8.-7.

Appropriations for Consolidated, Fund Services.

CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—continued.

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item. 19' 2-3. CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. £ £ 1 2 3 4 5 (! 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 VOTE No. 38. Auckland Thames New Plymouth ... ... • .... Napier Gisborne Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 7,300 1,800 1,200 2,600 1,100 4,500 6,500 1,000 2,800 400 950 1,000 4,900 1,300 600 6,400 2,500 Total—Vote No. 38 46,85i OCEAN MAIL-SERVICES. VOTE No. 39. Transit of Mails via Vancouver across Canada during 1898-99 622 Total—Vote No. 39 62: CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. 1 2 3 VOTE No. 40. Carriage of Mails by Special Trains Haulage of Mail-car, Auckland-Hamilton Conveyance of Ordinary Mails by Railway £41,512 0 0 Less Cost of Postage, Telegrams, Tele-phone-exchange Connections, Postoffice Box Rents, &c. ... ... 24,657 0 0 1,500 665 16,855 Total —Vote No. 40 19,020 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 1 2 3 4 VOTE No. 41. Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Extra Labour Material for Repairs Subsidy to Marine Department for s.s. " Tutanekai " for Cable Laying and Repairing 5,000 15,000 8,000 1,000 Less estimated credits under section 41 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 29,000 | 6,000 Total -Vote No. 41 23,000