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HARBOUR DEFENCES. RETURN showing the Expenditure on Harbour Defences in detail, from their Commencement to the 31st March, 1888, also Liabilities at that Date.

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Classification. 1878-79. 1879-80 1880-81. j 1883-81. I 1884-85. Total Expenditure up to 31st March, 1885. 1885-86. 1886-87. 1887-88. Total Expenditure .from 31st Mar., 1885, up to 31st Mar., 1888. Great Totals Expenditure from 1878 to 31st March, 1&S8. Liabilities I Grand Total known to Expenditure exist at and Liabilities 31st March, at 31st March. 1888. 1888. I.—Material from England. 23 R.B.L. guns and carriages, &c.: 13 6in., 5 tons, and 10 8m., 13 tons, E.O.C. l 22 R.M.L. guns and carriages, &c.: 11 7in., 7 tons, and 11 64-pr., 62 cwt. 2 .. 8 R.M.L. guns and carriages, &c, converted 64-pr. from H.M.S. " Nelson " » .. 9 R.B.L. field-guns and carriages, Imperialsorvioe pattern 4 23 machine-guns and carriages : 20 Nordenfelt, 6-pr., and 3 Hotehkiss (2 6-pr., 1 3-pr.) 5 Ammunition generally for above various guns 6 War Office stores: Miscellaneous equipments 7 Major-General Steward, R.E., Military Adviser to Agent-General .. 4 torpedo-boats, Thorneyeroft, 2nd class 8 .. 20 Whitehead torpedoes and air-compressing machinery 9 .. Submarine mining stores for submarine defence of ports 10 Miscellaneous charges : Freight, insurance, shipping, &c. u £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. 35,149 0 0 38,033 15 7i ill,188 15 8 84,371 11 3 84,371 11 3 26,35G 13 0 26,356 13 0 26,356 13 0 " 4,203 6 4 4,203 6 4 4,203 6 4 900 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 1()"7 10 4,830 0 0 I 799 0 71 '" - 809 8 5 4,830 0 0 3,504' 5 11 1,745 12 2 3,352 8 9 3,975 14 7 6,393 9 6 11,890 2 2 485 18 10 8,139 1 8 18,746 16 10 4,461 13 5 8,139 1 8 19,556 5 3 9,291 13 5 6,300 0 0 4,73517 0 11,035 17 0 513 13 6 1,986 10 8 522 17 4 3,023 1 6 3,023 1 6 11,035 17 0 8,104 0 8 685 0 0 8,789 0 8 8,789 0 8 872 13 6 12,055 6 6 I 12,928 0 0 12,928 0 0 857 0 4 415 11 1 2,226 13 10 3,499 5 3 338 19 7 2,026 11 2 3,539 0 11 5,904 11 8 9,403 16 11 Totals 5,697 8 2 27,571 4 8 •• 6,300 0 0 6,962 10 10 46,631 3 8 51,813 6 0 53,578 6 5 146,075 10 111 1151,467 3 4 197,998 7 0 33,277 5 10 231,275 12 II II. —WoitKs in the Colony. Defence works generally: Batteries, depots, launches, engineering, and miscellaneous charges Purchases, &c, of land: Sites for depots and batteries 713 1 3 ; 5,699 19 3 531 19 8| |904 6 2 912 6 11 2,638 5 3 58,081 5 1 74,429 6 8 25,872 3 10 158,382 15 7 164,082 14 10 17,272 9 0 11,421 6 2 1,577 9 8 30,271 4 10 30,271 4 10 Totals 713 1 3 531 19 8 ;904 6 2 912 6 11 |2,638 5 3 5,699 19 3 75,353 14 1 85,850 12 10 27,449 13 6 188,654 0 5 1194,353 19 Si 3,144 6 3 197,498 5 l: Totals I. and II. .. 16,410 9 5 28,103 4 4l '904 G 2| 7,212 6 11 9,600 10 1 52,231 2 11 127,167 0 1 139,428 19 3 73,525 4 5 340,121 3 9 392,352 6 8 36,421 12 1 428,773 18 1 All the 6in. guns have arrived in the colony. Eleven of them are mounted ready for action. Works for the twelfth are in progress ; those for the thirteenth not yet commenced. Two of the 8in. guns have arrived, and the remaining eight will probably arrive within the next few months. The emplacement for one is complete, those for three others almost complete ; for the remaining six not yet commenced. 2 These guns were all mounted in 1885. One 7in. gun has been temporarily dismounted to make way for the more powerful 8in. B.L. This 7in. gun will be mounted on another site. 3 These guns have not been permanently mounted, and are at present used for saluting batteries or by the Volunteers. They are of old pattern, but could be utilised in war for better protection of minefields, &c. * These guns have been handed over to the Volunteers. 6 The three Hotehkiss gnns are in the colony, but not mounted in the defence works. Teu of the Nordenfeldt guns are for fixed mountings, and five of them are mounted. Ten are on field-carriages of a pattern specially designed for New Zealand. One has arrived, and the shipment of all has been notified. 6 The supplies of ammunition, up to 100 rounds per gun for all the M.Li. guns, are in the colony. For the B.L. guna it has for the most part also arrived, and the balance is rapidly being shipped. I These are special stores required for the general service and equipment of the battorios. 8 These have been in the colony for some years. 9 Are all in the colony. ui Arc all in the colony, and are of the latest and most approved pattern. Some additional supplies to make up the full complement have been ordered. II The freight and insurance charges upon the heavy ordnance and the ammunition are very high, and amount to a much larger sum than was anticipated.