B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT— continued

(a) Decrease due to appointment of a number of temporary employees to the permanent staff. Now provided for under Subdivision No. I, " Salaries : Other Salaries." (b) Provision for one year. Provision for 1947-48 was for two years. (c) Overexpenditure due to purchase of furniture and fittings for additional hostels and for stock purposes.

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1947-48. VOTE—POST AND TELEGRAPH 1948-49. WORKING-EXPENSES— continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. VI. — Motor Services and Workshops —continued £ £ £ Charges for and incidental to — continued Motor services, &c.— continued Registration of vehicles and third-party-risk insurance 7,500 5,500 5,443 Repairs and hire 36,000 30,000 35,718 Wages of temporary mechanics, chauffeurs, &c. {a) 15,000 24,500 28,684 Miscellaneous 5,000 5,000 2,934 Workshops— Material 50,000 40,000 53,997 Plant 15,000 15,000 7,275 Wages of temporary mechanics, &c. (a) 37,000 46,500 46,360 Miscellaneous 500 500 364 654,900 535,900 409,616 Less amount to be expended on telegraph and telephone construction works to be charged to vote " Telegraph Extension " 50,000 50,000 50,000 Total — Subdivision No. VI 604,900 485,900 359,616 Subdivision No. VII — Maintenance and Capital Expenditure on Post and Telegraph Buildings and, Sites Charges for and incidental to — Administration charges on expenditure out of Public Works Account on construction of Post and Telegraph buildings (6) 8,000 21,600 21,638 Furniture and fittings — Purchase of .. 30,000 25,000 (c) 61,166 Repairs to 4,000 3,000 3,728 Improvement and maintenance of sites, and inspections, reports, and valuations of properties 2,000 1,500 2,071 Maintenance of Post and Telegraph buildings (works expenditure) 75,000 100,000 50,638