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CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1899-1900. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote 32. —Postal and Telegraph Salaries ... 230,254 230,254 „ 33.—Telegraph Cable Subsidies 1,430 1,430 „ 34. —Conveyance of Mails by Sea 50,281 50,281 „ 35. —Conveyance of Inland Mails *. 38,900 38,900 „ 36. —Carriage of Mails by Eailway ... 14,061 14,061 „ 37. —Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines ... 19,000 19,000 „ 38. —Miscellaneous Services 41,769 41,769 TOTAL OF CLASS V. 230,254 165,441 395,695 No. of Officers. * tern. Classification under Act. 18' '9-1900. 1899-1900. POSTAL AND TELEGBAPH SALABIES. £ £ VOTE No. 32. First Division. 700 650 600 1 1 1 Secretary Superintendent of Electric Lines Assistant Secretary and Inspector... 1,950 3 Clerical Division. First Class, First Grade. —From £470 to £500, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 3 at £500 1,500 2 First Glass, Second Grade. —From £420 to £450, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 1 at £450, 1 at £435 3 885 10 Second Class.— From £370 to £400, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 10 at £400 4,000 6 Third Class.— From £315 to £355, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each and One of £10. 3 at £355, 1 at £345, 1 at £325. 1 at £315... 2,050