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CLASS V.—POSTMASTER-GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER OF TELEGRAPHS— continued.
Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.
item. 18: 2-83. CHIEF OFFICES AND SUB-OFFICES— continued. ,81 ,82 ,83 ,84 ,85 VOTE No. 29— continued. Sub-Offices, Invercargili —continued. ♦Riverton — Postmaster (also Insurance Agent) Messenger ♦Thornbury — Postmaster (also Railway £150) ♦Waipahi— Postmaster (also Railway £160) ♦Winton — Postmaster (also Railway £75, and Insurance Agent) ♦Woodlands — Postmaster (also Railway £90, and Insurance Agent) ♦Wyndham— Postmaster (also Registrar of Births &c. and Insurance Agent) 50 Country Postmasters Relieving Staff— 7 Telegraphists, 1 at £250, 1 at £190, 1 at £185, 1 at £180, 1 at 160, 1 at £150, and 1 at £145 New Stations, Telegraphists, and Messengers 230 50 10 11 89 ,86 51 ,87. 155 215 ,88 ,89 1,260 600 ,90 Salaries of Chief Offices and Sub-Offices Less proportion chargeable against Savings Bank Fund £4,000, Government Insurance, Stamp Department, Registrar-General, &c. £2,500 113,996 6,500 Total —Vote No. 29 107,496 MAINTENANCE. 1882-83. 1881-82. Total number of officers ... 54 fi2 1 2 3 4 5 6 VOTE No. 30. Maintenance, Repairs, and Miscellaneous— 3 Inspectors, 1 at £500,1 at £450,1 at £400 2 Sub-Inspectors, 1 at £225, 1 at £200 ... 49 Linemen, 1 at £14,5, 4 at £140,7 at £135,17 at £130, 7 at £125, 7 at £120, 2 at £115, 4 at £110 Travelling Expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Extra Labour and Material for Repairs Office Expenses, Fuel, Lights, Travelling Expenses of Telegraphists, and Contingencies Stationery (Telegraph) Gratuity to Widow of W. Payne, late Clerk Chief Post Office, Auckland 1,350 425 6,245 4,500 4,000 7 8 15,500 1,500 200 Less proportion chargeable against Savings Bank Fund 33,720 500 Total—Vote No. 30 ... 33,220 TELEGRAPH CABLE SUBSIDIES. I VOTE No. 31. Subsidy payable to Eastern Extension Australia and China Telegraph Company for Australian Cable Contingent Subsidy 2 5,000 350 Total—Vote No. 31 ... 5,350 * Combined Post and Telegraph Offices are distinguished by ai i asterisk,