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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS— continued.

item. 19-10. MARINE AND HARBOURS— continued. 19' 39 VOTE No. 68— continued. Lighthouses— Salaries — 30 Principal Keepers: 14 at £170,1 at £160, 5 at £150, 9 at £140,1 at £140 (6 months,) 48 Assistant Keepers: 5 at £130, 11 at £120, 8 at £110, 21 at £100, 2 at £90 (6 months), and 1 at £50 Lighthouse expert Retiring lightkeeper £ 4,620 5,090 265 53 10 ,028 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 50 57 58 59 60 61 Other Charges of and incidental to — Boats for lighthouses, including repairs Books, magazines, and newspapers Carriage of mails Destroying rabbits on reserves Expenses connected with outbreak of scarlet fever at Stephens Island Lighthouse... Fencing Flagstaff's at Farewell Spit, Brothers, and Stephens and Centre Islands Improvement of Cape Maria landing-place Incandescent burners Keepers' station and travelling-allowances... Lighting beacon in Helensville Creek Medical examinations and expenses Oil and stores Oil-engine hoist for East Cape Pigeon service Purchase and shoeing of horses and forage for same ... Repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, <fcc. Telephones Tramway at East Cape Travelling allowances and expenses Wages of temporary keepers ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 40 100 250 25 83 25 50 540 800 650 10 30 3,850 200 20 100 500 30 360 25 450 100 8,238 18 ,266 62 Weathee-eepoeting and Meteobological Office — Salaries — Weather-reporter Assistant Weather-reporter Draughtsman Clerk Cadette 3 Local reporters Weather-reporter (on retirement), (3 months) 300 250 160 170 72 49 100 1,101 63 04 65 60 07 Other Charges of and incidental to — Cleaning offices Fencing enclosure for instruments, Auckland Lithographing Office equipment and rent Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes 30 125 30 140 1,000