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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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No. of Persons. Item. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKINGEXPENSES— continued. 1922-23. 1922i-23. VOTE No. 7— continued. £ Postal and Telegraph Salaries —continued. General Division— continued. Male Officers —continued. Class VIII —continued. £ 116 at £140 ... ... 16,240 38 at £127 ... ... 4,826 121 at £114 ... ... 13,794 345 at £101 ... ... 34,845 257 at £88 ... ... 22,616 8 at £75 ... ... 600 353,900 1,985 777 Class IX— 777 at £62 48,174 7,657 Less proportion of salaries provided for but not payable during current year 1,669,666 10,000 New stations, telegraphists, cadets, messengers, and training cadets... 1,659,666 3,000 Less second deduction from cost-of-living bonus or increase ... 1,662,666 49,000 Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910— Post-office Savings-bank management £ expenses ... ... ... 53,000 Salaries of engineers and linemen recovered from Vote " Telegraph Extension" ... ... 81,200 Services performed for other Government Departments ... ... 25,800 *1,613,666 160,000 Contribution to Railways Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary (number, 1966) Salaries of Medical Referees... Married Officers : To provide a minimum salary of £209 15s. per annum 1,453,666 26,000 61,000 700 900 « 88,600 1,542,266 CONVEYANCE OF OCEAN MAILS. Charges for and incidental to — Suez Services— £ Australian overland transit ... 1,700 Australia-Europe ... ... 1,000 2,700 * Includes cost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages.