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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. Huad Office :— Secretary Chief Clerk .. 2 Clerks Marine Engineer .. .. Draftsman Nautical Adviser £ s. d. 200 0 0 370 0 0 390 0 0 300 0 0 220 0 0 300 0 0 £ S. d. £ s. d. 1,780 0 0 1,780 0 0 Habeours :— Manukau, — Salaries Buoys Repairs to signal station Contingencies Russell, — Salaries Contingencies Hokianga,—■ Salaries Contingencies .. Kaipara,— Salaries Steam-launch, balance of cost Coal for steam-launch Buoys and beacons Repairs and alterations to houses .. Stores and contingencies .. Kawhia,*— Contingencies 418 0 0 5 2 9 708 0 0 254 16 9 32 5 11 33 19 0 300 0 0 7 2 6 1,029 1 8 307 2 6 774 16 4 1,632 8 6 76 5 6 115 0 11 63 0 3 118 12 5 423 2 9 2,780 3 11 7 9 6 Mokau, — Survey of river Mercury Bay,— Contingencies Opunake,— Salary Stores Rangitikei,— Salary Contingencies Foxton, — Salaries Contingencies Wairoa, — Salary Contingencies Wangawehi,— Maintenance of light Whakatane, — Removal of rocks .. Tauranga,— Salaries Material and fittings for new pilot-boat Contingencies ■Gisborne, — Salaries Contingencies Wairau, — Salary Contingencies 127 15 0 9 16 3 3-S27 15 0 27 8 1 100 0 0 15 18 0 60 0 0 1 12 0 1 f 302 7 3 5 15 6 61 12 0 137 11 3 355 3 1 115 18 0 40 0 0 98 12 7 318 0 0 31 19 8 57 14 2 407 13 10 355 0 0 29 8 4 384 8 4 145 0 0 26 9 10 171 9 10 Picton, — Salaries Contingencies Havelock, — Salary Contingencies Nelson, — Salaries Contingencies Motucka,— Repairs to buoy Riwaka, — Salary of lightkeeper Contingencies Waitapu,— Salary Leading lights Collingwood,— Salary of lightkeeper .. .. Contingencies Westport,— Salaries Subsidy for sounding bar Contingencies 129 0 0 22 14 0 920 0 0 64 17 9 20 0 0 0 18 0 18 0 0 1 17 0 151 14 0 20 18 0 984 17 9 4 3 7 19 IT 0 31 5 0 44 15 10 76 0 10 25 0 0 14 17 0 39 IT 0 388 10 0 70 5 6 114 8 11 573 4 5 Carried forward 8,498 4 7 1,780 0 0