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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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[tern, MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 1917-18. 5 VOTE No. 17— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ Office Management Expenses — Advertising ... ... ... 300 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Bank exchange on drafts ... ... 400 Bonus to Controller for services in connection with the issue of war-loan certificates ... ... ... 25 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 9,500 Clerks and telegraphists ... ... 2,000 Exchange cadettes ... ... 20,000 Legal expenses ... ... 100 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 14,000 Mail-bags, purchase of ... ... 4,000 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... 200 Office expenses ... ... 7,800 Rent of premises ... ... 4,900 Safes to inaugurate the safe-deposit system ... ... 1,000 Stationery, printing, and binding ... 50,000 Temporary officers, letter-carriers, messengers, and general division ... 45,000 Overtime ... ... ... 14,500 Parcel-post expenses ... ... 31,000 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... 6,000 Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £315 ... ... 25 Sundry Items — Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post 85 Compensation to officers stationed at Gore for loss sustained through flood 55 Fraudulent withdrawals from Post Office Savings-bank— £ Wellington (249654) ... 160 Wellington (369083) ... 850 -9,525 6 7 8 9 10 ,525 . 1,010 Pensions for officers retired, whose allowance from the Superannuation Fund is under £52 per annum ... 150 Post-office inquiry at Auckland ... 450 1,750 II Travelling-expenses, &c. — Inspection of offices ... ... 2,200 Railway travelling post-offices allowances ... ... 3,000 Relieving-expenses ... ... 5,000 Removal expenses ... ... 6,000 Travelling expenses, allowances, and tram-fares ... ... 3,500 12 PS Uniform clothing War bonus to officers of the Department 19,700 7,000 66,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910... 372,177 15,600 Total—Vote No. 17 356,57 TOTAL OF CLASS III £1,53' ,876