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CLASS V.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

7—B. 7.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

'tern 1883-89. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY SEA. 8 9 10 u 1 2 3 4 5 G 7 VOTE No. 31 Otheb Chaeges— Bluff and Stewart Island Chatham Islands Service Interprovincial Services Blind Bay Service San Francisco Service Bonus, &c, San Francisco Service Payment to contractors to make good special contributions not paid by the United States Post Office — 21st November, 1885, to 31st March, 1888—San Francisco Service Suez Services Mail Agents and Travelling Allowance Auckland Steam Services Hokitika and Southern Ports and Westport and Karamea Services Fiji Service New Zealand and Pacific Islands Direct Steam Service to Plymouth Direct Steam Service Bonuses, &c. Interprovincial Service (Direct Steam Service) Light Dues Eemitted (San Francisco Service £663, New Zealand Shipping Company £936, Shaw-Savill-Albion Company £1,040) Contingencies, Bonuses, Q-ratuities 200 200 4,500 200 24.400 1,340 2,544 1,000 600 825 12 13 14 15 16 17 750 1,690 1,200 13,500 8,000 3,000 2,639 5,500 72,088 18 Total—Vote No. 31 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 L0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. VOTE No. 32 Other Chaeges— Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Gisborne Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westporfc Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 3,954 1,578 314 1,760 515 724 2,257 780 2,454 192 503 1,945 2,670 580 200 5,025 1,408 Total—Vote No. 32 ... 26,859 CAEEIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. VOTE No. 38 Otheb Chaeges— Carriage of Mails by Eailway, under special arrangement 930 930 Total—Vote No. 33 ...