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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—continued.

ofp™. Item - 1926-27. VOTE No. 7.—POST AND TELEGRAPH 1926-27. WORKING-EXPENSES—continued. £ £ Subdivision No. VI.—Motor Services and Workshops. 6 Charges foe and incidental to — Motor Services, &c.— Allowance to officers using their own bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders ... ... 2,500 Purchase of — Motor vehicles and bicycles ... ... 50,000 Motor accessories ... ... ... 17,000 Motor spirits and oils ... ... ... 25,000 Repairs and hire ... ... ... 9,000 Wages of mechanics, chauffeurs, &c. ... ... 8,000 Workshops— Material ... ... ... 10,000 Wages of mechanics, &c. ... ... .. 17,000 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 1,500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 22 of the Appropriation Act, 1923 (see end of vote) — £ Motor services: Telegraph extension 20,000 Motor transport services ... 15,000 Purchase of motors for other departments ... ... 25,000 Workshops ... ... 3,000 Workshops: Telegraph extension... 5,000 68,000 Total —Subdivision No. VI ... 140,000 Subdivision No. VII.—Miscellaneous Services. 7 Charges for and incidental to — Allowances— Calculation of Savings-bank interest ... ... 4,250 Miscellaneous allowances ... ... 2,000 Savings-bank tellers ... ... ... 1,000 7,250 Furniture and fittings— Purchase of ... ... ... 3,000 Repairs to .. ... ... 2,700 5,700 Office Management Expenses— —— Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... ... ... 2,000 Audit fees ... ... ... 325 Bank exchange, commission, discount, and stamp duty ... ... ... 2,000 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... ... 14,500 Cost-of-living bonus to annuitants, Public Service Superannuation Eund, and increased pensions to widows and children ... ... ... 4,906 High Commissioner's Office— Clerical work, printing, stationery, postages, bills of lading, rent, &c. ... ... 550 ' Home savings-boxes, purchase of ... ... 900 Law-costs ... ... ... 150 Light, fuel, and water ... ... ... 20,500