8.—7.

CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

34

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

!tem. 1896-97. CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. £ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1L 12 13 14 15 16 17 VOTE No. 34. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Gisborne Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Q-reymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 4,730 1,490 730 2,060 640 1,870 4,340 840 2,340 290 1,090 860 3,290 760 400 6,260 2,000 Total—Vote No. 34 33,990 CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. 1 2 VOTE No 35. Carriage of Mails by Special Trains Conveyance of ordinary Mails by Railway £29.329 0 0 Less cost of Postage, Telegrams, Telephone Exchange connections, Postoffice box-rents, &c. ... ... 14,569 0 0 1,000 i4,760 Total— Vote No. 35 15,761 MISCELLANEOUS. i 2 3 4 5 6 7 VOTE No. 36. Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Extra Labour and Material for Repairs Stationery, &c. Special allowance to Telegraph Messengers during their first year's service Gas and Water Telephone Fees to Non - permanent Postmasters and Telephonists Contribution towards scientific and technical instruction of officers Travelling-expenses of officers removed in connection with changes Enlarging railway sorting-carriages on Hurunui-Bluff Line Amouir required to make good moneys stolen or destroyed by fire, as follows : Eltham, £120; Hastings, £19; Mataura, £31 ; Rotorua, £133 ; Kirwee, £5 .. Office Expenses, Fuel, Travelling - expenses of Telegraphists, and Contingencies 4,500 10,500 4,500 400 3,000 4,900 200 8 305 360 9 10 308 11 22,500 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 51,473 5,000 Total—Vote No. 36 46,47: TOTAL OF CLASS V. £35, ,134