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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS— continued.

7—B. 7.

Item. 192 10-21. 3,022 I Miles. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued VOTE No. 10— continued. Working-expenses of Sections— continued. £ £ Traffic Expenses —continued. Section —continued. Westport : ... Nelson ... .... Picton Allowance to guards employed on Rimutaka Incline Increased marriage allowance to Staff and payments to Cadets and Crossing-keepers in excess of scale, 1st April, 1919, to 31st March, 1920 ... Cash missing from Dunedin Booking-office Cash stolen by burglars, Rotorua Station Amount of valueless cheque received in the course of business Contents of cash-bag stolen from guard's van between Ohingaiti and Hunterville... 28,629 22,722 13,361 100 1,500 216 2 5 6 1,656,231 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 14,000 1,642,231 Lake Wakatipu steamer service 9,000 Miscellaneous — . ! Allowances to be paid to members of the First and Second Divisions in excess of the maximum rates of pay set forth in the schedules to the Government Railways Act, 1912, for special work performed in the course of their duty ... ... £101 Less already provided for under the various sections ... ... 100 Audit fees for inspection of accounts New Zealand Railways Military Transport Corps— Pay and travelling-expenses of Instructors, and incidental expenses Special allowance to Private Secretary: 1 at £330 ... Cost-of-living bonus for Staff, 1st January to 31st March, 1920 Expenses in connection with members of Railway Department visiting Australia, England, and America on official business Salary, E. H. Hiley, General Manager, for period of accrued annual leave Damage to stores by fire at Invercargill Compassionate allowance to G. V. Bean Compassionate allowance to W. E. Potts Compassionate allowance to E. F. Saddler Compassionate allowance to G. McClymont Compassionate allowance to E. J. L. Welsh and child Compassionate allowance to M. Carson ... 1 900 1,500 20 42,000 550 1,085 26 100 50 75 50 500 350 Total Head Office, Departmental Offices, and Working-expenses of Sections 47,207 5,184,015