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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1909.

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,221 11 2 £ s. d. 2,221 11 2 Salaries of Head Office Staff iarbours: — Manukau, — Salaries Flagstaff House allowance Extra wages Stores and contingencies Russell, — New office and fittings Stores and contingencies Hokianga,— Salaries New house (on account). . Stores and contingencies .. .. • • Kaipara,— Salaries Removal of logs from river Beacon, Helensville River House allowance Stores, repairs and contingencies Tauranga,— Salary Beacons, Katikati Contribution to salary of Postmaster for performing marine work Stores and contingencies Tongaporutu,— Salary Stores and contingencies Opunake,— Salary Foxton, — Salary Deepening channel Sounding and buoying river, &c. Stores and contingencies 530 0 0 40 0 5 30 0 0 32 2 0 137 11 10 58 6 10 12 1 0 389 0 0 15 15 6 93 17 6 663 0 0 326 6 8 214 6 11 26 0 0 177 9 4 769 14 3 70 7 10 498 13 0 1,407 2 11 31 5 0 30 0 0 18 15 0 40 9 9 120 9 9 17 10 0 9 0 10 26 0 10 25 0 0 210 0 0 32 1 6 162 10 0 71 19 4 476 10 10 Mokau, — Salary Grant towaids cost of snagging 40 0 0 144 8 9 Wairau, — Salary .. .. • • • ■ Removal of snags Contingencies .. .. .. '■ . Pioton, — Salary Office furniture Stores and contingencies Waitapu,— Salary Maintenance of lights Stores and contingencies Colhngwood, — Salary Stores and contingencies .. • • ■ ■ | Karamea, — Salary .. .. • • •• Removing and re-erecting flagstaff .. .. j Removing snags House (final payment) and land Beacons Stores and contingencies .. Okarito, — Salary Deepening Sandy Creek Opening the bar Assistance Repairs Removing shingle-bank at wharf Stores and contingencies Okuru, — Salary Stores and contingencies Little Wanganui,— Signalling vessels in and out Flagstaff Stores and contingencies.. ... .. Waikawa, — Salary Iron buoys .. •■ Salary, storeman and carpenter 12 18 4 11 0 0 5 7 3 184 8 9 53 4 6 24 19 8 41 5 8 29 5 7 25 0 0 50 0 0 0 17 6 119 9 10 50 0 0 27 0 3 75 17 6 100 0 0 45 2 0 36 7 6 35 0 0 21 0 0 35 7 2 77 0 3 272 16 8 100 0 0 30 0 0 28 0 0 23 15 0 22 17 0 20 0 0 9 16 2 234 8 2 50 0 0 20 6 8 70 6 8 16 0 0 14 4 0 4 7 9 34 11 9 10 0 0 19 19 2 196 12 6 Buoy-chain, general stores, and fittings Repairs to buoys and sundries 1 | | 329 7 9 137 2 8 466 10 5 5,185 (i 8