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3. Number of Troops carried by each Vessel.

4. Names of the Firms from whom such Vessels were chartered.

5. The Credits, if any, on Account of Passengers or Cargo. " Undaunted." £ s. d. Freights per Messrs. Kinsey and Co., Lyttelton ... ... ... ... 7,175 7 4 Note.—ln addition to freight earned as per above credit, this steamer carried free of freight 30 horses (the gifts of the Otago people), and 66 horses presented by the New Zealand Government, with 16 attendants. The estimated value of the freight of the horses is £25 each ... ... ... 2,400 0 0 Fares of attendants at £15 each ... ... ... ... ... ... 240 0 0 £9,815 7 4 "Tropea" £ s. d. Freights per Messrs. Kinsey and Co., Lyttelton ... ... ... ... 10,515 5 4 Note.—ln addition to freight earned as per above credit, this steamer carried free of freight 180 horses, to be divided amongst the New Zealand contingents at the front, and 23 attendants. The estimated value of the freight of the horses is £25 each ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,500 0 0 Fares of attendants at £15 each ... ... ... ... ... ... 345 0 0 £15,360 5 4 " Ormazan." £ a. d. Freights per Messrs. Kinsey and Co., Lyttelton ... ... ... ... 1,454 10 6 Freights per Messrs. Bannatyne and Co., Wellington ... ... ... 25 14 3 Freights per Messrs Paterson and Co., Dunedin .. ... ... ... 318 13 5 1,798 18 2 Note I.—ln addition to freight earned as per above credits, this steamer carried 200 horses sold to the Imperial Government at £45 each landed at Durban. These horses cost on the average £20 each f.0.b., and the estimated value of the freight is £25 each ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Note 2.—ln addition to the above 200 horses, the " Ormazan " carried 302 horses with attendants on account of the Imperial Government, for which it paid as per credit ... ... ... ... ... 6,250 0 0 £13,048 18 2 " Gymeric." £ s. d. Freights per Messrs. Kinsey and Co., Lyttelton ... ... ... ... 1,015 0 8 Note. —In addition to freight earned as per above credit, the Imperial Government paid for the use of this steamer as a transport the sum of .... 13,808 13 11 £14,823 14 7

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ame o: iteamer. cers an en. .orsefl. Gymeric Tropea Ormazan Undaunted Monowai 333 23 55 16 241 422 180 502 96 222

Name of Steamer. Name of Firm from whom chartered. Tropea ... Gymeric... Ormazan Undaunted Monowai Birt and Co. (Limited), Sydney. Houlder Bros, and Co., Sydney. Birt and Co. (Limited), Sydney. Davies and Fehon, Sydney. Union Steamship Company, New Zealand.