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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1898.

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. :ead Office :— Secretary, also Secretary and Inspector of Customs Chief Clerk Clerks Cadet Nautical Adviser, &c. .. 320 0 0 299 0 3 59 10 11 400 0 0 1,078 11 :— Manukau, — Salaries Contingencies Russell, — Contingencies Hokianga,— Salaries Contingencies Kaipara,— Salaries Subsidy to steamer for harbour-work Removal of beacons Contingencies Opunake, — Salary Contingencies Poxton, — Salary Contingencies Rangitikei,— Salary .. . • • ■ • • Contingencies Tauranga, — Contingencies Mokau, — Salaries Erection of flagstaff Contingencies Wairau, — Salary Removal of snags Contingencies Havelock, — Erection of beacons Contingencies Nelson, — Salaries Contingencies Riwaka, — Maintenance of lights Motueka, — Salary Waitapu,— Salary Maintenance of leading lights Contingencies Collingwood,— Salary Contingencies Karamea, — Salary Construction of stop-bank Contingencies Okarito, — Salary .. .. ■ • ■ • " Contingencies ... ■ • • • Okuru, — Signalling vessels Contingencies Little Wanganui,— Signalling vessels Contingencies Waikawa, — Salary Wilson's River,— Grant for wharf Whakatane, — Removal of rocks .. Maraetai, — Erection of wharf.. Whangarei,— Grant for repairs to town wharf .. •*< 426 0 0 138 4 2 12 6 9 385 0 0 340 0 0 83 14 6 36 10 2 25 0 0 1 10 6 274 0 0 5 16 0 190 0 0 47 11 11 31 5 0 102 10 0 24 7 0 145 0 0 35 13 9 46 15 4 24 0 0 21 0 2 40 12 0 2 17 6 8 13 3 564 4 2 12 6 9 279 16 8 845 4 8 26 10 6 237 11 11 45 0 2 8 1Q Q Id o 158 2 0 227 9 1 43 9 6 504 0 0 119 16 5 623 16 5 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 0 5 6 75 5 6 25 0 0 16 5 0 41 5 0 43 6 8 68 11 2 11 0 4 122 18 2 37 10 0 42 3 3 79 13 8 6 0 0 5 11 0 11 11 0 13 0 0 7 2 0 20 2 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 193 5 10 193 5 10 98 8 5 98 8 5 336 4 11 336 4 11 100 0 0 100 0 0