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YEAR ENDING 31 MAROH, 1944.

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT—continued.

■ I I (а) Increase due to additional number of employees engaged on outside maintenance activities, (б) Increased use being made of facilities provided by this Department,

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Number of Persons. 1943 -44 942-43. V0TE - p0S J v ™ telegraph working- ' EXPENSES—continued. _ £ £ £ Subdivision No. V. —Maintenance of Telephone Exchange, Toll, Telegraph and Wireless Systems. Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of telegraph and toll lines, wireless, and telephone exchange systems, also contingencies and all other unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of the subdivision — Cable repairs, including hire of cable steamer .. .. 20,000 20,000 242 Camp allowances .. .. .. .. .. (a) 4,000 500 5,545 Communications: Labour and miscellaneous.. .. 200,000 200,000 60,000 Extra labour .. .. .. .. .. 70,000 85,000 57,999 Material for repairs, including freight and other charges 160,000 160,000 156,979 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 9,000 7,500 10,321 Purchase of radio material (part recoverable) .. .. 200,000 300,000 157,434 663,000 773,000 448,520 Less amount to be expended on telegraph and telephone construction works and " Depreciation Fund " 10,000 10,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote)— £ Recovery from War Expenses Account .. 200,000 Total —Subdivision No. V . .. .. 653,000 763,000 448,520 Subdivision No. VI.—Depreciation Fund. Charges for and incidental to — Renewal and replacement of departmental assets .. 200,000 200,000 50,000 Total—Subdivision No. VI .. .. 200,000 200,000 50,000 Subdivision No. VII.—Motor Services and Workshops. Charges for and incidental to — Motor services, &c. — Allowance to officers using their own bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders .. .. .. .. 4,700 3,500 4,147 Purchase of— Motor-vehicles and bicycles .. .. .. 14,000 14,000 13,626 Motor accessories .. .. .. .. 32,000 28,000 33,494 Motor spirits and oils .. .. .. .. 45,000 " 45,000 46,924 Registration of vehicles and third-party-risk insurance .. 4,000 4,000 3,390 Repairs and hire .. .. .. .. .. (6) 8,500 5,000 8,285 Wages of temporary mechanics, chauffeurs, &c. .. 17,100 12,850 15,848 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 3,500 2,000 3,751 Workshops—■ Material .. .. .. .. .. .. 40,000 82,000 34,855 Wages of temporary mechanics, &c. .. .. .. 40,000 45,000 32,488 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 400 200 377 209,200 241,550 197,185 Less amount to be expended on telegraph and telephone construction works and " Depreciation Fund " .. 30,000 30,000 30,000 1 Total—Subdivision No. VII .. .. 179,200 211,550 167,185 ——