B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MAECH, 1948

MARINE DEPARTMENT— continued

(a) Includes repairs and renovations Pencarrow Station, £2,339. (b) Additional expenditure incurred in building up supplies at stations. (c) Provision made last financial year for three second-hand trucks, not obtainable. (d) Emergency transfers. (e) Car hire.

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1946-47. 1947-48. Y OTE —MARINE—continued . / Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. Ill —Lighthouses (Number of officers : 1947-48, 69 ; 1946-47, 68) Salaries — Other Salaries 69 (£355 to £1,000) 23,545 21,899 19,766 Temporary Keepers' wages 3,000 2,400 6,557 26,545 24,299 26,323 Other Charges for and incidental to — Books, magazines, and newspapers 75 90 70 Fog-signals, maintenance of (a) 3,639 1,300 1,329 Fuel for lights : gas, kerosene, &c. 2,300 1,800 {b) 3,091 Horses, vehicles, and harness, purchase and maintenance of 250 280 246 Lighthouse tender, working-expenses of 27,000 38,000 35,519 Lightkeepers : compensation, &c., for loss of stores and effects, &c. 20 10 18 Medical examinations and expenses 100 100 99 Motor-vehicles, purchase and maintenance of; also accident costs 650 1,200 (c) 614 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department 150 150 146 Repairs and maintenance of lighthouses, dwellings, &c. 24,661 25,340 27,130 Services for Meteorological Office (recoverable) 275 275 293 Stores, mails, &c., for lighthouses : transport and delivery charges, &c. 4,300 4,800 4,288 Telephone allowances (recoverable) 50 50 55 Transfer and removal expenses 900 550 {d) 1,067 Travelling allowances and expenses 380 150 390 Contingencies 10 10 (e) 1 64,760 74,105 74,356 Total —Subdivision No. Ill 91,305 98,404 100,679