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CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1897-98. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ /ote 31.— Postal and Telegraph Salaries ... 216,598 216,598 „ 32.-—Telegraph Cable Subsidies 1,920 1,920 ,, 33. —Conveyance of Mails by Sea 43,653 43,653 „ 34.—Conveyance of Inland Mails 35,290 35,290 „ 35.—Carriage of Mails by Railway 16,066 16,066 „ 36. —-Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines .. 18,000 18,000 „ 37. —Miscellaneous Services 37,053 37,053 TOTAL OF CLASS V. 216,598 151,982 368,580 No. of Officers. Item. :97-98. .'897-98. Classification under Act. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES. £ VOTE No. 31. 1 1 1 First Division. Secretary Superintendent of Electric Lines Assistant Secretary and Inspector .. 700 650 600 Cleeical Division. 1,950 3 First Class, First Grade. —From £470 to £500, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 3at£50u 1,500 1 First Class, Second Grade. —From £420 to £450, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each. 1 at £450 3 450 11 Second C : ass.— From £370 to £400, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each, 9 at £400, 1 at £385, 1 at 370 ... 4,355 4 Third Class.— From £315 to £355, by Two Annual Increments of £15 each and One of £10. 2 at £355, 1 at £345, 1 at £315 1,370 :