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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT—continued

(a) Now included in " Other Salaries." (b) Increase due to general improvement in salary rates and to the return of additional officers from service in the Forces. (c) Reduction due to the diversion of certain mails to the Empire service.

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Number of* Ppi'Rnni 1 f)4-4—4f) VOTE—POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING- 1945-46. 1945-46'] 944-45 EXPENSES continued y 0 ted. Expended. Subdivision No. I.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries —continued £ £ £ Salaries—continued Other Salaries 7,600 6,942 7,600 (£115 to £840) .. 2,693,338 2,129,696 New positions, telegraphists, cadets, messengers, and 7,619 6,959 training cadets .. .. .. .. .. (a) 12,000 Salaries of officers paid prior to 31st March in respect of periods during next financial year .. .. .. 1,500 2,500 Salaries of officers resuming after absence with the Armed Forces .. .. .. .. .. .. 200,000 2,914,182 2,160,995 Less salaries provided but not now required— —— ; Amount unexpended owing to increments being £ payable for periods of less than twelve months 25,000 Amount unexpended owing to : (1) Special leave without pay ; (2) sick leave without pay .. 10,000 Amount to be expended on Telegraph and Telephone construction works, to be charged to vote " Telegraph Extension " and " Depreciation Fund " .. .. .. ...180,000 215,000 181,000 l 2,142,660 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Post Office Savings-bank management ex- £ penses .. .. .. .. 150,000 Recoveries from other Departments .. 75,000 225,000 2,699,182 1,979,995 Contribution to Railways Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices .. .. .. .. 6,250 6,200 Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary (number, 1,527).. .. 110,000 92,000 Payment to officers in lieu of retiring leave .. .. .. 200 116,250 98,400 'J Total—Subdivision No. I.. .. (6) 2,815,432 2,078,395 2,142,660 Subdivision No. II.—Conveyance of Ocean and Air Mails Charges for and incidental to — Overseas' Services— North American overland and Atlantic transit— Canada.. .. .. .. 100 100 100 United States of America .. .. .. 5,000 3,000 3,000 Great Britain and other countries, land and sea transit .. 10,000 12,500 8,960 Payments to shipping companies .. .. .. 20,000 20,000 17,452 Payments for carriage of mails by Empire Air-mail Scheme 35,000 10.] 000 25 \ 366 Subsidy to Empire Air-mail Scheme .. .. .. 18,750 5,500 13,589 Payments to other Administrations for carriage of mails by air .. .. .. .. .. ( c ) 15,000 31,000 16,630 Payment on behalf of other Administrations (recoverable) 1,500 1,000 2,768 Payments for carriage of mails by trans-Pacific Air Service. 10,000 16,000 16,000