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V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

19 il-22. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING-EXPENSES — continued. VOTE No. 7— continued. £ CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. Charges for and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Railway— £ Special trains and trucks ... .. 3,000 Ordinary mails ... ... 79,751 Arrears, 1917-18 to 1920-21 .... 5,718 ,469 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines— £ Extra labour ... ... 62,000* Material for repairs ... ... 102,000 Rural telephones (assistance to settlers) 200 Travelling-expenses of telegraph engineers and linemen ... ... 13,500 Cost of cable repairs ... ... 5,500 183,200 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 4,000 179,200 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. Charges for and incidental to — Allowances— £ Forage ... ... 1,500 Locality allowances for cadets stationed away from home ... ... 500 Lodging to cadets and cadettes, and non-clerical officers ... ... 20,000 Married Officers: To provide a minimum salary of £234 15s. per annum 950 Miscellaneous allowances ... 10,000 Officers temporarily performing special or higher duties ... ... 239 Officers granted an equivalent salary payment in lieu of six months' leave on retirement under Regulation 96 ... 4,650 Tellers and for calculation of Savingsbank interest ... ... 7,000 Payment to nominated representative on Post and Telegraph Board of Appeal ... ... 100 44,939 Fees : Carriage of private bags Mechanical Appliances, Bicycles, &c.— Allowance to officers using their own £ bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders... 5 000 Purchase of motor-cycles, motor-cars, and bicycles ... ... 10,000 Purchase of motor-oil ... ... 15,000 Repairs and hire ... ... 10,000 Typewriters, &c: Purchase and repairs 1,500 1,700 41,500 43,200 * Includes cost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wa ges.