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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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Item. I 19 6-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES—cora-Swrnect £ £ 4 VOTE No. 17— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ Mechanical Appliances, &c. — continued. Purchase of motor-oil ... ... 4,000 Repairs and hire ... ... 5,500 Typewriters, &c, and repairs to typewriters ... ... 1,000 20,420 5 Office Management Expenses— Advertising ... ... ... 400 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 9,000 Legal expenses ... ... 150 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 12,900 Mail-bags, purchase of ... ... 7,000 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... 200 Office expenses ... ... 8,500 Rent of premises . ... 3,600 Stationery, printing, and binding ... 35,000 Temporary officers, letter-carriers, and messengers... ... ... 12,000 Exchange cadettes ... ... 20,000 Clerks and telegraphists ... ... 2,000 111,050 6 ! 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 Overtime ... ... ... 14,000 Parcel-post expenses ... ... 11,000 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... 6,000 Special allowances to Private Secretaries: 1 at £315 (£25), 1 at £220 (£30), 1 at £210 (£40) ... ... 95 31,095 10 10 Sundry Items — Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post 85 Destructor for stores ... ... 300 Fraudulent withdrawal from Savingsbank Account No. 279634, Auckland 5 Pensions for officers retired, whose allowance from the Superannuation Fund is under £52 per annum ... 150 540 11 Travelling-expenses, &c.— Inspection of offices ... ... 2,200 Railway travelling post-offices allowances ... ... 3,000 Relieving-expenses ... ... 3,500 Removal expenses ... ... 7,000 Travelling expenses, allowances, and tram-fares ... ... 3,500 19,200 7,000 12 Uniform clothing 214,050 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910... 15,500 Total—Vote No. 17 198,551 TOTAL OF CLASS III £1,36 236