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Return showing the Cost of Maintenance of the New Zealand Lighthouses, and the Quantity of Oil consumed at each, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1897.

Return showing the Number of Notices to Mariners relating to Matters within the Colony issued by the Marine Department during the Year ended the 31st March, 1897.

Oil. Stores Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Gallons consumed. Value. and Contingencies. Totals. Cape Maria van Diemen Moko Hinou Tiri-Tiri Bean Rock Ponui Passage Cuvier Island Portland Island.. Napier Bluff Pencarrow Head Somes Island Cape Egmont Manukau Head Manukau South Head leading-lights Manukau North Head leading-lights Kaipara Head Brothers Tory Channel leading-lights Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island Centre Island Puysegur Point Hokitika Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit Nelson Stephens Island French Pass £ s. d. 379 13 11 383 6 8 300 0 0 200 0 0 160 0 0 362 13 4 369 3 11 20 0 0 250 0 0 156 0 0 316 13 4 260 0 0 1,005 831 488 88 75 1,270 753 Gas 935 218 573 537 170 146 549 677 169 554 511 641 516 552 648 905 530 782 868 874 Gas 572 556 252 1,733 122 £ s. d. 75 7 6 62 6 6 36 12 0 7 18 4 5 12 6 95 5 0 56 9 6 12 17 3 70 2 6 16 7 0 42 19 6 40 5 6 12 15 0 10 19 0 41 3 6 50 15 6 12 13 0 41-11 0 38 6 6 48 1 6 38 14 0 41 8 0 48 12 0 67 17 6 39 15 0 58 17 3 65 2 0 65 11 0 17 15 0 42 18 0 41 14 0 18 18 0 129 19 6 9 3 0 £ s. d. 121 17 4 109 4 3 59 6 11* 47 8 11 73 9 11» 100 15 6 148 1 5" 18 0 65 13 5 58 14 10 123 13 7 45 3 0 £ s. d. 576 18 9 554 17 5 395 18 11 255 7 3 239 2 5 558 13 10 573 14 10 34 5 3 385 15 11 231 1 10 483 6 5 345 8 6 120 0 0 290 0 0 534 0 8 90 0 0 300 0 0 290 0 0 270 0 0 265 0 0 270 0 0 280 0 0 260 0 0 263 6 8 374 18 4 370 0 0 354 17 9 9 0 0 294 16 9 380 0 0 244 15 0 378 13 0 210 0 0 } 31 10 3 175 4 3 75 8 0 81 0 0 6 13 2 76 6 4 36 16 0 36 6 7 46 8 0 27 5 0 41 0 2 102 18 7° 50 3 4 146 4 1« 260 11 9 e 312 18 0« 0 9 6 65 0 0 2,387 13 5s 309 7 l h 115 8 0 8 7 6 406 11 6 665 16 2 109 6 8 417 17 4 365 2 6 354 8 1 350 2 0 338 13 0 369 12 2 430 16 1 353 5 0 579 19 8 695 13 9 733 6 9 27 4 6 402 14 9 2,809 7 5 573 0 1 624 0 6 227 10 6 Totals 9,006 19 4 19,100 1,464 12 10 5,172 11 10 15,644 4 0 * Repairs, £17 3s. lOd. a Repairs, £51 2s. i> Sc e Repairs, £127 16s. lid. ' Repairs, Note. —This return does not include the cost c moolroom, £28 8s. 8d. ° Repi £110 8s. 7d. g New tower, £2, )f the periodical visits made with oil, stores, and provision! airs, £52 16s. 9d. ,301 Is. 2d. li Ni to the lighthoui d Enlarging hous 2w house, £274 8s. ■ ses by the Govern se, £30 10s. lOd. 4d. iment steamer s.

Port or Place. Subject of Notice. Vestport Harbour Vhangaparoa Bay itewart Island .. kaipara Harbour [aipara Harbour Vanganui River lamaru Harbour 1 arewell Spit lape Palliser As to stranded barque " Coromandel " two notices). As to position of rock (two notices). Particulars regarding Ward Rock. Signals at pilot-station to indicate state of bar. Shoaling of water in Galatea Channel. Dredging operations. Position of buoy to mark dredge-moorings. Notification that light is to be shown from new tower. Preliminary notice of exhibition of.