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CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT- continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

tern. 1899 1-1900. 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 L6 17 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. VOTE No. 35. < Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Gisborne Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill £ 5,400 1,600 1,100 ■ 2,700. 700 2,800 5,000 850 2,400 350 1,300 1,100 4,000 1,000 400 5,900 2,300 £ Total —Vote No. 35 CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. VOTE No. 36. Carriage of Mails by Special Trains Conveyance of ordinary Mails by Railway £31,612 0 0 Less cost of Postage, Telegrams, Telephone Exchange connections, Postoffice box-rents, &c. ... ... 19,051 0 0 38,900 1 2 1,500 Total —Vote No. 36 12,561 14,061 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. • 1 2 3 4 5 VOTE No. 37. Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Extra Labour Material for repairs Telephone-exchange Instruments (to replace old ones) Subsidy to Marine Department for s.s. " Tutanekai " for cable-laying and repairing 4,500 12,400 2,500 3,000 1,000 Less estimated credits under section 41 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 23,400 4,400 19,000 Total—Vote No. 37 1 2 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 38. Stationery, &c. . ... ... ... Special allowance to Telegraph Messengers during their first year's service Gas and Water Telephone Fees to Non - permanent Postmasters and Telephonists Compassionate allowance to widow of the late H. Smith, Electrician (equal to six months' salary) 6,000 600 2,500 3 4 5 8,500 150