B—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

MARINE DEPARTMENT—continued

(a) Includes repairs to Pencarrow dwellings, £7ll. (b) Includes cost of truck, £250, for Waipapapa Point lighthouse; also truck, £250, for Cape Egmont lighthouse. (c) Includes £6,959 for reconditioning Stephens Island station, £1,350 for reconditioning Cape Palliser station, and £1,727 for reconditioning Portland Island station. (d) Includes expenditure incurred, but not brought to charge in previous financial years. (e) Number of officers, 4. Rail and boat fares, £5.

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1945-46. VOTE —MARINE—continued 1946-47. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. Ill—Lighthouses £ £ £ (Number of officers : 1946-47, 68 ; 1945-46, 64) Salaries — Other Salaries 68 (£244 to £1,000) 21,899 19,838 14,804 Temporary Keepers' wages 2,400 4,500 7,560 24,299 24,338 22,364 Other Charges for and incidental to — Books, magazines, and newspapers 90 100 84 Fog-signals, maintenance of {a) 1,300 700 336 Fuel for lights : gas, kerosene, &c. 1,800 1,800 2,137 Horses, vehicles, and harness, purchase and maintenance of 280 350 204 Lighthouse tender, working-expenses of 38,000 40,000 36,249 Lightkeepers : compensation, &c., for loss of stores and effects, &c. 10 10 4 Medical examinations and expenses 100 50 99 Motor-vehicles, purchase and maintenance of; also accident costs (b) 800 200 494 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department 150 150 147 Repairs and maintenance of lighthouses, dwellings, &c... (c) 23,727 19,250 (d) 34,931 Services for Meteorological Office (recoverable) 275 275 291 Stores, mails, &c., for lighthouses : transport and delivery charges, &c. 4,800 4,500 4,926 Telephone allowances (recoverable) 50 50 50 Transfer and removal expenses 550 500 634 Travelling allowances and expenses 150 150 (e) 5 Contingencies 10 10 Marine store : repairs to building 215 115 72,092 68,310 80,706 Total —Subdivision No. Ill 96,391 92,648 103,070