8.—7

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CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—continued.

6—B. 7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

.tern. 19( 1-2. MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. £ £ 1 2 3 1 5 VOTE No. 41. Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen , Extra Labour Material for Repairs Telephone-exchange Instruments (to Replace old ones) ... Subsidy to Marine Department for s.s. " Tutanekai " for Cable-laying and Repairing 4,700 13,500 3,500 1,000 1,000 Less estimated credits under section 41 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 23,700 4,400 Total—Vote No. 41 19,300 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 t; 7 VOTE No. 42. Stationery, &c. Special allowance to Telegraph Messengers during their first vear's service Light, fuel, and water Telephone fees to Non - permanent Postmasters and Telephonists Cash, &c, burnt in Manakau Office fire Cash stolen, &c.: Little River (burglary) Further compassionate allowance to widow of the late Lineman Nutt, Telegraph Department To make good fraud on Post Office by an officer of the Public Trust Department, not recoverable under the Civil Service Officers' Guarantee Act 7,500 800 4,500 10,500 8 66 8 70 199 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 9 10 Miscellaneous — Advertising and Printing Allowances to Tellers for Calculation of Savings-Bank Interest, to Clerks in Travelling Post-offices, Houseallowances, Forage, &c. Carriage of Private Bags Cleaning and Scavenging Learners' Galleries —Training Telegraph Cadets Money-order and Savings-Bank Fees to Country Postmasters Overtime Office Expenses Parcel-post Expenses Postal Inspectors' Travelling-expenses Rent of premises for Post-office Savings-bank, Wellington —nine months, at £900 per annum Repairs, Fittings, New Buildings, &c. Temporary Letter-carriers and Messengers Travelling-, Removal-, and Relieving-expenses Uniform Clothing 300 4,000 350 2,300 2,500 550 1,700 3,000 3,000 1,000 20 21 22 23 675 3,000 3,0Q0 5,000 1,700 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 55,718 2,438 Total —Vote No. 42 53,280 TOTAL OF CLASS V. £451,345