8.—7.

CLASS V.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

46

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item. 3890-91. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY S1A— continued. £ £ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [VOTE No. 31.—continued. j Other Charges— continued. 7 I Mail Agents and Travelling Allowance 8 ! Auckland Steam Services 9 i Hokitika and Southern Ports and Westport and Kararnea Services 10 ' Fiji Service 11 j New Zealand and Pacific Islands Service ... 12 | Direct Steam Service to Plymouth 13 Direct Steam Service Bonus, &c. ... j 14 Interprovincial Service (Direct Steam Service) 15 Light Dues remitted (San Francises Service £663, New Zealand Shipping Company £936, Shaw-Savill-Albion Company £1,040) 16 j Contingencies, Bonuses, Gratuities 608 690 495 1,690 1,200 10 Total—Vote No. 31 ... CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. VOTE No. 32. Other Charges— 1 Auckland 2 j Thames 3 i New Plymouth 4 | Napier 5 Gisborne 0 Wanganui 7 Wellington 8 i Blenheim 9 I Nelson 10 ! Westport 11 j Greymouth 12. Hokitika 13 Christchurch 14 Timaru 15 Oamaru 16 | Dunedin 17 ': Invercargill j 12,605 2,942 2,139 7,000 44,467 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 !) 10 11 12 13 11, 15 16 17 3,600 1.470 380 1,750 490 720 1,870 960 2,000 220 470 1,260 2,500 540 200 5,200 1,440 25,070 Total—Vote No. 32 ... CARRIAGE OP MAILS BY RAILWAY. [VOTE No. 33. Other Charges— 1 I Carriage of Mails by Railway, under special arrangement 1,000 1,000 Total—Vote No. 33 ... ... i MISCELLANEOUS. 1890-91. Total number of officers ... 61 VOTE No. 34. Salaries — ] 3 Inspectors, 1 al £490,1 at £450, 1 at £400 3 Sub-Inspectors, 1 at £290, 1 at £260, 1 at £190 Electrician 4 ! Mechanician, Auckland 5 j Mechanician, Dunedin . . 6 ! Cadet, Dunedin ... ... - ... . 1,340 740 335 210 210 100