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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 1909-10. CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. VOTE No. 13. £ £ Charges op and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Special Trains ... -4 ,000 Conveyance of Ordinary Mails by Railway 56,700 1 2 Total —Vote No. 13 ... ... 60,700 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 1 2 3 1 VOTE No. 14. Charges op and incidental to — Extra Labour ... ... ■ • ' 20,000 > Material for Repairs ... ... ... 13,000 Travelling-expenses of Telegraph Engineers and Linemen 7,000 Upkeep of s s. "Tutanekai" ... ... ... 2,300 ! 42 ,300 | Less estimated credits under section 42 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1908" ... ... 4,800 Total —Vote No. 14 ... ... I 37 ,500 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1 2 3 I 5 6 VOTE No. 15. Charges op and incidental to — Advertising . ... . 700 Allowance to E. Greatbatch, late Postmaster, Petone, in lieu of three months' leave on retirement from the service ... ... i 05 Allowance towards expenses of the Secretary, Post and Telegraph Department, visiting England, Europe, and America ... ... ! 350 Allowances to Postmasters on non-permanent staff Inpayment of old-age pensions ... ... i 300 Allowances to Tellers for Calculation of SaviugsBank Interest, to Clerks in Railway Travelling Postoffices, House, Forage, Night Clerks, and other allowances ... ... 8,000 Allowances under section 197 of " The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 "— Good-conduct allowances to certain officers at, the rate of 6d.' per day ... ... 500 Amount required to make good Wellington money-order-telegram forgery ... ..: ... ■ 14 Amount required to make good Wellington parcel-post burglary ... ... ... 28 Automatic franking-machine : Poundage on sales and refunds on spoiled impressions ... ... 130 Carriage of Private Bags .. ... ... i 625 Cleaning and Scavenging .. . ... i 5 ,000 Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post ... ... ! 25 Compensation to James Crow, senior, for injuries received ... ... ... i 100 Expenses of Superintendent of Electric Lines visiting Melbourne in connection with Wireless Telegraph Conference ... ... ... 60 Fees for Certificates of Age ... ... . 15 J Further compassionate allowance to Mrs. McPhail, widow of Driver McPhail, killed ... ...I 100 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16