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

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. 25 0 0 73 12 5 £ s. d Supervision of beaches, Hauraki Gulf .. .. .. ..'] General contingencies .. .. .. .. .. ..''j Lighthouses* : — P*"] Salaries .. ,. .. .. .. .. 10,938 7 10 Oil, stores, and contingencies .. .. .. 6,594 8 4 Keepers' travelling-expenses .. .. .. 066 19 0 Salary of Lighthouse Expert .. .. .. 290 0 0 Automatic light for Nelson .. .. .. .. 240 19 0 Automatic light for Ponui .. .. .. .. 236 0 0 Meteorological Office:— Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,387 8 4 Cleaning offioos .. .. .. .. .. 26 15 0 Extra clerical assistance .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Inspection of stations .. .. .. .. 44 16 10 Postage, telegrams, rent of boxes .. .. .. 1,349 14 5 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 105 19 5 Rent, offico equipment, &c. .. .. .. .. 166 I 3 Ropairs to instruments .. .. .. .. 3 16 Telephones .. . . .. 24 10 0 Weather messages by wireless .. . . .. 100 0 0 Purchase of instruments .. .. .. .. 21 0 0 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 17 4 10 18,966 14 2 3,249 I 7 Mercantile Marine Offices : — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,961 1 9 Temporary surveyor at £250 (six months) .. . . 125 0 0 Cleaning offices .. .. .. .. .. 36 12 6 Office equipment and rent .. .. .. .. 204 15 7 Procuring and maintaining launch for Wellington surveyors 78 8 9 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. 88 10 9 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 110 11 9 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 5 3 6 5,610 4 7 Inspection of Maohinery and Survey of Ships : — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,121 1 6 Advertising books and periodical s .. .. .. 25 8 6 Collection of inspection fees .. .. .. 150 0 0 Ront, cleaning offices, &c. .. .. .. .. 105 7 5 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. 95 16 2 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 3,763 12 1 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 9 14 10 14,271 0 6 Protection of fish and oysters : — Salaries .. .. .. •• .. .. 1,605 7 2 Benzine, oil, stores, &«. .. .. .. ..I 137 1 4 Bonuses and gratuities to officers .. .. .. 75 18 0 Casual labour .. .. .. .. .. 151 5 0 Collection and distribution brown-trout ova .. .. 210 3 1 Hakataramea salmon-hatchery .. .. .. 91 1.1 11 Grant for maintenance of fish-hatchery at l'ortobello .. 500 0 0 Picking and sale of oysters .. .. .. .. j 5,263 14 9 Planting oysters in Hauraki Gulf .. .. .. 179 8 0 Planting oysters in Cook Strait . . .. .. 32 16 1 Stocking a Westland and others rivers with salmon .. 311 0 2 Subsidy to Portobello Fish-hatchery for research work (£1 for £1) .. .. .. .. .. 110 0 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 299 14 11 Contingencies .. .. .. .. ... 76 13 7 9,044 14 0 Less miscellaneous oredits .. 61,290 11 5 1,816 17 0 Government steamers :--- Special payment to R. Duncan, Chief Surveyor of Ships, for preparing plans and specifications of new steamer 50 0 0 S.s. "Hinemoa" .. .. .. .. .. 10,858 2 10 Training-ship "Amokura" .. .. .. .. 8,907 10 8 59,473 14 5 Less amount received for freight, passages. &c... 19,815 13 6 434 1 6 19,381 12 0 Miscellaneous services:— Acquiring land for beach reserve, Hauraki Gulf .. 30 11 6 Administration of the Shipping and Seamen Act, and inquiries into shipping casualties.. .. .. 225 15 2 Auckland Inland Waterways Commission .. .. 1,041 5 4 Audit fees for inspection of accounts .. .. 75 0 0 Jackson's Head beacon .. .. .. .. 49 0 4 Wail apu leading-light s .. .. .. .. 225 0 0 Carriage and freight .. . . .. .. 63 14 6 Charts, books, and periodicals .. .. .. 138 13 7 30 11 6 225 15 2 1,041 5 4 75 0 0 49 0 4 225 0 0 63 14 6 138 13 7 • Be] ■resents total oxpondlturo for year. Actual cost of maintenance is given in a separate return l.