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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund, Services

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

[tern. tern. _ 1910-11. MISCELLANEOUS SEBVICES— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 16— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. 11 Devonport: Loss of remittance in transit ... 100 12 Defalcation by officer (not recoverable) ... ... 7 13 Fire-extinguishers ... ... ... 525 14 Forage allowances ... ... ,.. 890 15 Fraudulent withdrawal from Post-office Savings-Bank at Christchureh ... ... ... 115 16 Gratuity to M. Gilbert, late Postmistress, Paroa, on her retirement from the service ... ... . 10 17 Gratuity to L. Jones, late Postmistress, Woolston, on ; her retirement from the service ... ... 50 18 Hire of Dickie Stamp-vending Machines ... ... 45 19 Legal expenses ... ... ... 150 20 Light, Fuel, and Water ... ... ... 9,500 21 Lodging Allowances to Cadets and Cadettes ... 4,140 22 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne, for the year 1908 ... 150 23 Night Clerks and miscellaneous allowances ... 3,000 24 Office Expenses ... ... ... 4,000 25 Old-age Pensions— Allowances to Postmasters ... ... £300 ) Fees for Certificates of Age ... ... 40 / Interpreters' Fees ... ... 25 V 465 Travelling Allowances and Expenses of Officers, [ Magistrates, Registrars, Police, and Pensioners 100 26 Otaki Railway-station: Loss of cash by fire ... 1 27 Overtime ... ... ... 6.000 28 Plant for Wellington City mail-service ... ... 595 29 Parcel-post Expenses ... ... ... 6,500 30 Postal inspectors'Travelling-expenses ... ... 1,400 31 Post-marking machines for various offices ... 300 32 Printing, Binding. Ac. ... ... ... 13,000 33 Purchase and Hire of Bicycles, and Allowances to \ Officers using their own Machines ... 3,000 34 Railway Travelling Post-offices allowances ... 2 ,770 35 Rent of Premises throughout the Dominion ... 4 ,600 36 Repairs, Fittings, New Buildings, &c. ... ... j 6,000 37 Special Allowance to Telegraph Message Boys during their First Year's Service ... ... ... 480 38 j Special allowance of 5s. per week to Telegraph Message Boys ... ... ... 500 39 | Stationery, &c. ... ... ... 15,000 40 i Temporary Officers, Letter-carriers, and Messengers ... 8,000 41 Travelling-expenses ... ... ... 2,000 42 j Removal expenses ... ... ... 2,300 43 Relieving-expenses ... ... ... 2,700 44 Uniform Clothing ... ... ... 4,100 45 Waiharara: Loss of remittance in transit ... ... 50 112,273 Less estimated credits under section 42 of the Public Revenues Act, 1908 .. ... 9 ,000 Total—Vote No. 16 ... 103,! 103 ,273 . _._. j -ww,, TOTAL OF CLASS III .... .... £923,672 ;,672