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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department, etc. — continued.

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Nature of Expeuditure. Details. TotalB. Grand Totals. Brought forward Protection of fish and oysters — continued. Stocking West Coas.t rivers with salmon Travelling-expenses Contingencies £ e. d. 9,337 10 9 208 19 3 134 7 3 13 12 5 £ s. d. 35,100 2 8 £ s. d. 9,694 9 8 42,057 12 2 Less recoveries 44,794 12 4 2,737 0 2 Government steamers : — S.s. " Hinemoa " .. S.s. " Tutanekai " .. Training-ship " Amokura " .. 11,024 2 0 1,362 13 11 8,337 6 0 Less recoveries (including £957 8s. 6d. for admission to fresh-water aquarium, Auckland Exhibition 20,724 1 11 19,032 2 8 1,691 19 3 Marine miscellaneous services :— Head Office travelling-expenses Administration of Shipping and Seamen Act and inquiries into shipping casualties Audit fees for inspection of accounts Automatic light for Shelly Beach Beacon, Kaipara Beacons, buoys, and lights,— Jackson's Head Kaipara Harbour Cartage and freight Charts, books, &c. Checking overcrowding of steamers Clearing weeds from Mahinapua Creek Compensation to Captain Atwood in connection with wreck of " Elingamite " Contribution towards New Zealand sailors' room, England Defalcations of late C. B. Jarman, clerk in Mercantile Marine Office, Dunedin Depa rtmental counsel on Westport Harbour Board Royal Commission Extra clerical assistance Fog-signals, cartridges, and maintenance Gas and fuel for offices Grants, — For improving Little Akaloa wharf For improving navigation Taheke River For repairs to Portage Bay Wharf For repairs to Waitaria Wharf For wharf at Waiau Pa, Manukau Legal expenses Morse signals at lighthouses " New Zealand Nautical Almanac " .. Office equipment Postage, telegram, and rent of boxes Preparation of tide-tables Printing and stationery Prosecutions under Shipping and Seamen, Harbours, and Sea-fisheries Acts Publication of Nautical Tables Railway fares of Royal Naval Registrar Relief of distressed seamen Relief of distressed New Zealand seamen and others in the United Kingdom - Rents and expenses connected with examinations Repairs to boat-slip, Port Moeraki Subsidy for re-erection of shed on Warkworth Wharf .. Survey of unseaworthy ships Survey of Westhaven Harbour Telephones Contingencies 17 17 10 294 4 8 75 0 0 286 4 0 45 8 4 33 17 11 109 11 11 184 18 6 349 3 0 25 0 0 1,000 0 0 17 17 0 247 11 7 100 0 0 7 8 8 756 5 8 23 1 4 50 0 0 5 1 6 22 2 9 6 18 6 100 0 0 49 6 2 59 19 0 439 12 4 85 3 11 485 9 7 560 0 0 670 4 6 44 0 0 50 0 0 5 7 8 45 1 8 67 7 1 32 7 10 0 19 6 250 14 7 6 6 0 108 14 0 76 5 7 69 10 0 Less recoveries Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Ships:— Salaries Advertising, books, and periodicals Balance of salary paid to widow of James McAlpine Collection of inspection fees Compensation to Henry Wetherilt Office equipment and requisites Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Rent, oleaning offioee, fuel, and light.. Telephones .. . • • • Transfer of family and effects of late James McAlpine .. Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies 10.465 6 9 31 3 0 2 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 62 0 10 309 16 5 255 8 2 135 14 6 87 6 7 40 0 0 2,966 15 0 19 16 0 6,864 2 7 550 2 0 6,314 0 1 14,625 7 3 Grand total £82.029 2 2