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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

Number of Persons. Item. 192 1-24. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKINGEXPE N S BS— continued. 1923-24. VOTE No. 7— continued. £ Subdivision No. VI . ■ — Miscellaneous Services —contd. Charges for and incidental to — continued Office Management Expenses— continued. Temporary officers, postmen, messengers, and general division *28,000 Overtime and meal allowances Parcel-post expenses Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. (net) 150,340 25,000 26,000 2,500 53,500 Sundry Charges — Compassionate allowance to widow of J. Jamieson, late Accountant, Christchurch Compensation— For articles lost or damaged during transmission by post To E. E. Williams, Postmaster, Pongaroa, personal effects lost in fire Granted by Arbitration Court judgment and costs to Henry Charles Jackson, Messageboy, Waimate, incapacitated as a result of official duties Expenses in connection with Post and Telegraph Board of Appeal Grant of 6 months' salary in lieu of leave of absence on retirement— £ E.B.Morris ... ... 569 H. D. Grocott ... ... 382 235 200 50 42 350 Pensions for officers retired whose allowance from Superannuation Fund is under £52 per annum... Travelling-expenses, &c.— Inspection of offices Eailway travelling post-offices allowances Eelieving-expenses Eemoval expenses Travelling expenses, allowances, and tram-fares ... Uniform clothing 951 350 2,178 2,500 3,300 5,000 5,000 4,500 20,300 10,000 257,404 Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Eevenues Act, 1910— Motor service: Telegraph Ex- £ tension ... ... 5,000 Motor transport service ... 7,000 Savings-bank management expenses ... ... 10,000 Workshops ... ... 4,000 Sundries ... ... 10,000 293,404 86,000 Total — Subdivision No. VI TOTAL—VOTE No. 7 2,237,731 TOTAL .£2,287,731 * [noludes cost-of-living increase to wages.