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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

[tem. 1914-15. CAEEIAGB OF MAILS BY EAILWAY. VOTE No. 15. Charges foe and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Eailway— £ Special trains ... ... 1,700 Ordinary mails ... ... 68,724 £ Total—Vote No. 15 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGEAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 70,424 70,424 VOTE No. 16. Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines— £ Extra labour ... ... 35,000 Material for repairs ... ... 38,500 Eural telephones (assistance to settlers) 1,450 Travelling-expenses of telegraph engineers and linemen ... ... 11,500 Upkeep of s.s. " Tutanekai" ... 5,500 87,950 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Eevenues Act, 1910 91,950 4,000 Total—Vote No. 16 MISCELLANEOUS SEEVICES. VOTE No. 17. Charges for and incidental to — Allowances— Forage ... ... 1,400 Lodging to cadets and cadettes, and non-clerical officers ... ... 10,000 Night clerks and miscellaneous ... 2,500 Special allowances to telegraph messengers ... ... 100 Tellers and for calculation of Savingsbank interest ... ... 3,000 FeesCarriage of private bags ... ... 1,050 17,000 1,050 Mechanical Appliances, Bicycles, &c.— Allowance to officers using their own bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders 1,750 Cash-registers for telegraph counters 1,680 Dickie stamp-vending machines (hire of) 272 Home savings-banks, purchase of ... 1,500 Post-marking machines ... ... 300 Purchase of motor-cycles, cars, and bicycles ... ... 5 ; 000 Purchase of motor-oil ... ... 1,500 Eepairs and hire ... ... 4. 1 250 Typewriters, &c, and repairs to typewriters ... ... 2,000 18,252 Office Management Expenses— Advertising ... ... ... 200 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 8,000