8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

4—B. 7,

25

No. of Officers. 1912-13. tern. 1912-13. XXXX__ POSTAL AND TELBGEAPH SALAEIBS — continued. 28 VOTE No. 10— continued. Contribution to Railway Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices £ 8,000 29 Non-classified Officers, including country Postmasters and Telephonists 44 ,922 30 Payment to Eastern Extension Company for working Wakapuaka-Nelson telegraph-line 800 4,944 53 ,722 Total —Vote No. 10 ... 657 ,794 CONVEYANCE OK MAILS BY SEA. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LL 12 13 14 VOTE No. 11. Charges fob and incidental to — Auckland Steam Services Blind Bay Service Bluff-Stewart Island Services ... Chatham Islands Service Fiji Service Gratuities for the Conveyance of Letters and Printed Matter Great Barrier Service Havelock-Picton (Pelorus Sound) Service Hokitika-Southern Ports Service Invercargill or Bluff-Cromarty Landing and shipping Mails Nelson-Croixelles New Zealand—Pacific Islands Service Pacific Services— Vancouver (new service), from Aug., 1911 £10 ,000"] Resident Agent, San Francisco ... 100 f North American Overland and Atlantic t Transit ... ... ... 1,600 J Postal Union Transit Charges ... San Francisco mail-service Suez Services — New Zealand-Australia ... .. £15,000") Australian Overland Transit ... 2,100 I Australia-Europe ... ... 10 ,800 f European Transit ... ... 4,000J C Wellington-Motueka Service ... ... | ( Wellington-Pelorus Sound Service ... ) Westport-Karamea-Little Wanganui Services 1,200 165 300 350 1,690 23 ,000 250 275 850 140 100 140 1,200 11,700 15 16 17 400 10 ,835 31,900 18 420 19 650 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 85 ,565 358 Total —Vote No 11 ... 85 ,207 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. • 1 2 8 4 VOTE No. 12 . Charges fob and incidental to — Auckland Blenheim Christehurch Dunedin 14 ,850 1,550 5,700 6,775