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CLASS X.—MARINE AND HARBOURS, ETC., DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item. 19( '4-5. 4MARINE AND HARBOURS— continued. VOTE No. 44— continued. Salaries— continued. Harbours— continued. Wairau — Signalman Waitapu — Harbourmaster Collingwood — Harbourmaster and Lightkeeper Karamea — Signalman Okarito — Harbourmaster £ £ 11 145 12 13 25 14 35 15 40 75 Less contributions from Customs Vote 2,263 85 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Other Charges — Buoys and beacons, and gas for lights Buoys and beacons, Aotea Harbour Buoy-chain, stores, and oil Removal of snags, Wairau River Removal of buildings, Foxton Pilot-station Wages and rent Contingencies 2,178 200 30 500 50 250 350 350 Lighthouses— Salaries — 30 Principal Keepers: 1 at £180, 13 at £160, 6 at £150, 1 at £140, 9 at £130 45 Assistant Keepers: 3 at £120,11 at £110,10 at £100 19 at £90, 1 at £80, and 1 at £50 Artificer 1,730 23 4,470 4,410 220 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 81 Other Charges — Carriage of mails Keeper's station and travelling-allowances... Oil and stores Road, Waipapapa Lighthouse ... Repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, Ac. Repairs to road, Puysegur Point Wages of temporary keepers ... Contingencies 9,100 220 500 3,900 100 600 60 350 350 6,080 Weather-reporting Officer— Wellington 15,180 32 350 33 Superintendents of Mercantile Marine and Examiners of Masters and Mates — 1 each at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, at £280 a year Assistance 1,120 300 34 35 Protection of Fish and Oysters— Salaries — Chief Inspector of Fisheries 7 Inspectors: I at £130, 1 at £25, 1 at £24, 4 at £10 Wages of attendants, Hakataratnea Hatchery 1,420 315 219 292