8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT—continued.

(а) Increase due to restricted steamer express service, resulting in greater use being made of air-mail .services. (б) Increase due to reletting of mail contracts. (c) Decrease due to suspension of running of South Island K.T.P.O. (d) Increase due to extension of railway services and also to the use of special wagons replacing R.T.P.O. m South Island,

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Number 1942-43. of Persons. VOTE—POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING- 1943-44. 1943 441942 43 EXPENSES—continued. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. II.—Conveyance of Ocean and Air Mails —continued, £ £ £ Charges for and incidental to —continued. Coastal and Inland Air Services— Payments to shipping companies .. .. .. 12,000 14,000 13,061 Carriage of mails by inland air services .. .. (a) 16,000 10,000 13,140 28,000 24,000 26,207 Landing, shipping, and miscellaneous .. .. .. 200 200 85 Estimated credits-in-aid under section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Receipts from other Administrations .. 500 Total —Subdivision No. II .. .. 122,500 196,750 183,509 Subdivision No. III. —Conveyance of Inland Mails. Charges for and incidental to— Auckland 24,500 23,900 24,396 Blenheim .. .. .. • • • • • • , 4-, 700 4, /4J Christchurch .. .. •• •• •• 15,600 15,400 15,667 Dunedin 9 > 900 9 ' 800 9 ' 985 Gisborne .. .■ •• •• •• •• 5,400 5,400 5,332 Greymouth. .. .. .. •• •• •• 3,500 3,500 3,306 Hamilton 19.800 19,300 19,831 Invercargill .. .• •• •• 12,000 12,000 12,111 Napier 9 >200 9,200 8,545 Nelson 9 > 800 9 ' 800 9 > 160 New Plymouth .. .. •• •• •• 7,200 7,100 7,161 Oamaru 4,100 4,100 3,306 Palmerston North .. .. •• ■■ •• 11,300 11,300 11,289 j Thames .. .. ■ ■ •• •• 8,800 8,800 8,716 Timaru 7,400 7,400 7,441 Wanganui .. .. .. •• •• 8,900 8,900 8,968 Wellington .. .. .. •• •• •• 10,200 9,700 10,193 Westport 1,100 1,100 1,043 New services, &c. (all districts) .. .. .. 5,500 5,500 5,500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Subsidies by Government Departments for £ mail services .. . • • • 1,500 Subsidies by settlers .. .. . • 900 2,400 Total —Subdivision No. Ill .. .. (6)178,900 176,900 176,697 Subdivision No. IV. —Carriage of Mails by Railway. Charges for and incidental to — Carriage of mails by railway — Ordinary mails .. .. •• •• •• (c) 97,500 112,500 101,359 Special trains and trucks .. .. •• (d) 34,000 21,500 25,176 Total —Subdivision No. IV .. •• 131,500 134,000 126,535