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Return showing the Cost of Erection of the New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Return showing the Fees, etc., received under the Shipping and Seamen Acts, the Merchant Shipping Act, the Harbours Acts, the Fisheries Acts, the Inspection of Machinery Acts, and the Tramways Acts during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1920.

Return showing the Amount of Light Dues collected during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1920.

Name of Lighthouse. I Cost of Erection. £ s. cl. Penoarrow Head .. .. .. 6,422 0 4 Nelson .. .. .. .. 2,824 8 9 Tiritiri .. .. .. .. 5,747 7 2 Mana Island* .. .. .. 5,513 0 1 Taiaroa Head .. .. .. 4,923 14 11 Godley Head .. .. .. 4,705 10 4 Dog Island .. .. .. 10,480 12 8 Farewell Spit .. .. .. 6,139 11 8 Nugget Point .. .. .. 6,597 3 7 Cape Campbell .. .. .. 5,619 2 6 Manukau Head .. .. .. 4,975 2 4 Cape Foulwind .. 6,955 9 1 Brothers .. .. .. .. 6,241 0 0 Portland Island .. .. ., 6,554 14 5 Moeraki .. .. .. .. 4,288 13 2 Centre Island .. .. .. 5,785 19 0 Puysegur Point .. .. .. 9,958 19 5 Cape Maria van Diemon .. .. 7,028 14 8 Akaroa Head .. .. .. 7,150 6 5 Cape Saunders .. .. .. 6,006 6 3 CapeEgmontf .. .. .. 3,358 17 11 Moko'dnou .. .. .. 8,186 5 0 Waipapapa Point .. .. .. 5,969 18 11 Ponui Passage} Kaipara Head .. .. .. 5,571 8 0 French Pass .. .. .. 1,427 17 5 Cuvior Island .. .. .. 7,406 16 11 Stephen Island .. .. r. 9,349 9 11 Cape Palliser .. ., .. 0,243 16 1 Fast Cape .. .. .. 7,594 8 8 Kahurangi Point .. .. .. 9,528 1 1 Jack's Point .. .. .. 1,204 10 9 Cape Brett .. .. .. 11,237 3 5 C.stle Point .. .. .. 9,703 16 10 Chicken Island .. .. .. 1,149 3 4 Channel Islet .. .. .. 1,227 7 8 Karori Rick .. .. .. 4,570 6 1 Okuri Point .. .. .. 448 18 0 Cost of telegraph-cable to Tiritiri .. 1,085 19 6 Miscellaneous and unallocated .. 1,322 2 2 Total .. .. .. £220,559 10 5 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape Kgmont. t Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparatus, which were removed from Mana Island, is not included in this. { Built by Provincial Government of Auckland; cost not nown in Marine Department,

Nature of Receipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen Acts :— £ s. d. Fees for engagement and discharge of sea- 3,596 15 10 men, and sale of forms Surveys of steamers, oil engine vessels, I 3,069 12 0 and sailing-vessels Measurement of ships.. .. .. 53 16 6 Examination of masters, mates, and 423 10 0 engineers Light dues .. .. .. .. 32,164 8 8 Sundry receipts .. .. .. 1,586 14 8 Merchant Shipping Act .. .. .. 127 2 6 Harbours Acts :— Pilotage, port charges, &o. .. .. 783 3 3 Foreshora-rents aud sundry receipts .. ! 840 19 3 Fisheries Acts: — Sale of oysters .. .. .. I 5,367 15 3 Sundry receipts .. .. .. 404 14 10 Inspection of Machinery Acts : — Inspection of boilers and machinery .. 14,567 10 0 Examination of engine-drivers .. 530 17 6 Tramways Acts :— Examination of electric-tram drivers .. 100 0 0 Total .. .. .. ! 63,617 0 8

Port. I Amount collocted. Auckland Onehunga Whangarei Russell Mangonui Whangaroa Hokianga Wnitianga Whangape Thames Coromandel Whakatane Kaipara Tauranga.. Poverty Bay Napier New Plymouth Waitara Patea Wanganui Wellington Wairau Picton Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika .. Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Bluff and Invercargill Riverton £ s. d. 12,153 8 3 98 15 1 231 17 11 37 10 4 0 4 10 12 16 8 14 16 11 10 18 11 0 2 0 66 4 0 8 10 1 .. j 39 1 3 .. | 35 16 8 50 9 9 386 19 8 597 0 0 187 15 11 31 17 3 20 4 0 506 7 2 11,230 3 11 9 12 1 270 5 5 229 11 2 233 16 11 205 1 3 1 13 7 3,095 2 7 350 19 0 142 6 6 1,218 8 7 685 12 2 0 18 10 Total . . 32,164 8 8 32,164 8 8