8.—7

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT- continued.

Item. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 1911-12. VOTE No. 16— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. !) Cash registers for telegraph counters. Purchase of, £624 i (on account) 10 ' Cleaning and scavenging 11 Compassionate allowance to Mrs. M. A. Cuthbertson, on account of the death of her husband, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee 12 Compensation to G. F. Day, Postmaster, Opotiki, for loss of furniture in Opotiki Post-office fire 13 Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post 14 Fire-extinguishers 15 Forage allowances 10 Fraudulent withdrawal from Post-office Savings-banks — John Lawson, Christchurch ... ... £13 T. Carey, Otoko, Gisborne ... ... 19 E. W. Arrow, Wellington ... ... 18 17 ' Hire of Dickie stamp-vending machines 18 Home savings-banks. Purchase of 19 Legal expenses 20 Light, fuel, and water 21 Lodging allowances to cadets and cadettes 22 Motor-lorries for carriage of mails, £1,200 (on account) 23 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne, for the year 1908 24 Night clerks and miscellaneous allowances 25 Office expenses 26 Old-age Pensions— Allowances to Postmasters ... .. £300 ) Fees for certificates of age ... ... 40 f Interpreters' fees ... ... 25 > Travelling allowances and expenses of officers, I Magistrates, Registrars, Police, and pensioners 50 27 Overtime 28 ; Plant for Wellington City mail-service 29 Parcel-post expenses 30 Postage stamps, Cost of new designs and dies 31 Postal Inspectors' travelling-expenses 32 Post-marking machines for various offices 33 Postal note, 20s., No. 017339, paid twice, amount irrecoverable 34 Printing, binding, &c. 35 Purchase and hire of bicycles, and allowances to officers using their own machines ... .. i 36 Raglan : Personal losses of Postmistress and telegraph message-boy through fire 37 Railway travelling post-offices allowances ... I 38 Relieving-expenses 39 Removal expenses 40 Rent of premises throughout the Dominion 41 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... ... | 42 Special allowance of 5s. per week to telegraph message-boys 43 Stationery, &c. 44 - Temporary officers, letter-carriers, and messengers 45 Travelling-expenses 46 i Uniform clothing 50 250 1,000 150 9,300 4,100 600 135 1,500 5 ,500 £ £ 350 5 ,300 100 75 30 525 890 50 250 1,000 150 9,300 4,100 600 135 1,500 5 ,500 I 415 6,000 200 6,000 700 1,300 100 1 8,900 4,000 46 2,600 2,400 2,500 4,600 4,000 100 14 ,000 7,000 2,000 4,200 V 415 6,000 200 6,000 700 1 ,300 100 1 8,900 4,000 46 2,600 2,400 2,500 4,600 4,000 100 14 ,000 7,000 2 ,000 4,200 U Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 .. ... 105 ,693 05 ,693 11,636 11 ,636 Total—Vote No. 16 ... — 1 94 94 ,057 ,( TOTAL OF CLASS III £97 103