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CLASS V.-POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT- continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item. 18 7-98. * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 CONVETANCE OF INLAND MAILS. VOTE No. 34. Auckland ! Thames ' New Plymouth f Napier 1 Gisborne < Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson ... f Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Inv.ercargill £ 4,900 1,550 960 2,220 650 2,250 4,500 800 2,350 260 1,140 940 3,460 890 370 6,100 1,950 Total—Vote No. 34 35,29i 1 2 CARRIAGE OF MAILS BT RAILWAT VOTE xNo. 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 Additional contribution to Railway Department for sortingcarriage for mails on Wellington-Woodville Railway, from 13th November, 1897, to 31st March, 1898 '' I 14,760 306 Total—Vote No. 35 16,066 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 1 2 3 VOTE No. 36. Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Extra Labour and Material for Repairs Telephone-exchange Instruments (to replace old ones) ... 4,500 14,500 3,000 Less estimated credits under section 41 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 22,000 4,000 Total—Vote No. 36 ... . _ 18,000 1 2 3 4 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 37. 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 4,500 500 3,000 5 6,000 6 Amoum- required to make good moneys stolen or destroyed by fire : Tikokino, £2 Robbery at Newmarket Office Defalcation by an officer now deceased ... ."' Diving operations to recover mails from wreck of '' Tasmania" Office Expenses, Fuel, Travelling-expenses, and Contingencies 200 7 8 9 0 2 11 280 560 23,500 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 38,553 1,500 Total—Vote No. 37 ... _ 37,053 TOTAL OT CLASS V. £36 ,580