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Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Return showing the Fees, &c., received under the Shipping and Seamen's Act, the Merchant Shipping Act, the Fish Protection Act, the Inspection of Machinery Acts, for Pilotage and Port Charges, for the use of the Otago Graving Dock, and from Sale of Charts, &c.

Return showing the Expenditure on new Light- houses, &c, out of Immigration and Public Works Loan, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1881.

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Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended the 30th June, 1881.

Name of Lighthouse. Order of Apparatus. \ Period of Description, i Revolving Light. Colour of Light. Tower, Built of Dwellings, Built of Date first Lighted, Jape Maria Van \ Diemen > 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed V White Red, to show over Columbia Reef White Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 ;> KriTiri ?oimi Passage Portland Island < 2nd order dioptric 5th „ 2nd „ 30" Iron Timber 11 1 Jan., 1865 29 July, 1871 10 Feb., 1878 5) Revolving Fixed a Red, to show over Bull Rock White it )> j) ?encarrow Head ... Hanukau Heads ... Brothers 2nd order dioptric 3rd 2nd ,, 10" Iron Timber » 1 Jan., 1859 1 Sept., 1874 24 „ 1877 it Flashing Fixed Revolving Fixed Flashing Fixed ii Bed, over Cook Bock White j) >» Jape Campbell xodley Head Lkaroa kloeraki Caiaroa Head Jape Saunders Nugget Point )og Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd „ 2nd 3rd „ 3rd „ 2nd 1st „ 1st order eatadioptric 1st order dioptric 1' 10" Timber Stone Timber Timber Stone Timber 1 Aug., 1870 1 April, 1865 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1865 1 „ 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Aug., 1865 Revolving Fixed Revolving 1 Red White >» Stone Timber Stone Stone Timber Stone 30" ,, ... J. jj Jentre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White .. Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point Jape Foulwind fare well Spit 1st „ 2nd 2nd Flashing Revolving 10" 30" 1' White, with red arc over Spit end White, with red arc to mark limit of anchorage White ... n )> 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept., 1876 17 June, 1870 >> ti j) kelson 4th Fixed Iron u 4 Aug., 1862 Jape Egmont 2nd it j» )! 1 Aug., 1881

Nature of Receipt. Amount. Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877 (including light dues) Merchant Shipping Act .. .ish Protection Act 3ilotage and port charges )tago graving-dock dues Sale of charts and " New Zealand Pilot" lation money and services rendered by "Hinemoa" .. Ditto by "Stella" Sale of port lights to Harbour Boards Sundries £ s. d. 8,436 0 5 99 7 5 106 0 0 2,723 19 3 2,178 19 11 59 4 0 287 7 5 51 8 6 155 0 0 4 13 8 Total 14,102 0 6

Nature of Expenditure. Amount, Jape Saunders Lighthouse Store for Marine Department Cory Channel lights lokitika Lighthouse Jape Egmout Lighthouse Total £ s. d. 40 18 6 73 16 3 50 0 0 51 19 6 .,, 2,418 12 7 2,635 6 10

I Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Auckland* Onehunga Kaipara Thames* Russell Mongonui Hokianga Tauranga Gisborne New Plymouth* Waitara Wanganui* Bangitikei Foxton Patea* Wellingtonf Wairoa Napier* Nelson Hokitika Ly ttelton* Timaru* Riverton* Oamaru* Kakanui Dunedin* Invercargill (New River) * Bluff* i ] £ s. d. 1,229 16 11 3 10 8 228 5 10 29 16 6 3 19 8 £ 8. 1,229 16 3 10 228 5 29 16 3 19 4715 11 17 47 5 25 16 48 5 405 10 9 6 97 6 28 6 764 6 89 19 855 4 677 13 19 7 4,523 6 4 15 1,969" 7 536-15 £ s. d. 1,248 8 9 141 17 9 264 11 4 50 14 7 £ a. d. 2,478 5 8 145 8 5 492 17 2 80 11 1 3 19 8 16 4 6 47 15 6 11 17 0 47 5 7 51 11 10 102 13 3 405 10 0 9 6 8 97 6 4 37 14 1 2,082 6 4 89 19 6 1,324 2 4 677 13 5 19 7 6 6,826 9 8 60 8 9 9 15 6 505 2 1 3 0 0 3,181 15 3 47 15 6 11 17 0 47 5 7 25 16 6 48 5 0 405 10 0 9 6 81 97 6 4 28 6 10 764 6 7 89 19 6 855 4 9 677 13 5 19 7 6 1 4,523 6 3 16 "4 6 25 15 4 54 8 3 9'"7 3 1,317 19 9 mil 7 ... 4 15 6 2,303 3 5 60 8 9 5 0 0 505 2 1 3 0 0 1,212 7 10 1,969" 7 5 536"l5 5| 50 7 4 359 7 4 50 7 4 896 2 9 Totals 11 11,657 15 4J .1,657 15 8,097 1 10 19,754 17 2 * Harbour Board 1st October, 1880. revenue. tH. irbour Board svenue since the