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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services
CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.
No. of Officers. 1915-16. 1915-16. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— continued. VOTE No. 12— continued. . £ £ [tem. General Division — continued. Male Officers —continued. Class G12— £ 49 at £140 ... ... 6,860 39 at £130 ... ... 5,070 lat £125 ... ... 125 42 at £120 ... ... 5,040 25 at £110 ... ... 2,750 156 19,845 19,845 Class G13— 103 at £100 ... ... 10,300 130 at £90 ... ... 11,700 230 at £80 ... ... 18,400 164 at £70 ... ... 11,480 329 at £60 ... ... 19,740 4 at £50 ... ... 200 171 QOA 960 71,820 Glass G14— 869 at £40 ... ... 34,760 9 at £31 ... ... 279 71,820 878 .35,039 .35,039 Less proportion of salaries and increases to 826,742 salaries provided for but not payable during current year ... ... 48,802 826,742 48,802 777,940 Allowances under section 197 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908— Additional allowance to provide minimum salary of £140tomarried £ officers ... ... ... 500 Additional salary to married officers in receipt of salary less than £130 per annum ... ... 950 Additional salary to married officers in receipt of salary less than £150 per annum ... ... 800 Additional salary to officers twentyone years of age and upwards ... 1,000 Allowances under Public Service Regulation 208 ... ... ... 1,750 Special allowance to cadets in addition to classification ... ... 150 New stations, telegraphists, cadets, and messengers, and training cadets 1,500 777,940 — 6,650 6,650 784,590 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ..'. 51,500 784,590 51,500 Total Item No. 1 733,090 733,090 Contribution to Railway Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices ... 13,660 Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary or fee (number, 2,306) ... ... 47,000 Payment to Eastern Extension Company for working Wakapuaka-Nelson telegraph-line 800 13,660 47,000 800. Total Item No. 2 ... ... 61,460 61,460 5,961 Total—Vote No. 12 ... 794,550 794,550