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Statutoby Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. To Balance of Loan— By Balance in bank and on hand — " Auckland Harbour Act, 1874" .. 115,000 0 0 General Account .. .. .. 8,155 3 3 "Auckland Harbour Board Empower- Contractors' Deposit Account .. 376 0 0 ing Act, 1882".. .. .. 150,000 0 0 Sinking Fund Account .. .. 1,129 5 6 " Auckland Harbour Board Loan Act, Balance outstanding— 1886" .. .. .. 100,000 0 0 Goods wharfage .. .. 650 11 8 Balance Contractors' Deposit Account 376 0 0 Rent .. .. .. .. 2,058 18 4 Balance .. .. .. .. 310,733 14 9 Shipping wharfage .. .. 118 411 Dock dues .. .. .. 48 9 5 Bort charges .. .. .. 43 6 0 Harbourmaster's fees .. .. 4 12 6 Storage.. .. .. .. 9 0 10 Legal expenses .. .. .. 12 1 2 City Council, for dredging .. 275 14 3 Estimated — Docks, machinery, cottages, sheds, &c. 209,179 8 0 Wharves, piers, jetties, and dolphins 96,407 17 4 Dredgers and punts.. .. .. 29,350 0 0 Sheds, offices, workshops, and weighbridge .. .. .. .. 8,745 0 2 Harbour Board offices .. .. 9,001 3 6 Furniture and plans .. .. 1,700 0 0 Cranes .. .. .. .. 3,038 7 4 Buoys and beacons .. .. .. 2,t>08 14 1 Freeman's Bay Reclamation .. 10,371 5 9 Embankment, Birkenhead .. .. 123 0 0 Totara piles in stock .. .. 320 1 10 City and suburban lands purchased .. 2,747 6 3 Gear and tools .. .. .. 2,236 2 8 City lands reclaimed from sea .. 287,400 0 0 £676,109 14 9 £676,109 14 9 10th January, 1895. J. M. Bbigham, Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edwabd FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General. I hereby certify that this account was examined and allowed at the adjourned annual meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board, held this sth day of March, 1895. —M. Niccol, Chairman, Auckland Harbour Board.

BLUFF EABBOUE BOABD. Balance-sheet of the Bluff Habboub Boabd for the Year ended 31st December, 1894. 1. Genebal Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Berthage dues.. .. .. .. 1,614 17 5 Balance, 31st December, 1893 .. .. 609 10 1 Wharfage dues, less commission .. 4,802 0 3 Steam-tug— Bilotago dues .. .. .. .. 2,351 2 4 Insurance .. .. .. .. 242 10 0 Bort charges .. .. .. .. 1,239 3 9 Coals, repairs, incidentals .. .. 976 4 7 Bilotage exemption-fees .. .. 20 0 0 Engineer's wages .. .. .. 160 0 0 Licenses to boatmen .. .. .. 110 Works— Royalty on gravel .. .. .. 014 5 Additions and alterations to Harbour-Steam-tug— master's house contract .. .. 710 0 Towage dues .. .. .. 476 3 2 Repairs to western end of main wharf Stewart Island service .. .. 279 6 7 contract .. .. .. .. 147 6 6 Mail subsidy .. .. .. 150 0 0 Dredging operations, "Alpha," including Dog Island service .. .. .. 919 0 hire, insurance, and repairs .. 589 2 4 Rents of sections, office-sites, &c. .. 910 0 Boring, blasting, and dredging operaRents of oyster platforms .. .. 50 0 0 tions at deep-water berth .. .. 967 8 7 Water-rates .. .. .. .. 273 12 9 Removal of sand from foreshore, on coSale of spars .. .. .. .. 1 10 0 operative system .. .. .. 148 8 5 Hire of hydraulic winch .. .. 8 0 0 Maintenance and repairs— By balance, 31st December, 1894 .. 722 18 6 Maintenance of coal-hulk " Titan " .. 413 9 deep-water berth .. 26 14 5 „ harbour .. .. 101 2 5 lightship .. .. 11 6 11 waterworks .. .. 84 12 3 „ wharf lights .. .. 39 14 8 Repairs to boats .. .. .. 18 19 5 „ buoys and beacons .. 16 9 4 buildings .. .. .. 211 7 4 „ diving-dress .. .. 13 5 4 dredge " Alpha" .. .. 16 2 3 „ Briestman dredge and iron barge .. .. .. .. 283 7 1 Repairs to wooden hopper barges .. 36 710 wharf .. .. .. 129 5 2 Salaries— Bilot staff .. .. .. .. 1,530 9 6 Secretary and Treasurer .. .. 200 0 0 Carpenter .. .. .. .. 124 0 0 Engineer's services, commission .. 83 10 6 Rates, insurance on buildings, &c. .. 32 15 5 Office expenses, advertising, printing, stationery, stamps, telegrams, telephones, &c. 139 7 7 Carried forward ~ ~ 12,009 19 2 Carried forward .. .. 6,95111 8

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