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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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item. 191 -18. CONVEYANCE OF OCEAN MAILS. VOTE No. 13. Charges for and incidental to — Suez Services— £ Australian overland transit ... 1,700 Australia-Europe ... ... 7,050 European transit ... ... 500 9,250 Pacific Services— Vancouver service ... ... 20,000 San Francisco service ... .. 25,000 Resident Agency, San Francisco ... 200 North American and overland transit 6,100 ixUstralia-San Francisco service ... 400 Coastal Services— Auckland services, including Great Barrier ... ... 2,460 Blenheim services ... ... 1,025 Chatham Islands ... ... 500 Invercargill services ... ... 330 Nelson services ... ... 180 Wellington-Pelorus Sound ... 460 51,700 4 5 Gratuities and landing and shipping Postal Union transit charges 4,955 32,000 800 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 98,705 22,800 Total —Vote No. 13 75,905 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I 1 L2 13 14 15 l(i 17 18 VOTE No. 14. Charges for 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) 27,200 1,500 8,300 8,800 6,300 1,150 1,200 4,900 7,300 5,200 4,600 1,000 4,000 4,800 8,500 18,500 1,750 2,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 117,000 5,000 Total—Vote No. 14 112,001