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CLASS VIII.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

tern. 19< •3-4. CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. VOTE No. 38. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Gisborne ... . Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Additional amount required on account of increased tendering, new services, <fec, for triennium 1904-6— One quarter, 1st January, 1904, to 31st March, 1904, at £3,000 per annum £ 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 0 10 11 12 18 14 15 16 17 18 8,400 2,100 1,400 3,350 1,120 4,650 6,450 1,025 2,165 1,130 875 1,160 5,000 1,480 590 7,120 2,700 750 Total—Vote No. 38 51,465 OCEAN MAIL-SEBVICES. VOTE No. 39. Transit of Mails via Vancouver across Canada during 1898-99 622 622 Total—Vote No. 39 CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. 1 2 VOTE No. 40. Carriage of Mails by Special Trains Haulage of Mail-car, Auckland-Hamilton Conveyance of Ordinary Mails by Railway £42,458 0 0 Less Cost of Postage, Telegrams, Tele-phone-exchange Connections, Postoffice Box Rents, <fcc. ... ... 24,657 0 0 1,500 19,301 17,801 Total—Vote No. 40 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. L 2 8 4 VOTE No. 41. Extra Labour Material for Repairs Refund to Baxter Broe. of deposit on cancelled contract for telegraph arms Subsidy to Marine Department for s.s. " Tutanekai " for Cable Laying and Repairing, including wages and up-keep of the steamer from 1st August, 1903, to 31st March, 1904 Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen 15,000 12,000 81 27,881 1,250 5,500 Lese estimated credits under section 41 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 33,831 6,000 Total—Vote No. 41