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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT —continued.

Item " i 1925-26. VOTE No. 6.—POST AND TELEGRAPH 1925-26. WORKING-EXPENSES —continued. £ I £ Subdivision No. I.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries—ctd. 1 Salaries—continued. '■ General Division —continued. Allowances to Administrative Officers temporarily [ performing higher duties ... ... ... I 216 Allowances— Forage ... ... ... I 800 Locality ... ... ... 100 Lodging ... ... ... j 5,500 Miscellaneous ... ... ... | 2,000 Contribution to Railways Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices ... ... I 11,000 Married Officers : To provide a minimum ot salary £209 15s. per annum ... ... ... 600 Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary (number, 1875) ] 60,000 Retaining fee to John Millward, London, New Zealand representative on Standing Committee, | Imperial Wireless, at £100 per annum (10 months) 83 Salaries of Medical Referees ... ... ... 500 80,799 Total—Subdivision No. I ... 1 1,8-57,182 j Subdivision No. II.—Conveyance of Ocean Mails. 2 Charges for and incidental to — Pacific Services— North American overland and Atlantic transit— Canada ... ... ... 6,500 I United States of America ... ... 14,500 Resident Agency, San Francisco ... ... 400 New Zealand - San Francisco service ... 25,000 Travelling expenses and allowances to officers employed in the Marine Post-office in the Vancouver and San Francisco services ... ... ■ 1,000 New Zealand - Vancouver service ... ... 20,000 j Canal zone transit to Central and South America 10 Great Britain land transit ... ... 350 67,760 Eastern Services— Land and sea transit, including Africa, £ India, and Australia ... ... 2,250 Great Britain ... ... 450 2,700 Gratuities and landing and shipping ... ... 24,000 Postal Union transit charges ... ... 300 27,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Industries and Commerce Department— £ New Zealand - San Francisco service 12,500 New Zealand-Vancouver service 10,000 22,500 Total —Subdivision No. .11 ... — 94,760