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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XVIII. —MARINE AND HARBOURS, ETC., DEPARTMENTScontinued.

93

Item. MARINE AND HARBOURS— continued. Ill' '6-7. 11 12 13 VOTE No. 61— continued. Salaries — continued. Harbours— continued. Wairau— Signalman • Waitapu — Harbourmaster Collingwood — Harbourmaster and Lightkeeper Karamea — Signalman Okarito — Harbourmaster Okuru — Signalman £ 155 25 35 £ 11: 80 15 90 10 50 Less contributions from Customs Vote 2,506 75 Other Charges — Buoys and beacons, and gas for lights Buoys and beacons, Aotea Harbour Buoy-chain, stores, and oil Removal of snags, Wairau River Wages and rent Contingencies 2,431 17 L8 19 20 21 22 200 30 500 50 400 350 23 Lighthouses— Salaries— 30 Principal Keepers: 1 at £180, 16 at £160, 3 at £150, 10 at £130 45 Assistant Keepers : 8 at £120, 11 at £110, 10 at £100, 15 at £90, and 1 at £50 Artificer ... 1,530 4,490 4,570 230 Other Charges — Carriage of mails Keepers' station and travelling-allowances .. Oil and stores Repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, &c. Wages of temporary keepers ... Contingencies 9,290 24 25 26 27 28 29 250 525 4,100 600 350 400 6,225 3!) Weather-reporting Officers— Salaries — Weather-Reporter Assistant v eather-Reporter (4 months at £250) 15,515 350 83 433 31 Superintendents of Mercantile Marine and Examiners of Masters and Mates — Salaries —■ Assistant to Superintendent, Mercantile Marine, Dunedin (3 months at £150) 1 each at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, 3 at £300, 1 at £260 Assistance 1,160 38 332 32 Inspectors of Load-lines, &c.— Salaries — Wellington, 1 at £220 (3 months) Auckland, 1 at £220 (3 months) 1,530 33 55 55 110