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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—continued.

of N Pers b ons. Item ' 1927-28. VOTE No. 7.— POST AND TELEGRAPH 1927-28. W OEKIN G-EXPENSES—continued. £ £ Subdivision No. I.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries —ctd. | 1 Salaries—continued. General Division—continued. Allowances— Forage ... ... ... 600 Locality ... ... ... 120 Lodging ... ... ... 7,000 Miscellaneous ... ... ... | 5,000 Contribution to Railways Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices ... ... 10,200 Married Officers : To provide a minimum of salary £209 15s. per annum ... ... ... 1,300 Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary (number, 1,694) 58,500 Retaining fee to John Milward, London, New Zealand representative on Standing Committee, Imperial Wireless, at £100 per annum ... 100 Salaries of Medical Referees ... ... ... 500 83,320 Total—Subdivision No. I ... —— — 1,924,143 Subdivision No. II.—Conveyance of Ocean Mails. 2 Charges for and incidental to — Pacific ServicesNorth American overland and Atlantic transit— Canada ... ... ... 5,000 United States of America ... ... 9,000 Resident Agency, San Francisco ... ... 600 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 ... ... 1,100 New Zealand - Vancouver service ... ... 20,000 Canal zone transit to Central and South America 10 Great Britain land transit ... ... 400 61,110 Eastern Services— Land and sea transit, including Africa, £ India, and Australia ... ... 1,400 Great Britain ... ... 300 1,700 Gratuities, landing, and shipping ... ... 23,000 Postal Union transit charges ... ... 300 25,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Department of Industries and Commerce— £ New Zealand - San Francisco service 12,500 New Zealand-Vancouver service... 10,000 22,500 Total—Subdivision No. .11 ... 86,110