SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1939-40.

WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT.

{a) Amount required for increases in salaries, wages, and allowances not provided in Main Estimates.

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i Salaries. Other Charges, j Total. VOTE No. .—WORKING RAILWAYS— £ £ £ Gross Total .. .. .. ,. .. _ _ 65,375 21 65,396 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL 65)375 21 I £ £ £ For Services chargeable on the Working Railways Account. VOTE No. .—WORKING RAILWAYS. Salaries— Wages increases to staff, tradesmen, tablet porters, crossingkeepers, bridgekeepers, watchmen, and lavatory attendants from 1st April, 1939 .. .. .. .. 43 095 Division 1 : Payment of overtime after forty hours instead ' of after forty-four hours per week, increased Sunday pay, and increased travelling-allowance from 25th June, 1939 j 16,385 Locomotive transportation : Alteration in wages schedule j from 1st July, 1939 .. .. .. j 5,895 Miscellaneous— (< " Money stolen by burglars at Paeroa and Hastings .. .. 21 Gross Total 65 396 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 65,396