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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Number of Persons. Item. VOTE No. 7.— POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING-EXPENSES— continued. 1924-25. 1924-25. Subdivision No. III. — Conveyance of Inland Mails. £ £ 3 Charges for and incidental to — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hamilton Invercargill ... ,, Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Wesport New services, &c. (all districts) 19,500 3,300 9,300 8,100 8,100 2,700 17,100 5,800 8,500 6,500 5,300 2,000 6,200 7,200 10,700 16,300 2,700 7,000 I Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Subsidies by Government Depart- £ ments for mail services ... 3,125 Subsidies by settlers... ... 2,500 5,625 Total — Subdivision No. Ill 146,300 Subdivision No. IV. — Carriage of Mails by Railway. Charges for and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Railway— Ordinary mails Special trains and trucks 102,000 1,000 l02,000 1,000 103,000 Total — Subdivision No. IV Subdivision No. V. — Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines. 5 Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines— Camp allowances Cost of cable repairs Extra labour Material for repairs Rural telephones (assistance to settlers) Travelling - expenses of telegraph engineers and linemen 4,000 10,000 62,950 82,900 150 15,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — £ Sale of old material ... ... 1,500 Recoveries on account of — Stores Branch ... ... 6,000 7,500 Total — Subdivision No. V