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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT-continued.

(a) Credits-in-aid— Other Salaries. Charges. 1925—26. £ £ £ Subdivision I .. 284,000 .. 284,000 II .. .. 22,500 22,500 111 .. .. 5,000 5,000 V .. .. 215,500 215,500 VI .. .. 57,000 57,000 VII .. .. 30,000 30,000 Totals .. 284,000 330,000 614,000

of^Persons. Item " 1925-26. VOTE No. 6.—POST AND TELEGRAPH 1925-26. WORKING-EXPENSES—continued. £ £ Subdivision No. VII.—Miscellaneous Services —contd. 7 Charges for and incidental to —continued. Sundry Charges—continued. Loss through forgery of money-order telegrams ... 135 Payment to Marine Department: Proportion of subsidy to Bluff - Stewart Island steamer service ... ... ... 333 Pensions for officers retired whose allowance from Superannuation Fund is under £52 per annum... 250 Remittance lost in transit... ... ... 8 Travelling-expenses of Secretary, Post and Telegraph Department, attending International Postal Congress at Stockholm as Delegate from New Zealand, and visit to centres of postal activities in Canada, United States, Great Britain, and the Continent ... ... 1,146 5,899 Travelling-expenses, &o.— — Inspection of offices ... ... ... 3,500 Railway travelling post-offices allowances ... 3,300 Relieving-expenses ... ... ... 5,000 Removal expenses ... ... ... 10,000 Travelling expenses, allowances, and tram-fares ... 5,000 ' 26,800 Typewriters purchased ... ... ... 500 Typewriter repairs ... ... ... 300 800 Uniform clothing ... ... ... 13,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Savings-bank management ex- £ penses ... ... 10,000 Sale of motor-plates ... ... 12,000 Sundries ... ... 8,000 30,000 Total—Subdivision No. VII ... ... 364,180 Gross Total ... ... ... ... 3,107,222 Credits-in-aid (a) ... ... 614,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 6... ... j 2,493,222