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Class 111.

POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 30th June, 1876, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the POSTAL and TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENTS.

1875-76. 1874-75. VOTE No. . General Post Office £ s. 3,955 0 d. 0 £ s. d. 4,300 0 0 Conveyance of Mails by Sea • •. 83,648 0 0 52,700 0 0 Auckland ... ... •*■ 4 6,110 0 0 5,585 0 0 Taranaki 530 0 0 450 0 0 Wellington 3,420 0 0 2,931 0 0 Hawke's Bay 1,025 0 0 905 0 0 Nelson tii ■ •• 2,145 0 0 2.080 0 0 Marlborough ••• 730 0 0 705 0 0 Canterbury 5,693 0 0 4,789 10 0 Westland 1,725 0 0 1,725 0 0 Otago 8,792 0 0 7,356 0 0 Conveyance of Inland Mails • •• 25,725 0 0 27,150 0 0 Contingencies for all Post Offices 3,500 0 0 3,500 0 0 Total—Postal Depabtment ... 146,998 0 0 114,181 10 0 VOTE No. . Telegraph Department 75,511 0 0 58,215 0 0 TOTAL OF CLASS III. 222,509 0 0 2,396 10 0 Item. 5-76. 1874-75. POSTAL DEPABTMENT. £ s. d. VOTE No. . Geneeal Post Office— Secretary Inspector of Post Offices Accountant Money Orders and Savings Banks Chief Clerk Dead-Letter Clerk ... 4 Clerks, 1 at £260,1 at £185, 2 at £230 ... Clerk ... Cadet Messenger £ 8. d. £ 8. d. 500 0 450 0 0 0 425 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 250 0 240 0 905 0 120 0 90 0 0 0 0 t) (I 0 370 0 0 250 0 0 230 0 0 865 0 0 75""0 0 125 0 0 Commission on Money Orders duo to Foreign Post Offices Travelling Expenses of Inspector Extra Clerical Assistance 250"'0 750 0 0 0 560 0 0 250 0 0 750 0 0 3,955 0 0 4,300 0 0