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ESTIMATE OF WAYS AND MEANS, &c.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Messenger . . . 20 0 0 Landing Waiter at Port Chalmers . 175 0 0 Coastwaiter at Oamaru . . 120 0 0 Purchase of Boat for Boarding Shipping at Port Chalmers 25 0 0 Contingencies .... 100 0 0 — 2,350 0 0 Invercargill — Sub-Collector .... 200 0 0 Landing Waiter and Locker . . 150 0 0 Clerk . . . 130 0 0 Coastwaiter at Bluff Harbour . . 120 0 0 Coastwaiter at Jacob's River . . 120 0 0 Boat-hire and Contingencies . . 150 0 0 ■....«■« 870 0 0 Riverton — Sub-Collector .... 100 0 0 Landing Waiter and General Clerk . 120 O 0 Boat-hire and Contingencies . . 50 0 0 270 0 0 Oamaru — Sub-Collector and Contingencies . . , 270 0 0 Total Customs .' £21,645 10 0 Licensing Officers under "Arms Act, 1860" Fees . 200 0 0 Total Class V. , £21,845 10 0 Class VI. —Postal. A — General. Postmaster-General's Office—• Chief Clerk . 182 10 0 Contingencies . . . 50 0 0 232 10 0 Inspection of Steamers and Mail Agency , , 400 0 0 Printing of Postage Stamps . , . 150 0 0 Contribution to Boat Service, New Plymouth , . 300 0 0 Conveyance of Mails by Laud . . . 3,610 0 0 Conveyance of Mails by Sea . . ,13.000 0 0 Colonial Proportion of Subsidy to Main Line . , 7,350 0 0 24,410 0 0 25,042 10 Q B— Local, . ' Auckland — Postmaster , , , 350 0 0 Clerk . . , . 250 0 0 Clerk . . . i 190 0 0 Clerk . . . . 180 0 0 Supernumerary Clerks . , • , 220 0 0 Messenger . . . . 100 0 0 Letter Carriers . . , , 195 0 0 Postmasters in Country Districts . . 375 0 0 Conveyance of Mails within Province . . 1,100 0 0 Enlargement of Office . . . 200 0 0 Contingencies and Gratuities, including Cartage ■ . 550 0 0 . 3,710 0 0 Taranaki — Post raster, New Plymouth . . , 200 0 0 Clerical Assistance . , 50 0 0 Contingencies and Gratuities . . . 65 0 0 , „_, — 315 0 0 Hawke's Bay-*— Postmaster, Napier . . 100 0 0 Clerk . . . 40 0 0 Clerical Assistance . . 50 0 0 Postmasters in Country Districts . 100 0 0 Conveyance of Mails within Province . 170 0 0 Contingencies and Gratuities . . . 140 0 0 -— 600 o q