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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

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1902-3. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ 288,041 £ £ 288,041 ote 35.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries ... 36.—Telegraph Cable Subsidies 10,250 10,250 37. —Conveyance of Mails by Sea 50,937 50,937 38.—Conveyance of Inland Mails 46,850 46,850 39.—Ocean Mail-services ... 622 622 40. —Carriage of Mails by Railway ... 19,020 19,020 41. —Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines .. 23,000 23,000 42. —Miscellaneous Services 53,172 53,172 TOTAL OF CLASS V. 288,041 !03,851 491,892 No. of Officers. 1902-3. It 1902 3. Classification under Act. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES. VOTE No. 35. £ £ 1 1 1 First Division. Secretary Superintendent of Electric Lines Assistant Secretary and Inspector... 700 650 600 Clerical Division. 1,950 2 First Class, First Grade.— From £470 to £500, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 2 at £500 1,000 7 First Glass, Second Grade. —From £420 to £450, by Two Annual Increments of £15 4 at £450, 3 at £425 3,075 5 Second Clans.— From £370 to £400, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 3 at £400, 2 at £385 1,970 7 Third Class. — From £315 to £355, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each and One of £10. 2 at £355, 3 at £345, 2 at £330 2,730