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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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[torn. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING-EXPENSES — continued. 191 (—19. £ £ VOTE No. 12— continued. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 6 Charges for and incidental to — continued. Mechanical Appliances, Bicycles, &c.— contd. Purchase of motor-cycles, motor-cars, £ and bicycles ... ... 10,000 Purchase of motor-oil ... ... 10,000 Repairs and hire ... ... 10,000 Typewriters, &c, and repairs to typewriters ... ... 1,000 38,070 Office Management Expenses— Advertising ... ... ... 300 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Bank exchange on drafts ... ... 400 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 10,000 Clerks and telegraphists ... ... 3,000 Exchange cadettes ... ... 33,000 Legal expenses ... ... 150 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 15,000 Mail-bags, purchase of ... ... 7,000 New Zealand's share of ,the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... 200 Office expenses ... ... 8,000 Rent of premises .. ... 5,000 Safes to inaugurate the safe-deposit system ... ... 1,000 Stationery, printing, and binding ... 40,000 Temporary officers, postmen, messengers, and general division ... 85,000 208,350 Overtime ... ... ... 20,000 Parcel-post expenses ... ... 60,000 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... 6,000 Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £315 • ... ... 25 Sundry Charges— Amount overdrawn Savings-bank Account 335375, Wellington, not recoverable ... ... ... 2 Compassionate allowance to widow of B. T. Missen, late Postmaster, Taihape 630 Compassionate allowance to widow of late W. I. Dawson, Correspondence Clerk, General Post Office ... 330 Compassionate allowance to widow of M. C. Corliss, late Superintendent, Telegraph Office, Wanganui ... 555 Compensation for Accidents — Raymond R. M. Brien, Wellington : Collision with departmental motorlorry ... ... ... 275 H. W. Bushett: Collision with departmental motor-lorry ... 46 W. J. Yardley, Ongaonga : Injuries received through coming in contact with a telegraph wire ... 37 A. Brown, temporary lineman, Christchurch : .Amount awarded by Arbitration Court for injuries received while on duty ... ... 218 ,025