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CLASS V.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item. .tern. 188 1889-90. CHIEF OFFICES AND SUB-OFFICES—continued, £ £ 300 VOTE No. SO—continued. Salaries— continued. 800 Relieving Staff— 4 Telegraphists, 1 at £185, 3 at £150 iOl New Stations, Telegraphists, aud Messengers 635 520 301 635 520 126,545 1 '20.545 Less estimated credits under section 10 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1882 " ... £3,500 Also for work for Government Insurance Department ... ... 450 120,0^0 3,950 3,950 Total—Vote No. 30 ... 122,595 TELEGRAPH CABLE SUBSIDIES. VOTE No. 81. 1 Contingent Subsidy 309 309 309 Total—Vote No. 31 ... TELEGRAPH CABLE REPAIRS. VOTE No. 32. 1 [ Telegraph Cable Repairs (unpaid at close of financial year) 4,924 Total—Vote No. 32 ... 4,924 CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY SEA. VOTE No. 33. Other Charges — 1 : Bluff and Stewart Island 2 Chatham Islands Service ... ... ••• 3 Blind Bay Service 4 i San Francisco Service 5 | Bonus, &c, San Francisco Service 6 Interprovincial Service (San Francisco Service) 7 | Suez Services 8 Mail Agents and Travelling Allowance 9 Auckland Steam Services ... ... ... 10 ! Hokitika and Southern Ports and Westport and Karamea Services ... ... ... 11 Fiji Service ... ... ... 12 ! New Zealand and Pacific Islands Service ... ... j 13 . Direct Steam Service to Plymouth ... ... 14 Direct Steam Service Bonus, &c. ... ... [ 15 : Direct Steam Service Subsidy unpaid at close of financial i 200 200 200 20,326 800 3,500 600 600 825 750 1,690 1,200 12,200 .7,500 ' 1 O QArt 200 200 200 20,326 800 3,500 600 600 825 750 1,690 1,200 12,200 7,500 year ... ... ... ! 16 | Interprovincial Service (Direct Steam Service) ... j 17 Light Dues Eemitted (San Francisco Service £663, New Zealand Shipping Company £936, Shawr-Savill-Albion Company £1J040) 18 Contingencies, Bonuses, Gratuities j 13,600 3,000 2,639 5,500 13,600 3,000 2,639 5,500 18 I Total—Vote No. 33 ... ... ■ 75,330