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Appropriations for Post Office Account.

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT—continued.

Number item-' f of Persons. . V0 TE No. 65,—POST AND TELEGRAPH 1934-35. ! WORKING-EXPENSES—continued. 1934-35. ~~ Subdivision No. I.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries £ £ —continued. 1 Salaries—continued. General Division—continued. Allowances— Lodging ... ... ... 4,000 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 4,000 Contribution to Railways Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices ... ... 5,300 Married Officers : To provide a minimum of salary 1,750 Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary (number, 1,677) 50,000 Salaries of Medical Referees ... ... ... 350 65,400 Total—Subdivision No. I... ... 1,714,555 Subdivision No. II.—Conveyance of Ocean and Air Mails. 2 Charges for and incidental to— Pacific Services— North American overland and Atlantic transit— Canada ... ... ... 5,000 United States of America ... ... 9,000 New Zealand - San Francisco service ... 22,500 Travelling expenses and allowances to officers employed in the Marine Post-office in the Vancouver and San Francisco services ... ... 1,200 New Zealand - Vancouver service ... ... 18,000 Canal Zone transit to Central and South America 10 Great Britain land transit ... ... 400 56,110 Eastern Services— Land and sea transit, including Africa, £ India, and Australia ... ... 1,400 Great Britain ... ... 300 1,700 Gratuities, landing, and shipping, including air mails 29,000 Postal Union transit charges ... ... 300 31,000 Total—Subdivision No. II ... 87,110 Subdivision No. III.—Conveyance of Inland Mails. 3 Charges for and incidental to — Auckland ... ... ... 16,500 Blenheim ... ... ... 2,400 Christchurch ... ... ... 11,000 Dunedin ... ... ... 7,250 Gisborne ... ... ... 4,750 Greymouth ... ... 3,000 Hamilton ... ... ... 12,000 Invercargill ... ... ... 7,400 Napier ... ... ... 8,500 Nelson ... ... ... 7,500