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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THHI

Post Office Account. . 4

Postmaster-General. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1943 to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Post and Telegraph Department. Summary.

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1942-43. J^ 1 - 42 Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote— Post and Telegraph Working-expenses— £ £ Subdivision I.-Postal and Telegraph Salaries 2,459,175 .. 2,459,175 2,618,167 2,357,147 " III.-Gonveyanee of Inland Mails .. 176,900 176,900 170,000 168 273 „ IV.-Carriage of Mails by Railway .. 134,000 134,000 97,000 98,350 V. — Maintenance of Telephone E aTd^lr%Jsts!eir Ph . .. 363,000 363,000 263,000 230,166 VI -Depreciation Fund . .. 200,000 200,000 200,000 72,100 .. 211,550 211,550 164,400 183,612 VIII. — Maintenance of Post and Telegraph Buildings and Sites .. 73,000 73,000 78,000 52,061 IX.-MiscdUneous Services .. Y 1,088,014 1,088,014 931,345 896,880 Gross Total 2,459,175 4,827,639 4,698,412 4,227,625 Oedits-jn-aid 229,000 137,650 J366,650 473,200 331,038 NET TOTAL 2,230,175 2,230,814 4,460,989 4,225,212 3,896,587 Number 1941-42. oi Persons. VOTE—POST AND TELEGRAPH 1942-43 1942 - 43ll04l72 WORKING-EXPENSES. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries. £ £ £ ''Salaries — Administration. £ 1 (£1.500) ■• •• I.™ 2 (£1,250) 2,500 3 (£950) .. a ' 850 7 (£850) 5 - 95 ° 17 12 4 ( £800 ) •• "• 16,000 11,400 Other Salaries. 8,203 10,469 8,203 (£60 to £765) .. .. •• •• •■ 2,313,OT5 2,640,637 J New positions, telegraphists, cadets, messengers, and 8,220 10,481 training cadets ..• .. •• •• •• 12,000 12,000 Salaries of officers paid prior to 31st March in respect of periods during next financial year .. .. .. 1,500 1,500 2,342,575 | 2,665,537 * Fnr particular- of salaries ace " Po3t Offloe Classin oation Lia^."