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CLASS VIII.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund, Services.

19( tein. '4-5. CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS— continued. £ 14 15 16 17 18 li) VOTE No. 38— continued. Timaru ... ... ... Oamaru Dunedin Tnvercargill ... ... ... New Services, &c. (all districts) ... ... ... Additional 1,810 725 6,460 3,050 500 200 Total—Votk No. 38 53,83b CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. 1 2 VOTE No. 39. Carriage of Mails by Special Trains Conveyance of Ordinary Mails by Railway £40,000 0 0 Less Cost of Postage, Telegrams, Tele-phone-exchange Connections, Postoffice Box Rents, &c. ... ... 19,000 0 0 1,500 9i nnn 1,500 3 Conveyance of ordinary mails by railway : Liability for financial year 1903-4 zi,uuu 10,838 21,000 10,838 Total —Vote No. 39 33,353 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 1 2 8 4 VOTE No. 40. Extra Labour Material for Repairs Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen ... Upkeep of s.s. "Tutanekai" 18,000 10,000 6,000 1,000 18,000 10,000 6,000 1,000 Less estimated credits under section 41 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 35,000 4,000 35,000 4,000 Total —Vote No. 40 ... ... - 31,001 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 I 5 VOTE No. 41. Stationery, &c. Special Allowance to Telegraph Messengers during their First Year's Service Light, Fuel, and Water Advertising and Printing Allowances to Tellers for Calculation of Savings-Bank Interest, to Clerks in Railway Travelling Post-offices, House Allowances, Forage, &c.... Carriage of Private Bags Cleaning and Scavenging Lodging Allowances to Cadets Overtime Office Expenses Parcel-post Expenses Postal Inspectors' Travelling-expenses Purchase and Hire of Bicycles, and Allowances to Lettercarriers, &c, using their own Machines 12,000 1,000 6,500 300 5,000 400 2,800 3,000 2,800 4,250 4,250 1,200 700 12,000 1,000 6,500 800 5,000 400 2,800 3,000 2,800 4,250 4,250 1,200 (i 7 8 i) 10 il 12 L3 700