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HARBOUR DEFENCES. Table IV. Return showing the Expenditure on Harbour Defences, in detail, from their Commencement to the 31st March, 1890, also Liabilities at that Date.

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Classification. 1878-79. 1879-80. 1880-81. 1883-84.* 1884-85. Total Expenditure up to 31st March, 1885.+ 1885-86. 1886-87. 1887-88. 1888-89. 1889-90. Total Expenditure from 31et March, 1885, up to ! 31st March, 1890. J I (xreat Totals \ Liabilities Expenditure known to from 1878 exist at to 31st March, ; 31st March, 1890.5 1890. Grand Total Expenditure and Liabilities at .'list March, 1890. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I.—Material pkom England. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. & s. d. £ s, d. £ s. d. R.B.L. guns and carriages, &c. 35,149 0 0 38,033 15 7 11,188 15 8 17,770 7 9 102,141 Iβ 0 102,141 19 0 R.M.L. guns and carriages, &c. 26,356 13 0 26,356 13 0 4,203 6 4 354 5 10 4,557 12 2 30,914 5 2 Field-guns and carriages, service pattern 900 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 Machine-guns and carriages 1,745 12 2 6,393 9 6 5,673 13 0 13,812 14 8 13,812 14 8 Ammunition 10 7 10 799 0 7 809 8 5 3,504 5 11 3,352 8 9 11,890 2 2 4,975 1 4 23,721 18 2 24,531 6 7 War Office stores : Miscellaneous equipments 4,830 0 0 4,830 0 0 3,975 14 7 485 18 10 120 10 0 391 14 7 4,973 18 0 9,803 18 0 Major-General Stewart, B.E., Military Adviser to AgentGeneral 513 13 6 1,986 10 8 522 17 4 344 6 0 330 8 2 3,697 15 8 3,697 15 8 Torpedo-boats 6,300 0 0 j 4,735 17 0 11,035 17 0 11,035 17 0 Whitehead torpedoes and air-compressing machinery .. 8,104 0 8 685 0 0 374 7 7 4 8 4 9,167 16 7 9,167 16 7 Submarine mining stores for submarine defence of ports 872 13 6 12,055 6 6 2,096 4 5 3,259 19 6 18,284 3 11 18,284 3 11 Miscellaneous charges: Freight, insurance, shipping, &c. 857 0 4 415 11 1 2,226 13 10 3,499 5 3 338 19 7 2,026 11 2 3,539 0 11 3,370 7 9 i 899 17 1 10,174 16 6 13,674 1 9 Totals 5,697 8 2 27,571 4 8 6,300 0 0 ! 6,962 10 10 46,531 3 8 51,813 6 0 53,578 6 5 46,075 10 11 35,079 3 8 4,886 7 8 191,432 14 8 237,963 18 4 1,250 4 7 \i 1239,214 2 11 II._W0RKS IN THE COLONY. Defence works generally: Batteries, depots, launches, engineering, and miscellaneous charges 912 6 11 2,638 0 3 713 1 3 531 19 8 904 6 2 5,699 19 3 58,081 5 1 74,429 6 8 25,805 14 11 12,769 13 7 9,194 12 6 180,280 12 9 185,980 12 0 1,418 0 10 187,398 12 10 Purchases, &c, of land : Sites for depots and batteries 17,272 9 0 11,421 6 2 1,577 9 8 2,240 6 0 1,671 2 9 34,182 13 7 34,182 13 7 600 0 0 34,782 13 7 Totals 713 1 3 531 19 8 904 6 2 912 6 11 2,638 5 3 5,699 19 3 75,353 14 1 85,850 12 10 27,383 4 7 15,009 19 7 10,865 15 3 214,463 6 4 220,163 5 7 2,018 0 10 222,181 6 5 Totals I. and II. 7,212 6 11 9,600 16 1 15,752 2 11 3,268 5 5 461,395 9 4 6,410 9 5 28,103 4 4 904 6 2 52,231 2 11 127,167 0 1 139,428 19 3 73,458 15 6 50,089 3 3 405,896 1 0 458,127 3 11 • There was no expenditure for the years 1881-82 and 188! Cautley, R.E., to report upon the defences of the colony ; (b o n all accounts incurred since the actual construction of tin 1-eB. + At th the salaries am defence works lie date (31st Marc d travelling expe: commenced, nan lh, 1885) the aci ises of those Ii iely, from 31st tual construction of defence works commenced. The expenditure mperial officers ; (c) the landing, transport, storage, and care of BJ March, 1885, to 31st March, 1890. § This column represents the i in the colony pi d.L. guns and an mm of the sepan ior to this date wi 'munition, and of itely-showu expec is—(a) For survey: torpedo-boats; ai iditures of the twc and other expeni id id) other misce periods assigned :ses incidental to the visits of Colom charges. + This colimi . in the two preceding notes. 3l Scratchley, B.E., and Major in represents the expenditure 31st March, 1890. Abthur Bell, Enginei er for Defences.