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CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1898-99. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. ote 31.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries ... £ 224,340 £ £ 224,340 „ 32.—Telegraph Cable Subsidies 1,920 1,920 „ 33. —Conveyance of Mails by Sea ... 50,500 50,500 „ 34. —Conveyance of Inland Mails 36,410 36,410 „ 35. —Carriage of Mails by Railway ... 17,430 17,430 „ 36. —Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines ... 19,000 19,000 „ 37.—Miscellaneous Services 37,200 37,200 TOTAL OF CLASS V. 224,340 12,460 386,800 No. of Officers. 198-99. item. 1898-99. Classification under Act. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES. VOTE No. 31. £ 1 1 1 Fibst Division. Secretary Superintendent of Electric Lines Assistant Secretary and Inspector... 700 650 600 1,950 3 Clebical Division. First Class, First Grade.—Fvom £470 to £500, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 3 at £500 1,500 2 First Class, Second Grade. —From £420 to £450, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 1 at £450,1 at £420 870 10 Second Class.—From £370 to £400, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 9 at £400, 1 at £385 3,985 5 Third Class.—Fvom £315 to £355, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each and One of £10. 3 at £355,1 at £330,1 at £325 5 1,720