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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1945-46

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT—continued

(a) £455,000 on main estimates. Additional amounts required to provide for the extensive repair work that is involved as a consequence of the snowstorm in the Canterbury District. (b) £120,000 on main estimates. The amount is required to cover the purchase of additional motor-vehicles. (c) £60,000 on main estimates. Increased provision due to increased hiring from Public Service Garages and to the additional mileage being run as a result of the Canterbury snowstorm damage. (d) £22,000 on main estimates. Increased provision to provide for the rent of stores used to accommodate lease-lend telecommunications equipment. (e) £75,000 on main estimates. The additional provision is for the purchase of air letter-cards and to obtain stocks of envelopes for enveloping telegrams and toll accounts. (/) £891,000 on main estimates. It is anticipated that by the end of the present financial year, men returning from war service will have displaced 2,100 temporary employees,

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For Services chargeable oil the Post Office Account— £ £ continued VOTE—POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKINGEXPENSES —continued Subdivision No. V. —Maintenance of Telephone Exchange, Toll, Telegraph and Wireless Systems Charges for and incidental to — Maintenace of telegraph and toll lines, wireless, and telephone exchange systems, also contingencies and all other unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of the subdivision— Camp allowances (additional) .. .. .. 2,500 Extra labour (additional) .. .. .. .. 10,000 Material for repairs, including freight and other charges (additional) .. .. .. 20,000 Total—Subdivision No. V .. .. .. (a) 32,500 Subdivision No. VII.—Motor Services and Workshops Charges for and incidental to — Motor services, &c. — Purchase of— Motor vehicles and bicycles (additional) .. .. (b) 75,000 Motor spirits and oils (additional) .. .. (c) 5,000 Total—Subdivision No. VII .. .. .. 80,000 Subdivision No. IX. —Miscellaneous Services Charges for and incidental to— Cash deficiencies— Forged bank-note accepted at Dargaville .. .. 1 Deficiency in money-order cash at Kohukohu .. .. 1 Loss of cash through the destruction by fire of the Mitimiti Post and Telephone Office .. .. 6 Loss of remittance at Whakatane .. .. .. 6 Loss of cash at Palmerston North .. .. .. 35 Loss of cash at Christchurch.. .. .. .. 41 Loss of moneys at New Zealand Divisional Field Postoffices through the acceptance of counterfeit notes .. 11 Loss of cash through burglaries at Glen Afton, Hunua, Moerewa, and Ngaio .. .. .. .. 194 Theft of cash deposits held on behalf of private-telephone-line owners by Opononi Post-office .. .. 18 313 Office-management expensesRent and leases of buildings and land for Post and Telegraph purposes (additional) .. .. (d) 9,500 Stationery, printing, and binding (additional) .. --(e) 20,000 29,500 Less amount provided on main estimates, not required— Temporary officers : Postmen, Messengers, exchange attendants, and general .. .. (f)Cr. 60,000 IcV. 30,500