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

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. ( Grand Totals. Brought forward "rotection of Fish and Oysters— continued. Collection, &c, of brown-trout ova Experimental trawling Import of salmon-ova • Import of whitefish-ova Introduction of Atlantic salmon Launch for Portobello Hatchery Maintenance grant, Portobello Hatchery Purchase of salmon-station site, Hakataramea Travelling-expenses Contingencies £ s. d. 30 7 3 £ s. d. 699 6 8 £ s. d. 29,749 13 2 129 16 10 4,274 13 9 42 0 0 62 15 3 202 6 11 100 0 0 260 0 0 134 6 0 184 8 6 160 10 11 Hakataramea Salmon Station, — Salaries Maintenance 329 8 0 156 12 1 5,571 5 5 486 0 1 5,571 5 5 486 0 1 6,756 12 2 Less recoveries, credits, Ac. 36,506 5 4 540 17 5 lovernment steamers:— Working-expenses, " Hinemoa " Working-expenses, " Tutanekai" Bridge-deck, s.s. " Tutanekai " Training-ship " Amokura " .. New winch and windlass, " Amokura" 9,175 3 9 9,935 2 2 461 2 6 5,295 6 8 638 5 10 35,965 J 11 25,505 0 11 2,493 17 7 23,011 3 4 Lees freights, passages, Ac. liscellaneous services:— Administration " Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903 " Aquarium at Exhibition at Christchureh Charter of steamer searching for C. Harvey, blown out to sea Charts and books Coastal buoys and beacons Checking overcrowding of steamers Departmental travelling-expenses Expenses Navigation Conference Expenses re inquiries into wrecks, Ac. Expenses Wool-fires Commission Fog-signal cartridges Grant, Shipwreck Relief Society Grant, Marlborough Acclimatisation Society Maintenance Jackson's Head beacon Marine survey Matakohe Wharf repairs Mooring-buoy, Milford Sound Napier - Western Spit protective works " N.Z. Nautical Almanac " .. Port Waikato Wharf repairs Postage and telegrams Prosecutions Raupo Wharf repairs Reconstruction Frenoh Pass beacon Refund of examination-fee, W. H. Nielsen Refund of examination-fee, J. Mclntyre Rent and expenses connected with examinations, Ac. .. Searching for barque " Constance Craig-" Wharf, Little Shag Creek, Tokatoka Contingencies,— Cartage, Ac. Expenses re Piako River Expenses re taking observations, Picton Extra clerical and other assistance Legal expenses Lithographing Searching for missing boats Telephones Timber for repairs, Ac. Travelling-expenses Typewriter and requisites Sundries Stationery 58 17 0 428 7 1 21 0 0 250 5 8 52 16 2 437 9 4 28 2 1 1,505 4 U 775 10 7 485 7 1 303 7 10 200 0 0 50 0 0 60 6 4 382 15 0 99 17 6 626 13 10 250 0 0 268 6 9 98 0 11 481 5 5 142 1 9 164 15 11 225 6 3 0 10 0 1 0 0 112 3 7 30 0 0 200 0 0 6 0 6 14 0 0 8 15 0 84 10 0 61 4 11 29 11 6 10 0 0 41 10 3 6 15 5 56 3 9 27 9 0 32 15 2 8 5 11 Less recoveries, credits, Ac. 8.126 12 5 616 13 7 7,509 18 10 Grand total -- 66,486 10 1