New Zealand's Lighthouses
Along the New Zealand coast there are 51 lighthouses of various types. Twenty-four of them are watched lights, and the remainder are automatic. "The average cost of erection and equipment of the main coastal lighthouses was about £6000 a light. The two most costly were those of Cape Brett } on the Auckland Peninsula, and Dog Island, Foveaux Strait £11,237 and £10* -181. respectively) . During 1942-43 the Marine Department expended £85,61<) on its lighthouses. Light, dues for the same period amounted to £61 J 402.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 41, 19 January 1945, Page 2
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87Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 41, 19 January 1945, Page 2
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