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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

item. 191 1-13. CONVEYANCE OP INLAND MAILS— continued. VOTE No. 12— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui ... ... Wellington Westport £ £ 5 6 7 8 9 10 1.1 12 13 14 15 16 17 3,450 725 1,050 3 ,600 6,000 4,100 1,800 750 2,800 2 ,350 6 ,600 10 ,950 700 18 New Services, &c. (all districts) 73 ,750 3,000 Total —Vote No. 12 ... 76 ,75' CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. VOTE No. 18. Charges for and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Special Trains Conveyance of Ordinary Mails by Railway 1 2 1,500 60 ,688 Total—Vote No. 13 62 ,18: MAINTENANCE OP TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 VOTE No. 14. Chaeges fob and incidental to — Extra Labour* Half-cost of repairs to " Tutanekai " Material for Repairs Rural telephones (assistance to settlers) ... Travelling-expenses of Telegraph Engineers and Linemei. Upkeep of s.s. "Tutanekai" 20,000 300 27 ,000 700 8,500 2,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... 58 ,500 4,400 Total—Vote No. 14 54 ,10i MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 VOTE No. 15. Charges for and incidental to — Advertising Allowances to Tellers and for Calculation of SavingsBank Interest Allowances under section 197 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908— Good-conduct allowances to certain officers at the rate of 6d. per day 1 ,300 2,800 3 1,050 * In addition to £38,602, charged to Salaries vote.