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Appropriations for Consolidated, Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—continued.

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Item j 1925-26. 1925-26. V0TB No - 6—POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING- j EXPENSES—continued. £ \ jg Subdivision No. VII.—Miscellaneous Services—contd. 7 Charges fob and incidental to —continued. Office Management Expenses —continued. New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... 300 Office expenses ... ... ... 5,000 Postal Reeeiving-boxes— Repairs and upkeep ... ... ... 400 Supply of ... ... ... 100 Public Service Superannuation Fund contribution 52,640 i Rent of buildings leased for post and telegraph offices, &c. . ... . 8,500 j Safes, supply of ... ... ... 100 Stamps, production of ... ... ... 8,500 Stationery, printing, and binding ... ... 60,000 Subsidies for wireless broadcasting ... ... 3,500 Temporary exchange attendants ... ... 15,000 Temporary officers, postmen, messengers, and general division ... ... ... 20,000 234,131 Overtime and meal allowances ... ... 40,000 Parcel-post expenses ... ... ... 31,000 Sundry Charges— Cash Deficiency— Loss of cash on destruction of Post- £ office, Pipiriki, by fire ... 18 Cash stolen by burglars from Postoffice, Waddiugton ... ... 12 30 Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post ... ... ... 300 J Compensation— , Barkitt, H., civilian lad, injured by a falling arm from a telegraph pole at New Plymouth ... | 270 Griffiths, A. W. B , Postman, Whangarei, injured while on duty ... ... ' 223 Heslin, Mrs. A. E., charwoman, Greymouth, injured while on duty ... ... 55 Pearson, S. G., labourer, Auckland, injured on duty while employed by Department ... 390 Widow of late J. J. France, Postmaster, Eketahuna, who died as result of accident while on duty (including funeral and legal expenses) ... 1,287 Woods, Mrs. L. M., Auckland, for damage to shop - window by departmental motorvehicle ... • ... ... 29 Ex gratia payment to parents of late G. F. Gray, message-boy, Greymouth, accidentally killed while on duty ... ... ... 118 Expenses in connection with Post and Telegraph Board of Appeal ... ... ... 500 Grants to officers on retirement equivalent to salary in lieu of leave, in terms of Post and Telegraph Regulations ... ... ... 800 1 rratuity to E. A. Baggett, Senior Mechanic, Wellington, for bell-signalling device adopted by Department for use on multiplex circuits ... 25