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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

torn. 19 10-21. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING-EXPENSES — continued. £ VOTE No. 9—continued. CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. Charges for and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Railway — £ Special trains and trucks ... ... 2,500 Ordinary mails ... ... 81,131 Extra amount due for the carriage of mails by railway for the years 1917-18 to 1919-20 ... ... 8,835 92,466 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines — £ Extra labour ... ... 80,000 Material for repairs ... ... 90,000 Rural telephones (assistance to settlers) 1,000 Travelling-expenses of telegraph engineers and linemen ... ... 18,000 Cost of cable repairs ... ... 7,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 196,000 4,000 192,000 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. Charges for and incidental to — Allowances— £ Forage ... ... 1,100 Locality allowances for cadets stationed away from home ... ... 500 Lodging to cadets and cadettes, and non-clerical officers ... ... 30,000 Miscellaneous allowances ... 12,000 Tellers and for calculation of Savingsbank interest ... ... 6,500 Payment to nominated representative on Post and Telegraph Board of Appeal ... ... 100 Allowance in lieu of six months' leave granted to C. H. M. Hawk, Inspector of Telegraph Offices, on retirement from the service ... ... 325 50,525 Cash Deficiencies— Cash deficiency, Christchurch ... 4 Cash deficiency, Courtenay Place ... 2 Cash deficiency, Matamata ... 6 Forged money order, Wellington on Dunedin ... ... ... 4 Forged money-order telegram, Wellington ... ... 6 Forged money-order telegram, Wellington on Auckland ... ... 5