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Appropriations for Consolidated, Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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1910-11. RURAL MAIL DELIVERIES. VOTE No. 13. € £ Charges for and incidental to — 1 Hire of vehicles ... ... ... 1,000 2 Purchase of boxes ... ... ... 1,000 2,000 Less estimated credits under section 42 of the Public Revenues Act. 190S ... ... 500 Total—Vote No. 13 ... ... 1,500 CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. VOTE No 14. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Carriage of Mails by Special Trains ... ... 2,000 2 Conveyance of Ordinary Mails by Railway ... 59,803 Total—Vote No. 14 ... ... j 61 ,803 61 ,803 MAINTENANCE OK TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. VOTE No. 15. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Extra Labour ... ... ... 14,300 2 Material for Repairs ... ... ... IS',000 3 Rural telephones (assistance to settlers) ... ... 2,000 4 Travelling-expenses of Telegraph Engineers and Linemen 7 ,000 5 Upkeep of s.s. "Tutanekai" ... ... 2,000 43 ,300 Less estimated credits under section 42 of the Public Revenues Act, 1908 ... 4,300 39,000 Total—Vote No. 15 ... ... 39,000 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES VOTE No. 16. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Advertising ... ... ... 300 2 Allowances to Tellers and for Calculation of SavingsBank Interest ... ... ... 2,340 3 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 I Automatic franking-machine : Refunds on spoiled impressions ... ... .. 250 5 Carriage of Private Bags ... .. ... 750 0 Chatham Islands : Loss of coin, portion of remittance in transit (wreck of "Duco") ... ... 50 7 Cleaning and Scavenging ... ... .... \ 5 ,300 8 Compassionate allowance to Louisa Livick, widow of W. D. Livick, Chief Clerk, Post-office, Gisborne ... i 260 9 Compassionate allowance to E. P. Reeve on account of the death of her husband, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee ... ... 30 10 . Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post ... ... ... 50