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RETURN of the Amount collected during the Financial Year 1874-75, as Fees under the Steam Navigation Act and the Merchant Ships Officers Examination Act, and for Sale of Charts, &c.

RETURN showing the Amount of Light Dues collected during the Financial Year 1874-75.

RETURN showing the Amount collected for Lighthouse Dues, and the Expenditure on Account of Lighthouses (Maintenance only), for the Financial Years 1866-67 to 1874-75.

Nature of Receipt. Amount collected. Fees under Steam Navigation Act and Merchant Ships Officers Examination Act .... Sale of Charts ... Sale of Oil Casks, &c. £ s. d. 756 15 0 56 5 10 74, 18 6 Total £887 19 4

Port at which collected. Amount. Auckland Onehunga ... Kaipara Tauranga Russell Mongonui Hokianga Wangarei ... New Plymouth Wanganui ... Wellington ... Napier Pieton Havelock Kaikoura Nelson Westport Grey mouth ... Hokitika Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill ... Bluff Kiverton £ s. d. 1,604 16 5 5 0 2 19 15 5 11 17 11 29 10 9 12 4 7 12 -8 6 19 8 49 13 8 45 16 1 1,683 17 0 193 4 6 112 16 1 20 4 1 2 10 11 718 15 3 48 11 8 82 15 8 28 16 4 2,145 2 6 84 11 3 112 1 1 2,685 9 1 18 10 5 512 15 4 9 13 3 Total for 1874-75 £10,241 19 6 Total for 1873-74 £8,841 14 4

Balance. Financial Year ending Light Dues received. Lighthouse Expenditure. Profit. Loss. 30th June, 1867 „ 1868 „ 1869 „ 1870 „ 1871 1872 „ 1873 1874 1875 £ b. d. 7,136 5 11 6,117 0 4 6,340 1 1 6,012 19 5 5,575 6 4 5,904 0 0 6,845 9 5 8,841 11 4 10,241 19 6 £ s. d. 3,926 15 0 4,456 14 6 3,480 12 7 4,326 1 9 6,320 11 11 5,759 6 7 5,277 3 3 4,852 9 7 5,767 4 9 £ s. d. 3,209 10 11 1,660 5 10 2,859 8 G 1,686 17 8 £ s. d. 745" 5 7 144 13 5 1,568 6 2 3,989 1 9 4,474 14 9 Totals ... 63,014 13 4 44,166 19 11 19,592 19 0 745 5 7 Note.—The exi lenses lo not include the cost )f sui lervision, nor an' lowance for the eervici :s of the " Luna."