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CLASSIFIED Return or Proposed Expenditure on Works of Defence— continued.

SUMMARY of Proposed Expenditure on Works of Defence.

First year... ... ... ... ... ... ... £17,730 Second year ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,750 Total ... ... ... ... £27,480

;imi ,xpe; ;ure. a t-H Port. Work. Particulars. First Year. Second Year. Third Year. 1 2 3 4 r> (i 7 8 1) Auckland ... Wellington >> Mine-field General Mine-field Electric light ... " Ellen Ballance " General Mine-field (C.) —Submarine Defence. Completion of equipment and stores, &c. Miscellaneous Completion of equipment and stores, &c. New casemate outside Fort Ballance Alterations for submarine-mining work Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Equipment stores and electric light ... Miscellaneous £ 4,200 100 1,590 275 300 100 £ 125 100 £ j> Lyttelton ... Dunedin ... 500 1,000 100 J? General ?> Totals for submarine defence 6,565 1,825 1 2 3 4 Auckland ... Boatshed Wellington Nil ... Lyttelton ... Slip ... Dunedin ... Boatshed (D.)— Toepedo-boat Sheds. Eemoval to new site; new shed and slip Nil Slip improvements Erection with slip, &c. ... ... £ 500 £ 200 500 £ 500 Totals for torpedo-boat sheds 1,000 700 (E.) —Main Magazines (Civilian). Improvements £ 650 600 £ £ 1 2 3 4 Auckland ... Wellington Lyttelton ... Dunedin ... Mount Eden ... Kaiwarra Erskine Point ... Nil ... ,, ... ■.. ... 750 ,, ... ... ... Nil Totals for main magazines ... 1,250 750 (I , .) —Telegeaph Communications. £ £ £ 1 All ... General ... Systematised communication between all works of defence ... ... ... ... i Total for communications 750 750

New Wot] :s. Completion of Existing Works. Submarine Defence. Tor )edo-boat iheds. Main Magazines. Ti Goi ilegra] imuni tions. ioaitals. Port. t-i CD i ! PR CO a> H 5^ Cβ J 2 ° "a S J CO EH (in CO B & in Iμ Cβ CD O o CD ti Cβ h CO g In o u O Cβ CD n '3 Cβ cj >H 2 s § DO GJ S .uckland Wellington iyttelton funedin... Westport I £ ; £ J £ 2,050l ... ' ... 750 ! 2,000i ... 1,775 875! ... 1,200 ... I ... ... 2,000 ... 5,7754,875 ... £ i £ 300! 350'; 870! 700i 500 200| 520| 350i £ £ 4,300 2,465 £ 125 100 500 1,100 £ £ 500 £ ... I £ £ 650 600 £ £ £ 150 200 200, 200| £ £ £ 7,950 4,885 2,475 2,420 £ 475 2,800 2,525 1,950 2,000 £ I 200! 500J ' 750 ... 500 ... J : 2,19011,600 6,765 1,825 1,000 700! 1,250 750 750 17,730 9,750