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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—continued.

Number of Persons, 1926-27. VOTE No. 7.— POST AND TELEGRAPH 1926-27. WORKING-EXPENSES —continued. £ £ Subdivision No. I.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries—etd. 1 Salaries —continued. General Division —continued. Allowances— Forage ... ... ... 600 Locality ... ... ... 104 Lodging ... ... ... 7,000 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 2,500 Contribution to Railways Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices ... ... 11,500 Married Officers : To provide a minimum of salary £209 15s. per annum ... ... ... 1,000 Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary (number, 1,694) 58,000 Retaining fee to John Millward, London, New Zealand representative on Standing Committee, Imperial Wireless, at £100 per annum ... 100 Salaries of Medical Referees ... ... ... 500 81,304 Total—Subdivision ISo. I ... 1,900,708 Subdiiision No. II.—Conveyance of Ocean Mails. 2 Charges for and incidental to — Pacific Services— North American overland and Atlantic transit— Canada ... ... ... 6,500 United States of America ... ... 14,500 Resident Agency, San Francisco ... ... 400 New Zealand - San Francisco service ... 26,950 Travelling expenses and allowances to officers employed in the Marine Post-office in the Vancouver and San Francisco services ... ... 1,100 New Zealand - Vancouver service ... ... 21,550 Canal zone transit to Central and South America 10 Great Britain land transit ... ... 350 71,360 Eastern Services— Land and sea transit, including Africa, £ India, and Australia ... ... 2,250 Great Britain ... ... 450 2,700 Gratuities, landing, and shipping ... ... 22,500 Postal Union transit charges ... ... 300 25,500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 22 of the Appropriation Act, 1923 (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. II ... 96,860