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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

Item. 1918-19. MARINE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VOTE No. 60. Charges for and incidental to — Acquiring land for beach reserve, Hauraki Gulf Administration of the Shipping and Seamen Act, and inquiries into shipping casualties .Allowances to officers under Public Service Regulations for performing higher duties Amount required to make good cash stolen from Oyster Depot, Auckland ... Audit fees for inspection of accounts Beacons, buoys, and lights at— Waitapu, leading-lights Carriage and freight Charts, books, periodicals, and advertising Checking overcrowding of steamers Contribution towards New Zealand's Sailors' Room, England Contribution towards salary of Wharfinger, Mokau Harbour Board Cost of Commission regarding accidents to Waterside Workers Extra clerical assistance Expenses connected with examinations... Fee for survey of launch "Jimmy" Fog-signals, cartridges, and maintenance Gas and fuel for offices Grant towards cost of publishing -Sir D, Mawson's Antarctic, Meteorological, and Magnetic observations £ 50 400 150 3 75 90 200 300 500 £ 11 25 12 25 13 14 15 16 17 18 525 1,250 200 2 500 25 250 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Grants — For clearing willows from Mongonui and Wairua Rivers, Kaipara For improving Pakaroa Harbour, Aotea For repairing wharf, Okuru Improvement of entrance to Waikare River, Hawke's Bay (£1 for £1) Irrecoverable fees.for survey of oil-launches Maintenance of leading-lights, Piako River New Zealand Nautical Almanac Office equipment Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... - ... Preparation of tide-tables Printing and stationery Proportion of rent of High Commissioner's Office, London Prosecutions under the Shipping and Seamen, Harbours, and Fisheries Acts ... Refund to Union Steamship Company of overtime paid for survey of boilers, s.s. " Pateena " Relief of distressed seamen ... Relief of distressed New Zealand seamen and others in the United Kingdom ... Remission of rent on foreshore occupied by R, B. Smith and S. Rae, Purakanui , Removal of snags from Karamea River ... Removing willows from Waiotu Stream (subsidy, £2 for£l) Renewal of wharves Repairs and improvements to Ruawai Wharf, Kaipara (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... Repairs to Whangaroa Wharf (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... Repairing and improving Kenepuru Canal Snagging Upper Mokau River (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... Snagging Waihou River, Hokianga 500 50 100 200 25 40 900 100 1,000 550 1,500 100 75 33 34 4 100 35 75 36 37 1 50 38 39 150 500 40 41 42 43 300 100 60 100 50