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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY SEA. 19 3-14. tem. VOTE No. 12. Chaeges foe and incidental to — Suez Services— £ New Zealand-Australia ... .. 15,000 Australian Overland Transit ... 2,100 Australia-Europe ... ... 10,800 European Transit ... ... 4,000 1 £ £ Pacific Services — Vancouver Service ... .... 10,000 San Francisco Service ... .. 10,835 Resident Agent, San Francisco ... 100 North American and Overland Transit 1,600 31,900 2 3 Island Services — Fiji ... ... 845 Pacific Islands ... ... 600 22 ,535 1,445 Coastal Services — Auckland Steam ... ... 1,350 Blind Bay ... ... 220 Bluff-Stewart Island ... ... 300 Chatham Islands ... ... 350 Great Barrier ... ... 250 Havelock-Picton (Pelorus Sound) ... 320 Invercargill or Bluff-Cromarty ... 115 Nelson-Croixelles ... ... 100 Wellington—Pelorus Sound ... ... 425 Westport-Karamea-Little Wanganui ... 800 5 6 Gratuities and Landing and Shipping Postal Union Transit Charges ... 4 ,230 24 ,100 400 • 84 ,610 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 497 Total—Vote No. 12 ... 84 ,113 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 VOTE No. 13. Charges foe and incidental to — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington. Westport New Services, &c. (all districts) 18 ,500 1 ,450 6 ,550 7 ,350 4 ,700 900 850 3 ,750 7 ,450 4,700 2 ,000 I 775 3 ,350 2 ,750 6 ,350 9 ,925 800 500 82 ,650 Total—Vote No. 13 ...