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Appropriations for Post Office Account.

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT-continued.

Number Item . of Person». V0T E No. 65,—POST AND TELEGRAPH ±Wd*-30. WORKING-EXPENSES—continued. 1934-35. Subdivision No. VII.—Motor Services and Workshops. £ £ 7 Charges foe and incidental to — Motor Services, &c. — Allowance to officers using their own bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders ... ... 3,000 Purchase of— Motor-vehicles and bicycles ... ... 12,500 Motor accessories ... ... ... 7,500 Motor spirits and oils ... ... ... 27,000 Registration of vehicles and third-party risk insurance ... ... ... 2,500 Repairs and hire ... ... ... 4,000 Wages of mechanics, chauffeurs, &c.... ... 500 Workshops— Material ... ... ... 6,000 Wages of mechanics, &c. ... ... .. 1,100 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 1,000 65,100 Less amount to be expended on telegraph and telephone construction works and " Depreciation Fund" ... ... ... 35,000 Total—Subdivision No. VII ... 30,100 j Subdivision No. VIII.—Miscellaneous Services. 8 Charges for and incidental to — Allowances— Calculation of Savings-bank interest ... ... 4,100 Savings-bank tellers ... ... ... j 1,000 5,100 Furniture and fittings— — Purchase of ... ... ... 2,000 Repairs to .. ... .,. 500 2,500 Office Management Expenses— Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... ... ... 500 Audit fees ... ... ... 800 Bank exchange, commission, discount, and stamp duty ... ... ... 8,000 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... ... 9,000 Cost-of-living bonus to annuitants, Public Service Superannuation Fund, and increased pensions to widows and children ... ... ... 5,580 Customs duties and sales tax ... ... 8,000 High Commissioner's Office— Clerical work, printing, stationery, postages, bills of lading, rent, &c. ... ... 675 Home savings-boxes, purchase of ... ... 2,000 Law-costs ... ... ... .200 Light, fuel, and water ... ... ... 20,000 Mail-bags, purchase and repair of ... ... 1,000 Motor-plates in connection with registration of motor-vehicles (recoverable) ... ... 16,500 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... 1,500 Office expenses ... ... ... 5,000 Postal receiving-boxes, supply of ... ... 100