SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1939-40.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

(a) Provision for extra assistance at certain lighthouses during winter months. (b) Provision for chemical lavatories at all light stations. £9,900 provided in Main Estimates. (c) Provision of wireless telephones at the outlying island lighthouses for communication with mainland. (d) Salary of Supervising Shipwright at Auckland. (e) The full amount (£15,800) provided in Main Estimates for " Coastal survey " will not be required, as " H.M.S, Endeavour " has not yet been replaced.

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Salaries. Other Charges, i Total. VOTE No. .—MARINE— £ £ £ Subdivision III.—Lighthouses .. .. .. .. .. 300 800 1,100 „ IV. —Mercantile Marine .. .. .. .. 190 Or. 6,200 Cr. 6,010 VI.—Fisheries .. .. 406 4,300 4,706 „ VII.—Westport Harbour .. .. .. .. 204 .. 204 Gross Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,100 Cr. 1,100 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL .. 1,100 Cr. 1,100 of N Persons. F° r Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund — £ £ £ ' continued. 1939—id 193S-39 OEDINAEY KEVENUE ACCOUNT —continued. VOTE No. .—MARINE. Subdivision No. III. —Lighthouses. Salaries — Non-permanents. Temporary keepers' wages (additional) . . . . . . (a) 300 Other Charges for and incidental to— Repairs and maintenance of lighthouses, dwellings, &c. (additional) . . .. . . . . . . (b) 150 Wireless-telephones, Centre Island and Dog Island .. (c) 650 I 800 Total—Subdivision No. Ill .. .. — 1,100 Subdivision No. IV. —Mercantile Marine. Salaries — General Division. 1 1 (£380 to £425), (part year) .. .. .. . . (d) 190 Less amount provided in Main Estimates, but not required .. . . .. .. (e) 6,200 Total —Subdivision No. IV .. .. — Cr. 6,010 Subdivision No. VI. —Fisheries. Salaries — General Division. £ 1 (£335), (part year) .. .. .. .. 140 2 1 (£295), (part year) .. .. .. .. 123 I 263