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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

- Item. 1913-14. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. VOTE No. 16— continued. Chaeges foe and incidental to — continued. Office Management Expenses— £ Advertising ... ... ... 150 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 7,739 Legal expenses, ... ... ... 200 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 10,500 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... ... 150 Office expenses ... ... ... 7,000 Printing and binding ... ... 13,500 Rent of premises ... ... 4,100 Stationery ... ... ... 23,000 Temporary officers, letter-carriers, and messengers ... ... ... 8,600 5 6 7 8 Overtime Parcel-post expenses Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. Sundry Items — Automatic franking-machine : Refunds on spoiled impressions ... ... 500 Cash stolen, Wellington ... ... 2 Compassionate allowance to Mrs. J. A. Hackett, widow of late T. R. Hackett... 141 Compensation to J. H. Bridgeford for loss of eye at Awanui Wireless Station .. 125 Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post ... 75 Compensation awarded to Mrs. T. C. Parker 518 Fraudulent withdrawal, Savings-bank Account, Auckland, 215727 ... ... 9 Fraudulent withdrawal, Savings-bank Account, Christchurch, 238540 ... 10 Money-order issued and not accounted for at Matawai, Gisborne ... ... 1 Money-order telegram paid on forged signature, Thames ... ... 15 Remittance stolen, Onetea ... ... 5 Remittance stolen, Ohutu ... ... 13 Space for Departmental exhibit at Auck- ... ... 150 Spurious coin, Auckland and Dnnedin ... 2 75 ,239 8,000 7,300 5,000 1,566 Travelling-expenses, Ac. — Inspection of offices ... ... 2,000 Railway travelling post-offices allowances 3 ,000 Relieving-expenses ... ... 3,500 Removal expenses ... ... 5 ,000 Travelling expenses, allowances, and tram fares ... ... ... 2,500 140 ,638 10 Uniform clothing ... 16 ,000 \ 5,300 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... 155 ,138 14 ,500 Total —Vote No. 16 TOTAL OF CLASS III £1,16 ,208