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DISBURSEMENTS of the CONSOLIDATED FU D, 1873-74, IN DETAIL — d mtinued. APPROPRIATIONS. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Postal — continued. 830 0 0 Brought forward BESEEVE ACCOUNT— continued. Vote No. 31,— San Francisco Mail Service, — Salary and Travelling Allowance and Expenses of Mail Agent ... ... ... £212 0 0 Telegrams, etc. ... ... ... 225 13 11 Vote No. 41, — Conveyance of Inland Mails, — Auckland ... ... ... ... £38 7 2 Wellington ... ... ... ... 13 13 0 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 196 11 1 Nelson ... ... ... ... 6 0 0 Westland ... ... ... ... 2 11 0 Otago ... ... ... ... 522 17 9 437 13 11 • 780 0 0 VOTE No. 1 of 1872-73 -.— Item 20 — Postal Department,— Mails to and from Melbourne ... ... £159 11 2 Mail Agents'Expenses, &c ... ... 5 12 3 Government of New South Wales for arrears due in respect of Panama Services ... 5,104 14 G Salaries and Contingencies,— Auckland ... £27 13 4 Wellington ... 5 11 10 Hawke's Bay ... 12 3 4 Marlborough ... 3 0 0 Canterbury ... 0 16 8 Otago ... ... 2 10 0 2,047 13 11 51 15 2 Conveyance of Inland Mails, — Auckland ... £93 11 0 Hawke's Bay ... 54 5 8 Canterbury ... , 10 0 0 Otago ... ... 23 0 0 Chatham Islands... 9 10 0 190 6 8 Postal Contingencies, — General Post Office £214 4 11 Auckland ... 119 7 9 Wellington ... 33 10 7 Hawke's Bay ... 6 6 3 Nelson ... ... 24 11 3 MARLBOROUGn ... 1 10 0 Canterbury ... 71 6 5 Westland ... 54 18 9 Otago .... 84 9 4 610 5 3 6,122 5 0 Item 21, — Telegraph Department,— Head Office and White's Bay,— Overtime, etc ... ... ... £35 12 2 Auckland, — Salaries and Overtime... £118 11 0 Travelling Expenses ... 36 16 6 Rent and Contingencies 168 15 5 324 2 11 Taranaki, — Salary of Lineman, etc. ... ... 21 11 11 Wellington,— Salaries and Overtime... £59 8 6 Travelling Expenses ... 61 12 6 Rent and Contingencies 104 2 11 225 3 11 Hawke's Bay,— Overtime and Contingencies ... ... 21 18 9 Nelson, — Salaries, etc. ... ... £16 18 0 Travelling Expenses ... 44 16 0 Additions to Offices and Contingencies ... 157 11 7 219 5 7 , Carried forward ... £847 15 3 2,047 13 11 • 0,122 5 0