 4 91 3 3 55 4 0 Grant to Portobello Fish-hatchery Grant to Hokitika FiBh-hatohery 250 0 0 27 5 0 1,267 14 8 250 0 0 27 5 0 277 5 0 Veather-reporting:— Salary Contingencies 350 0 0 72 13 10 350 0 0 72 13 10 2,359 2 7 422 13 10 Less credits to vote "" 25,297 3 9 130 5 9 government steamers: — Working-expenses, s.s. " Hinemoa " .. Repairs and renewals, s.s. " Hinemoa " Working-expenses, s.s. " Tutanekai " .. 7,167 5 3 3,644 12 1 4,339 5 5 7,167 5 3 3,644 12 1 4,339 5 5 15,151 2 9 482 8 1 25,166 18 0 Less amount of freights, passages, &c... 14,668 13 8 utiscellaneous services:— Coastal buoys and beacons Survey of coast by H.M.S. " Penguin," to 31st March, 1904 Departmental travelling-expenses " N.Z. Nautical Almanao " .. A, B, and C Azimuth Tables Cheoking overcrowding of steamers and legal expenses .. Charts and books Examination of masters and mates—contingencies Inquiries into wrecks and casualties Survey of unseaworthy ships Relief of distressed seamen Fog-signals Removal of snags, Lake Mahinapua and south creeks .. Improving and protecting entrance to Waikouaiti River.. Charter of s.s. '.' Aorere " to Karamea Boiler test-gauges and apparatus Sundries 129 2 8 7,267 7 8 13 7 11 200 0 0 65 0 0 317 4 0 138 12 5 37 16 0 184 15 8 110 81 3 8 235 13 3 126 19 2 38 0 0 35 5 0 79 4 0 456 11 2 129 2 8 7,267 7 8 13 7 11 200 0 0 65 0 0 317 4 0 138 12 5 37 16 0 184 15 8 110 81 3 8 235 13 3 126 19 2 38 0 0 35 5 0 79 4 0 456 11 2 Less credits to vote 9,407 3 7 339 13 5 9,067 10 2 Grand Total 48,903 1 10