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DISBURSEMENTS op the CONSOLIDATED FUND, 1873-74, detail — continued. APPROPRIATIONS. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. Postal — continued. 6,122 5 0 2,047 13 11 Brought forward ... £847 15 3 VOTE No. 1 of 1872-73— continued. Item 21— continued. Telegraph Department— continued. Marlborough,— Salaries, etc. ... £22 2 2 Travelling Expenses ... 26 9 9 Contingencies ... 143 1 2 191 13 1 Canterbury,— Salaries ... ... £43 10 9 Travelling Expenses ... 38 2 6 Rent and Contingencies 254 3 2 335 16 5 Westland, — Salaries, etc. ... ... £25 4 7 Travelling Expenses ... 8136 Contingencies ... 37 3 6 71 1 7 II A / Otago,— Salaries, etc. ... £41 10 4 Travelling Expenses ... 68 9 6 Contingencies ... 100 9 5 210 9 3 1,656 15 7 Total Liabilities of 1872-73 7,779 0 7 9,826 14 6 FINANCIAL YEAR 1873-74. VOTE No. 24 :— General Post Office, — Salaries ... ... 1 July, 1873, to 30 June, 1874 Commission on Money Orders due to Foreign Offices ... Postage Stamp Plates, Dies, Paper, etc. 2,240 3 10 429 16 11 1,404 4 4 4,074 5 1 VOTE No. 25:— Conveyance of Mails by Sea, — San Francisco Service Inter-Provincial and Inter-Colonial Services, etc. Contributions to Suez Service Fiji Service Demurrage Gratuities Cartage and Boatage, Landing and Shipping Mails Travelling Expenses, Telegrams, etc., connected with San Francisco Service Chatham Islands Service ... Mail Agents 12,043 4 6 7,375 18 9 7,500 0 0 900 0 0 275 0 0 1,914 12 9 307 5 6 1,498 12 9 75 0 0 353 12 5 32,243 6 8 VOTE No. 26:— Auckland, — Salaries, 1 July, 1873, to 30 June, 1874, — Auckland * ... ... ... ... £2,975 17 1 Thames ... ... ... ... 922 16 11 Kapanga ... ... ... ... 154 1 2 Country Postmasters ... ... ... 920 19 9 Rent, Auckland ... 4,973 14 11 290 0 0 VOTE No. 27:— Taranaki, — Salaries, 1 July, 1873, to 30 June, 1874,— New Plymouth Country Postmasters 5,263 14 11 372 10 0 36 5 0 408 15 0 VOTE No. 28:— Wellington,— Salaries, 1 July, 1873, to 30 June, 1874,— Wellington Wanganui Country Postmasters 1,636 3 2 243 18 6 470 7 9 2,350 9 5 Carried forward 44,340 11 1 9,826 14 6