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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

4—B. 7.

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Item. 1911-12. CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS— continued. VOTE No. IS—continued. £ £ Charges for anp incidental to — continued. 8 Invercargii! ... ... ... 3,440 9 Napier ... ... 5,690 10 Nelson ... ... ... 4,085 11 New Plymouth ... ... ... 1 ,760 12 Oamaru ... ... ... 620 13 Thames ... ... ... 2,700 14 Timaru ... ... ... 2,150 15 Wanganui ... ... ... 6,470 16 | Wellington ... ...10,250 17 Westport ... ... ... 640 8 9 It) II 12 18 II 15 10 17 70 ,965 New Services, &c. (all districts) ... ... 1,000 Total—Vote No. 13 ... ... 71,965 CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY VOTE No. 14. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Carriage of Mails by Special Trains ... ... 1,000 2 Conveyance of Ordinary Mails by Railway ... 60,688 1 2 Total—Vote No. 14 ... ... 01,688 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. VOTE No. 15. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Extra Labour ... ... ... 17,600 2, Half-cost of repairs to " Tutanekai" ... ... 300 3 Material for Repairs ... ... ... 25,000 4 i Rural telephones (assistance to settlers) ... ... 1,000 5 Travelling-expenses of Telegraph Engineers and Linemen 7,000 6 Upkeep of s s. "Tutanekai" ... ... ... 2,000 1 2 8 1 5 (i 52 ,900 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 4,900 Total—Vote No. 15 ... ... 48,000 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 16. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Advertising ... ... ... 250 2 Allowances to Tellers and for Calculation of SavingsBank Interest ... ... ... 2,450 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 ... ... ... 460 4 Allowance in lieu of three months' leave prior to retirement granted to J. K. Logan, I.SO.,late Superintendent of Electric Lines ... ... 225 5 Allowance granted to W. Dey on his retirement from the position of Postmaster, Hamilton East ... 150 6 Automatic franking-maohine : Refunds on spoiled impressions ... ... .. 350 7 Carriage of Private Bags ... ... ... 750 8 Cash lost by burglaries and fires— Manunui Post-office ... ... £134 Moonlight „ ... ... 1 Rawhitiroa ,, ... ... 6 250 2,450 460 225 150 350 750