THE WAY THE MONEY GOES
The return of the present members of the. Civil Service, with the salaries paid them occupied 114 pages of foolscap. The General Post Office in Wellington employs 19 clerks, 4 cadets, and 14 other - officers; Or a total of 37. i The Telegraph Department has 27 • telegraphists, 17 clerks, 20 cadets of both sexes, 26 messengers, and 8 others; or a total of 98. The customs has a total of 23, the .Marine Department 22, Stamps 28, Life Insurance 30,' Property Tax 11, Justice .38, Lands 19, Survey 54, Public Works 64, Railways, 8, Audit, 38, Treasury, 39, Education, 8, Native, 11, Defence, 19, Colonial Secretary, 165. The total number employed in the Civil Sendee in Wellington. City is 707. Two of the officers employed in the “ largest wooden building in the world ” draw £IOOO a year, one has £OOO, seven £BOO, one £7OO, six with over £6OO, seven with £6OO, one with £585, three with £550, and fifteen with £SOO.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2583, 1 July 1881, Page 3
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166THE WAY THE MONEY GOES South Canterbury Times, Issue 2583, 1 July 1881, Page 3
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