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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POSTAL AND TELEGE. .PHIC — continued. Item. 18 8-79. POSTAL DEPARTMENT— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1.2 13 14 15 16 17 VOTE No. 30. Conveyance of Mails by Sea— Contingencies, Bonuses, Gratuities Chatham Islands Service Interprovincial Services West Coast, Middle Island Service Wellington and Kaikoura Service Wanganui and Patea Service (6 months) Blind Bay Service, Tauranga and Opotiki Service Fiji Service San Francisco Service Bonus, &c.,San Francisco Service Suez Service Intercolonial Service Mail Agents and Travelling Allowanco Auckland Steam Services Westport and Karamea Service Arrears of Subsidy to s.s. " Akaroa" for calling at Little Akaloa 2,350 150 6,500 4,000 360 150 240 400 2,500 32,500 2,500 9,000 5,000 1,750 860 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68,560 0 0 100 0 0 Total—Vote No. 30 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 VOTE No. 31. Conveyance of Inland Mails— Auckland Thames New Plymouth Wellington Napier Nelson Westport Blenheim Christchurch Hokitika Greymouth Dunedin Invercargill 4,500 300 1,000 4,500 2,750 500 800 800 5,000 1,130 500 6,500 1,100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29,380 0 0 Total—Vote No. 31 ... VOTE No. 32. Postal Contingencies— Contingencies 4,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 Total—Vote No. 32 ... TELEGRAPHIC DEPAETMENT. 1 2 3 4 5 6 •7 VOTE No. 33. Head Office —■ General Manager Accountant Chief Clerk 11 Clerks, 1 at £265, 1 at £170, 1 at £120, 2 at £100, 4 at £95, 1 at £90, 1 at £80 ... Mechanician Storekeeper Assistant Storekeeper White's Bay — Telegraphist and Lineman Riverton Station — Telegraphist (also Postmaster £75) Messenger 700 375 340 1,305 285 195 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 135 0 0 9 10 120 36 0 0 0 o