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Return showing the Total Expenditure of the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1921— continued.

Is. Is. [nspection of machinery and survey of ships : — Salaries Advertising, books, periodicals, &c. Collection of inspection fees Rent, cleaning offices, &c. Office fittings and requisites Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Expenses of Chief Inspector in Australia Fuel, light, power, and water Contingencies £ s. d. 19,110 5 7 63 7 7 150 0 0 108 II 0 254 8 10 212 10 7 6,348 8 2 25 0 0 1 14 9 30 4 3 £ s. d. 20,304 10 9 Protection of fish and oysters :— Salaries Benzine, oil, stores, &c. Casual labour Hakataramea Salmon-station Hatchery Erection of stop-banks and groynes Grant for maintenance, Portobello Picking and sale of oysters Planting of oysters Re-erection of salmon-hatchery shed Stocking rivers with salmon Travelling allowances and expenses Collection and distribution of trout ova Launch for Bay of Islands Purchase of nets and gear for sale Reward to Inspector J. P. Bennett Contingencies 2,573 4 2 559 13 5 205 14 11 95 8 0 141 11 3 500 0 0 5,494 18 2 870 11 6 456 8 2 120 2 0 478 9 0 25 15 4 6 4 6 3,006 10 11 30 0 0 79 5 7 government steamers: — Salaries Training-ship " Amokura " S.s. " Hinemoa " S.s. " Tutanekai" New training-ship : Cost of bringing from England 14,643 16 11 1,987 0 5 8,737 12 8 16,412 16 4 21,446 8 9 531 10 7 49,115 8 9 lliscellaneous :— Administration, Shipping and Seamen Act Checking overcrowding on steamers Contribution towards New Zealand Sailors' room, Auckland Expenses connected with examinations Extra clerical assistance Extra clerical assistance : Cost-of-living rises Fog-signals, cartridges, &c. Fuel, light, power, and water Audit fees Office fittings and requisites Postage, telegrams, &c. Preparation of tide-tables Relief of distressed seamen Relief of distressed seamen in United Kingdom Charts, &c, and advertising Superannuation of R. C. Hunter Survey of unseaworthy ships Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies Prosecutions Contribution to Mokau Harbour Board (salary) Grant to Mokau Harbour Board Rent of High Commissioner's Office, London Carriage and freight Piako River leading lights Allowances to officers performing higher duties Government advance in hands of officer committed to mental hospital Compensation to A. Peterson Cost of trip of " Tutanekai " to McQuarrie Island Cost-of-living bonus Expenses of Inland Waterways Commission Clearing willows from Mongonui and Wairau Rivers, Kaipara Repairing wharf, Okuru Nautical tables.. " New Zealand Nautical Almanac " Relief of crew, schooner " Awanui " Removal of snags, Karamea River Removal of willows, Waiotu Stream Renewal of wharves Ront, examination-room, Wellington Repairs to beacon, Jackson's Head Repairing Kenepuru Canal Motueka Harbour Repairs to Ti Point wharf Repairing and extending wharf, French Pass Repairs to Clutha River Board's dredge Typewriters, purchase and repairs War medals and ribands 357 16 9 543 11 7 17 17 0 80 14 1 1,322 8 8 62 8 10 604 1 11 43 6 6 75 0 0 2,013 I :>, 1,223 10 6 550 0 0 116 16 4 99 6 4 94 18 4 90 0 0 9 9 0" 175 10 1 274 9 8 47 12 9 15 5 1 6 13 4 75 0 0 100 0 0 249 (i 3 81 10 0 102 3 7 20 17 10 39 18 0 14 17 10 1,378 3 5 9 8 11 87 4 2 16 2 10 300 0 0 1,162 13 0 629 12 9 52 1 5 49 10 0 341 18 7 386 2 7 152 13 0 11 7 11 23 18 6 142 2 7 917 0 0 1,070 0 0 3 7 0 10 6 2 15,241 10 4 Grand total 167,937 0 9