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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 19 10-21. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING-EXPENSES — continued. VOTE No. 9—continued. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Cash Deficiencies — continued. Forged money-order telegram, Ruatorea £ on Auckland ... ... 30 Burglary, Ponsonby ... . 68 Burglary, Runciman ... ... 65 Burglary, Kilbirnie ... ... 40 Cost-of-living bonus: 1st January to 31st March, 1920 Fees: Carriage of private bags Mechanical Appliances, Bicycles, &c.— Allowance to officers using their own bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders ... ... 5 000 Cash-registers for telegraph counters ... 150 Home savings-banks, purchase of ... 200 Postmarking machines ... ... 200 Purchase of motor-cycles, motor-cars, and bicycles ... ... 75,000 Purchase of motor-oil ... ... 12,000 Repairs and hire ... ... 10,000 Stamp coiling and joining machines ... 200 Typewriters, &c: Purchase and repairs 1,500 230 22,000 1,650 104,250 Office Management Expenses — Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... 800 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Bank exchange, commission, discount, and stamp duty ... ... 500 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 13,500 Clerks and telegraphists ... ... 2,000 Exchange cadettes ... ... 15,000 Law-costs ... ... 150 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 19,000 Mail-bags, purchase of ... ... 2,000 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... 230 Office expenses ... ... 17,000 Rent "... ... 6,500 Safes to inaugurate the safe-deposit system ... ... 300 Stationery, printing, and binding ... 65,000 Temporary officers, postmen, messengers, and general division ... 25,000 Temporary officers' uniform cost-of-living increase, subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls ... 10,000 177,280 Overtime and meal allowances ... 40,000 Parcel-post expenses ... ... 30,000 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... 6,000 76,000 Sundry Charges— Amounts improperly withdrawn from Post Office Savings-bank— Auckland (203488) ... ... 3 Auckland (353210) ... ... 60 Wellington (401987) ... ... 8 Wellington (355737) ... ... 84