8.-7.

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V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

[tern. 1 19 H-22. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING-EXPENSES — continued. VOTE No. 7— continued. £ MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued Cash Deficiencies — Loss of cash by officers selling Postoffice Investment Certificates from £ motor-lorries ... ... 2 New Lynn, deficiency in cash ... 29 Reotahi, cash destroyed in fire ... 8 39 Office Management Expenses— Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... 800 Audit fees ... ... ... 600 Bank exchange, commission, discount, and stamp duty ... ... 500 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 17,000 * Clerks and telegraphists... ... 5,000 * Exchange cadettes ... ... 21,000 Law-costs ... ... 200 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 22,000 Mail-bags, purchase of ... ... 3,000 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... 230 Office expenses ... ... 7,000 Payment to High Commissioner, London, for clerical work performed for the Department ... 700 Rent . ... 7,500 Share of rent of London office .. 150 Stationery, printing, and binding ... 85,000 * Temporary officers, postmen, messengers, and general division ... 57,000 227,680 Overtime and meal allowances ... 20,000 Parcel-post expenses ... ... 30,000 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... 6,000 56,000 Sundry Charges— Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post 150 Expenses in connection with Post and Telegraph Board of Appeal ... 500 Expenses of New Zealand delegate (Mr. R. B. Morris) attending Madrid Postal Conference ... ... 550 Expenses of Chief Telegraph Engineer's visit to England and .America ... 250 Pensions for officers retired, whose allowance from the Superannuation Fund is under £52 per annum ... 250 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late B. R. Harrison, Clerk, G.P.O., Auckland ... ... 1,125 Compensation to relatives of late Lineman Olsen, killed whilst on duty (amount awarded by Court) ... 1,144 Compensation to J. Siggie for loss of an eye caused through an accident whilst on duty ... ... 220 * Includes cost-of-living increase to wages.