B. —7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OP ESTIMATES FOE THE

PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT.

Minister of Works. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1944, to defray the Costs and Expenses of Lighthouses and Harbour Works. Summary.

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1943-44. 1942-43. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote —Lighthouses and Harbour Works— £ £ £ £ £ Subdivision I. —Lighthouses .. .. .. 28,900 28,900 34,300 6,282 II.—Harbour Works .. .. .. 4,200 4,200 2,050 1,133 Gross Total.. .. .. .. .. 33,100 33,100 36,350 7,415 Amounts required foe Current Year .. .. 25,350 25,350 22,200 7,415 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 350 350 1,000 591 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. 25,000 25,000 21,200 6,824 1942-43. 1943-44. VOTE—LIGHTHOUSES AND HARBOUR WORKS. Voted _ Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. I.—Lighthouses. Charges for and incidental to — Jackson's Bay (automatic light) .. .. .. 600 600 Moeraki Lighthouse (dwelling) .. .. .. 1,800 1,800 2 Portland Island (cottages, and wireless) .. .. 8,500 8,500 Puysegur Point Lighthouse (beacon) .. .. .. 7,000 7,000 Radio direction-finding beacons and electrification of lights 10,000 15,000 5,224 Works not specified .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 200 1,056 Cool storage at Cape Reinga, Cape Brett, Moko Hinau, and Cuvier .. .. .. .. .. • ■ 1,200 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 .. .. .. £200 Total—Subdivision No. 1 .. .. 28,900 34,300 6,282