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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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No. of Officers. 1916-17. [torn. I<»] 6-17. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— continued. VOTE No. 12— continued. £ ! £ General Division rrm-'i wit. Male Officer. y —continued. Class G12— £ 34 at £140 ... ... 4,760 36 at £130 ... ... 4,680 1 at £125 ... ... 125 36 at £120 ... ... 4,320 33 at £110 ... ... 3,630 i 140 Class 018— 109 at £100 ... ... 10,900 149 at £90 ... ... 13,410 215 at £80 ... ... 17,200 92 at £70 ... ... (1,440 •192 at £60 ... ... 29,520 17,515 1,057 77,470 915 Class G14 — 915 at £40 36,600 i Less proportion of salaries and increases to salaries provided for but not payable during current year 888,569 97,233 ] Allowances under section 197 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908— Additional allowance to provide minimum salary of £140tomarried £ officers ... ... ... 600 Additional salary to married officers in receipt of salary less than £130 per annum ... ... 1,200 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 ... ... ... 1,400 Special allowance to cadets in addition to classification ... ... 150 New stations, telegraphists, cadets, and messengers, and training cadets 1,500 791,336 6,650 j Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 797,986 56,000 2 Total Item No. 1 741,986 Contribution to Railway Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary or fee (number, 2,306) Payment to Eastern Extension Company for working Wakapuaka-Nelson telegraph-line 13,300 48,000 800 Total Item No. 2 62,100 6,444 Total—Vote No. 12 804,086