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Head 8.- POST OFFICE AND WIRELESS
Head 8.-POST OFFICE AND WIRELESS
Approved Estimate, 1935.
Estimate, 1936.
(A)-POST OFFICE.
Sub-heads :-
1 Personal Emoluments
Other Charges.
333,502
325,347
2 Carriage of Mails :-
Transit Charges
150,000
140,000
(1)
3 Cleansing Materials, Utensils and Washing
1,200
1,300
|(2)
4 Coolie Hire
400
400
5 Incidental Expenses
800
1,000
(2)
6 Mail Bags, Parcel Boxes, Date Stamps and Scales
4,000
4,000
7 Printing
500
500
8 Rent of Branch Offices,.
7,500
7,500
9 Stamps.....
10,000
9,000
(3)
10 Telegrams
600
600
11 Transport
1,200
1,200
12 Uniform and Equipment
8,000
7,500
(4)
Total Other Charges
184,200
173,000
Special Expenditure.
13 Pillar and Letter Boxes
Motor Mail Van.....
500 1,800
500
Total Special Expenditure
Total A-Post Office
2,300
520,002
500
498,847
Personal Emoluments.
NUMBERS.
Details of the foregoing.
1935
1936
1
Cadet Officer, Class I, (£1,500 to £1,800 by £50
aunually)
26,250
21,600
(4)
Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff:
Chief Accountant, (£820 to £1,050 by 7 of £30 and
1 of £20)
15,750
12,600
(4)
I
1
Superintendent of Mails, (£600 to £700 by £25
annually)..
10,500
8,400
Personal Allowance at £50 annually
750
600
} (4)
Language Allowance
330
330
6
6
Assistant Superintendents of Mails, (1 at £460 to
£560 by £20 annually, 3 at £250 to £445 by 6 of £15, 2 of £30 and 3 of £15, 2 at $4,000 to $5,000 by $200 annually)
31,300
27,890
Language Allowance to 1,..............
(4) 120 (5)
5
Class I Postal Clerks, ($3,500 to $4,500 by $200
annually)
20,316
20,333 (6)
10
10
Class II Postal Clerks, ($2,700 to $3,300 by $150
annually)
30,815
31,543
(6)
Do.,
Language Allowance to one,.
240
240
13
13
Class III Postal Clerks, ($1,900 to $2,600 by $100
annually)
27,824
28,436 (6)
14
14
Class IV Postal Clerks
and Shroffs,
($1,500 to $1,800 by $100
annually)
23,758
24,320 (6)
Carried forward
187,833
176,412
(1) Considered sufficient.
(2) Increased postal facilities at Hunghom and Sai
Wan Ho.
(3) Decrease in requirements,
(4) Higher rate of exchange.
(5) Stipulated allowance. (6) Stipulated increments.