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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department — continued.

Nature of Expenditure. Details. I I Totals. Grand Totals. Brought forward.. Harbours— continued. Waikawa, — Salary Contingencies Riwaka, — Maintenance of light Contingencies Picton Harbour, — Contingencies Rangitikei,— Contingencies Iron buoys Report on Wairoa River Lamps, repairs to buoys, and sundries £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,416 12 2 £ a. d. 1,362 16 3 10 0 0 0 15 0 10 15 0 10 0 0 12 6 11 2 6 11 4 6 2 16 4 125 0 0 60 0 0 447 17 5 Lighthouses:— Salaries of keepers Oil .. .. Stores and contingencies Keepers'travelling-expenses .. Lighthouse artificer Pension of widow of Keeper Deck 9,273 5 9 1,654 8 11 3,607 3 11 217 4 9 210 0 0 6 0 0 4,085 7 11 14,968 3 4 Superintendents of Mercantile Marine :— Salaries Assistance Contingencies 1,060 0 0 23 0 0 158 13 9 1,241 18 9 Fisheries :— Protection of fish and oysters,— Salaries.. Travelling-expenses Contingencies Wages of attendants, Hakataramea Hatchery 494 2 6 149 6 0 74 13 2 239 15 0 1,007 16 8 790 18 2 286 4 3 144 10 10 202 16 7 79 1 3 Fish-hatcheries Import of whitefish-ova Import of salmon ova Salmon-hatchery at Hakataramea Supply of fish-ova and acclimatisation of fish, animals, &c. Weather-reporting :— Salary Contingencies 2,511 7 9 350 0 0 6 14 6 356 14 6 Less amount of credits to vote 24,526 3 6 247 17 4 Government steamers: — S.S. " Tutanekai"—working-expenses.. Gratuity to John Blair, late fireman S.S. " Hinemoa " —working-expenses .. S.S. " Hinemoa " —new machinery, repairs, &c. 4,360 0 7 60 0 0 8,954 5 10 159 5 4 24,278 6 2 Less amounts received for freights, passages, &o. 13,533 11 9 2,538 17 7 10,994 14 2 Departmental travelling-expenses Cneokmg overcrowding of steamers and legal expenses Coastal buoys and beacons Survey of coast by H.M.S. " Penguin," to 31st March, 1902 .. Charts Fog-signals Examination of masters and mates —contingencies Inquiries into wrecks and casualties Expenses connected with survey of unseaworthy ships Relief of distressed seamen " N.Z. Nautical Almanao " Automatic tide-gauges Payment to orew of boat which intercepted s.s. " Zealandia," to give news of " Elingamite's " wreck Compensation to C. Moeller, late light-keeper Compensation to S. A. Leech, late Harbourmaster at Westport Compassionate allowanoe to Joseph Collier, for past servioes as pilot Sundries 12 10 0 200 10 0 30 3 7 5,438 8 7 104 12 10 116 2 6 42 7 4 264 2 6 11 8 0 160 19 10 382 0 0 171 18 10 35 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 404 10 2 Less amount of oredits to vote 7,524 14 2 234 8 0 7,290 11 2 Total .. 42,563 11 6