YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1940.

MARINE DEPARTMENT—continued.

REMARKS. (a) Provision made to meet cost of removing portion of wharf to new site. (b) No commitment for purchase of buoy-chain this year. (c) Estimated cost of repairs to wharf at Little Wanganui to improve loading-facilities for shippers. (d) Work not completed, 1938-39. (e) Number of officers, 6. Travelling-allowances, £2 ; inotor-car allowances, £7 ; rail and boat fares and launch-hire, £15,

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