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

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Toialts. Ui ii ml Totals. £ s - ** £ g. d. £ s. d. Lighthouses:— Salaries of keepers .. .. .. .. .. 10,901111 1 Oil .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,562 (I 3* Stores and contingencies .. . . .. .. 4,!t34 it 7 Lighthouse expert .. .. .. .. .. :tli7 2 8 Lightkeeper's travelling-expenses .. '.. .. 21!) !) 2 17,982 12 it Meteorological Office :— Salaries of staff and observers .. .. .. !I4O 1.1 d Postage and telegrams .. . . .. .. 874 14 1 Instruments and repairs .. . . .. .. 90 4 I) Office equipment and rent .. .. .. .. 179 Iβ 1 Cleaning offices .. .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Travelling-expenses . . .. .. .. 00 !l Telephone.. .. .. .. .. .. 17 II II Stores and contingencies .. .. .. .. 18 12 3 — 2,2(11 111 2 Mercantile marine offices and survey "f ships : — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,394 16 7 Rent .. . . ■ ■ .. .. .. 100 0 0 Telephones . . .. .. .. .. 50 !) 10 Cleaning offices . . .. . . .. .. 45 12 2 Advertising for Surveyor .. . . .. . . 7 14 (i Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. SI 0 II Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 26 3 0 Protection of fish and oysters : — Salaries of Inspectors .. .. . . .. 872 IP 0 Planting oysters in Hauraki Gulf .. .. .. 154 16 I Casual labour .. .. .. .. .. 142 16 0 Collection, &c, brown-trout ova .. .. .. 169 7 1 Grant for maintenance, Portobello Fish-hatohery, — Salaries .. .. •• •■ .. 330 0 0 Repairs, stores, Ao. .. .. .. .. Hi l> x Stocking Westland rivers with trout .. .. .. 75 o II Grant for Marlborough Fish-hatchery. . .. .. .11) 0 0 Experiments with herring-ova ■ . ■ .. 2'J 17 4 Importation of Atlantic salmon-ova .. .. .. 762 1 10 Picking and sale of oysters .. .. .. .. 12 2 u Stocking Westland rivers with salmon .. .. 105 10 10 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. 284 11 2 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 30 11 8 — 3,666 10 fi 3,116 Hi 8 Hakataramea Salmon Station, — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 366 0 0 Working-expenses .. .. .. .. 10027 :i5»> o o 100 2 7 4.1li 2 7 ,.171 13 3 'ii Afifi u 'i Less recoveries 33,085 8 3 562 3 5 33,685 8 3 562 3 5 Total £33,123 4 10 £33,123 4 II) Government steamers :— Working-expenses, s.s. " Hinemoa" .. .. ..I 8,951 6 In s.s. " Tutanekai " .. .. 4,784 5 2 „ s.s. " Amokura " .. .. .. 7,565 8 0 Repairs to oable-engine, s.s. " Tutanekai " .. .. 146 0 0 21.446 lit 0 I/ess cable services, freights, passages, &c. il,4+ll IV \.t 3,320 16 I! 21,446 lit 0 3,320 Hi 3 Total 18,12(i 2 9 18,12(i 2 9 .Marine miscellaneous services :— Departmental travelling-expenses .. .. .. 51 lit <i Administration of Shipping and Seaiuen Act, and inquiries 3!H| 5 11 into shipping casualties Buoys and beacons, — E* Jackson's Head beacon .. .. .. 69 10 1 Si Kaipara Harbour beacons .. .. .. 230 12 it Cartage and freight .. .. .. .. 67 1 8 Charts, books, and publications .. .. .. 287, 0 o Checking overcrowding of steamers .. .. .. 346 0 I Contribution towards New Zealand Sailor*' Room, England 20 0 0 Deepening oreek, Okarito .. .. .. •• 20 0 0 Erection of wharf-shed, Little Wanganui .. .. Hi 14 0 Extra clerical assistance .. .. .. .. 27 Hi S Fog signals—Cartridges and maintenance . . . . 430 :i I Granl Cor improvements to Foxton Harbour .. .. 187 Hi 0 Grant towards cost of repairing Half-moon Bay Wharf .. 36 0 n Legal expenses .. .. •• •■ •■ 13 2 6 Lithographing forms .. .. .. .. 86 :> I) •Value of oil purohaeed. For value of oil consumed, see Maintenance •e Return, next page. Rcl ■turn, next I'Rge.