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DISBURSEMENTS of the CONSOLIDATES FUND, 1875-7G, 2T Di.T.vrr, —ci mtiaued. APPROPRIATIONS. CLASS Ill.-POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHIC. £ s. d. £ e. d. £ s. d. LIABILITIES OP 1874-75. VOTE No. 1 :— Postal Department,— San Francisco Service Suez Service Salaries Boatage, &c. Contingencies 3, G29 8 2 439 10 8 31 19 5 296 6 2 595 13 4 Telegraph Department,— Salaries Travelling Expenses Forage Labour and Material Office Expenses ... Rents Contingencies 258 10 3 429 5 0 170 16 10 252 13 6 1,053 6 1 97 10 8 59 0 8 4,992 17 9 7,320 0 9 2,327 3 0 Total Liabilities of 1874-75 FINANCIAL YEAR 1875-76. VOTE No. 23:— General Post Office, —■ Salaries ... ... ... ... £3,016 13 4 Travelling Expenses of Inspector ... ... 249 15 10 Extra Clerical Assistance ... ... ... 421 8 2 3,687 17 4 Conveyance op Mails by Sea, — Contingencies, Bonuses, &c. .., ... £2,231 19 9 Subsidy to Chatham Islands Service ... 25 0 0 Intel-provincial Services ... ... ... 8,815 18 8 San Francisco Service ... ... ... 50,211 7 9 Suez Service ... ... ... ... 4,784 1 8 Intercolonial Service ... ... ... 5,005 0 4 Steam Service to Fiji ... ... ... 1,934 0 0 Mail Agents ... ... ... ... 502 4 5 73,509 12 7 Auckland, — Salaries, — Chief Office ... ... ... ... £3,52119 3 Thames ... ... ... ... 879 11 8 Coromandel ... ... ... ... 160 0 0 Country Postmasters ... ... ... 1,437 7 0 Taeanaki, — Salaries, — Chief Office ... ... ... ... £465 0 0 Country Postmasters ... ... ... 68 19 2 5,998 17 11 533 19 2 Wellington,— Salaries, — Chief Office ... ... ... .,. £2,385 0 0 Wauganui ... ... ... ... 430 O 0 Country Postmasters ... ... ... 662 6 9 Hawke's Bat, — Salaries, — Chief Office ... ... ... ... £770 19 4 Country Postmasters ... ... ... 260 13 4 3,477 6 9 1,031 12 8 Nelson, — Salaries, — Chief Office ... ... ... ... £982 10 0 Westport ... ... ... ... 444 19 5 Charleston ... ... ... ... 90 0 0 Reefton ... ... ... ... 235 0 0 Rent of Office, Reefton ... ... ... 45 0 0 Country Postmasters ... ... ... 328 4 2 2,125 13 7 Carried forward 90,365 0 0 7,320 0 9