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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Amount required of Table I. | 156,500 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Amount required of Table II. | 72,815 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Amount required of Torpedo Defences, Table III. | 22,160 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Torpedo stores from Admiralty | 8,525 | 0 | 0 | | | |
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| 260,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Deduct amount which will not be paid before 31st March to Sir W. Armstrong and Co. | 47,000 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Deduct to Whitehead torpedoes counter-ordered | 18,000 | 0 | 0 | | | |
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| 60,000 | 0 | 0 |
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| Amount required to 31st March, 1886 | £200,000 | 0 | 0 |
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Liabilities to 31st March, 1886 |
| Actual liabilities for works commenced | 44,910 | 0 | 0 |
| Actual liabilities for lands to be purchased | 6,800 | 0 | 0 |
| Actual liabilities for guns, &c. | 166,500 | 0 | 0 |
| Actual liabilities for stores from Admiralty | 8,525 | 0 | 0 |
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| | 226,735 | 0 | 0 |
| Deduct amounts liable but not payable - For Armstrong's contract, £47,000; torpedoes, £13,000 - until after March 1886 | 60,000 | 0 | 0 |
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| | £166,735 | 0 | 0 |
Table I. Land Defence - Estimate of total expenditure for guns and materiel from 31st March 1885.
(Major Boddam's Return, 24th June, 1885.)
| Item. | No. | Description. | Auckland. | Wellington. | Canterbury. | Otago. | Totals. |
| £ | £ | £ | £/s./d. | £/s./d. |
| 1 | 10 | Guns, 8in.,12½ tons, BL on HP carriages, with 50 rounds per gun, delivered in London | 18,045 | 18,045 | 12,030 | 12,027 | 60,147 |
| 2 | 18 | ", 6in., 5½ tons, " | 13,600 | 10,200 | 6,800 | 13,600 | 44,200 |
| 3 | 20 | ", machine, with carriages and pivots, and 200 rounds per gun | 3,320 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 2,400 | 11,720 |
| 4 | 12 | Range-finders for batteries | 75 | 75 | 50 | 94 | 294 |
| 5 | 100 rounds per gun | Ammunition, practice for 7in. and 64-pounder | 970 | 970 | 645 | 962 | 3547 |
| 5A | 50 rounds per gun | Ammunition extra for BL guns | 3,200 | 2,870 | 1,910 | 2,545/15/9 | 10,525/15/9 |
| 6 | 6 | 9-pounder field-guns, complete | 330 | 170 | 330 | 170 | 1,000 |
| 7 | 2,000 | Martini-Henry rifles, with 1,000,000 rounds | 2,300 | 2,300 | 1,840 | 2,743/6/8 | 9,183/6/8 |
| 8 | .. | Miscellaneous valise equipment (2,000) | 250 | 250 | 200 | 300 | 1,000 |
| 9 | .. | Freight a on items 1, 2, and 5A | 2,200 | 2,100 | 1,400 | 1,700 | 7,400 |
| | Freight b on item 3 | 180 | 150 | 150 | 120 | 600 |
| | Freight c on item 5 | 260 | 260 | 170 | 250 | 940 |
| | Freight d on item 8 | 65 | 35 | 65 | 35 | 200 |
| | Freight e on item 7 | 45 | 45 | 30 | 60 | 180 |
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| | 44,840 | 40,470 | 28,620 | 37,007/2/5 | 150,937/2/5 |
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| 10 | 20 | Whitehead torpedoes and freight | | | | | 13,100 |
| 11 | .. | Contingencies | | | | | 2,462/17/7 |
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| | Total | | | | | 166,500 |
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Table II. Land Defence - Estimate of total expenditure for cost of works from 31st March, 1885
(Major Boddam's Reports, L.B., pp. 105 and 123.)
| Item. | Description. | Auckland. | Wellington. | Canterbury. | Otago. | Totals. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 1 | Works in progress and to be completed in connection with 7in and 64-pounder guns | 13,160 | 17,031 | 5,169 | 9,550 | 44,910 |
| 2 | Works contemplated: Emplacements and magazines for 8in guns | 7,800 | 7,800 | 5,200 | 5,200 | 26,000 |
| " Emplacements and magazines for 6in guns | 8,000 | 6,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 26,000 |
| " Barracks and buildings | 1,700 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,700 | 6,000 |
| " Enclosing works | 1,750 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 4,750 | 9,000 |
| 3 | Lands purchased for works | 2,000 | 2,300 | 700 | 1,800 | 6,800 |
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| | 34,410 | 35,931 | 17,369 | 31,000 | 118,710 |
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| | Deduct for Armed Constabulary labour for two and a half years | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41,000 |
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| | Total cost of land defence | .. | .. | .. | .. | 77,710 |
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Table III. Submarine Defence - Estimate of total expenditure for cost of works from 31st March, 1885
(Report of Major Boddam and Captain Douglas, 18th June, 1885)
| Item. | Description. | Auckland. | Wellington. | Canterbury. | Otago. | Totals. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 1 | Torpedo defence - a Cable and gear | 3,655 | 1,827 | 570 | 2,110 | 8,162 |
| " -b Instruments and observing stations | 200 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 1,400 |
| " - c Electrical apparatus | 770 | 685 | 370 | 480 | 2,305 |
| " - d Boats, launches, &c. | 1,310 | 1,310 | 110 | 110 | 2,840 |
| " - e Stores and connecting ground | 600 | 200 | 350 | 350 | 1,500 |
| " - f Brennan engines and firing stations | .. | 5,000 | 5,000 | .. | 10,000 |
| " - g Electric light | 640 | 1,100 | 11,000 | .. | 2,840 |
| " - h Contingencies | 525 | 528 | 700 | 300 | 1,953 |
| 2 | Additional boats, &c. | .. | 2,000 | 2,000 | .. | 4,000 |
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| | 7,700 | 13,050 | 10,600 | 8,750 | 35,000 |
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Estimate of Expendiiture on Submarine Defences not required during this Financial Year. |
| Item. | Description. | Auckland. | Wellington. | Canterbury. | Otago. | Totals. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 1 | Cable and electrical gear | 1,310 | 1,310 | 110 | 110 | 2,840 |
| | Brennan torpedoes | .. | 5,000 | 5,000 | .. | 10,000 |
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| | Total amount not required this year | 1,310 | 6,310 | 5,110 | 110 | 12,840 |
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| | Total estimate for submarine defence | 7,700 | 18,050 | 10,600 | 3,750 | 35,000 |
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| | Balance required to be provided for this year | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22,160 |
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