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CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1896-97. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote 31.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries ... 209,174 209,174 „ 32.—Telegraph Cable Subsidies 3,909 3,909 „ 33.—Conveyance of Mails by Sea 45,828 45,828 „ 34. —Conveyance of Inland Mails 33,990 33,990 „ 35.—Carriage of Mails by Railway ... 15,760 15,760 „ 36.—Miscellaneous 46,473 46,473 TOTAL OF CLASS V. 209,174 145,960 ■5,960 355,134 tem No. of Officers. 196-97. 1896-97. Classification under Act. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES. VOTE No. 81. £ 1 1 1 Fibst Division. Secretary Superintendent of Electric Lines Assistant Secretary and Inspector... 700 650 600 1,950 Cleeical Division. 3 First Class, First Grade. —From £470 to £500, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 2 at £500, 1 at £485 1,485 1 First Class, Second Grade. —From £420 to £450, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 1 at £435 435 10 Second Class. —From £370 to £400, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 7 at £400, 2 at £385, 1 at 370 ... 3,940 5 Third Glass.— From £315 to £355, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each and One of £10. 4 at £355, 1 at £330 1,750