Head 20.-POST OFFICE, WIRELESS AND BROADCASTING
B.-WIRELESS.
Sub-heads :-
1 Personal Emoluments
97
Approved Estimate, 1940-41.
Estimate, 1941-1942.
$ 446,012
$
361,585
Other Charges.
2 Cleansing Materials, Utensils and Washing
3 Conveyance Allowances
250 2,500
4 Documents relating to Radiotelegraph Service..
650
265 2,000 500
(1)
5 Electric Current and Fuel.
21,250
30,000
6 Incidental Expenses
2,125
2,265
(2) (3) (1)
Rent of Public Telephones
600
650
(4)
8 Repairs and Stores
45,000
73.000
(1) (2) (3)
9 Study Courses
1,000
500
(5)
10 Telegrams....
750
750
(6)
11 Transport
3,900
3,000
(2)
12 Uniforms
700
1,100
(1)(7)
Total other Charges................
77,825
114,030
Special Expenditure.
13 Emergency Supply Plant
14 Recording Machine......
15 Testing and Maintenance Instruments..
5,000
5,000
(8)
2,400 (9)
Broadcasting Transmitter
100,000
3,200 (10)
...
Medium Wave Marine Transmitter
60,000
Portable Wavemeter
900
Short Wave Marine Transmitter and Receiver
59,000
(11)
Typewriter
360
Reconditioning Duplicating Machine
325
Total Special Expenditure ...
Total B-Wireless
225,585
749,422
10,600
486,215
Personal Emoluments.
ENGINEERING SECTION.
NUMBERS.
Details of the foregoing.
1940-41 1941-42
1
Senior Wireless Engineer, (£950 to £1,050 by £50) Residential Allowance
20,200
1,445
16,800 (12)
1,060
5
5
Wireless Engineers, (£500 for 1st 2 years, then £570 to £910 by 4 of £95, 1 of £90 and 5 of £30) Residential Allowance
60,668
4,230
51,576 3,403
(12)
1
Senior Inspector of Wireless Telegraphs,* (£600 to
£700 by £25)....
12,333
10,333 (12)
1
Inspector of Wireless Telegraphs,* (£475 to £575
by £20).
11,500
9,200
15
21-12846278
7
19
"
14
Class IV
"
Class V
22
Wireless Sub-Engineers,* (£475 to £575 by £20)... Wireless Technicians,* (£310-£10-£350-£20-£470) Class I Technicians, ($3,500 to $4,500 by $200) Class II
($2,700 to $3,300 by $150).... Class III
($1,900 to $2,600 by $100)... ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100)... ($1,100 to $1,400 by $100)..
20,760
17,280
(12)
50,681
41,671
(12)
5,625
4,500
6,976
5,575 (13)
16,567
18,809
(12)
29,183
23,177 (13)
23,909
21,736
(14)
Class I Mechanicians,
($1,000 to $1,300 by $75)
3,250
2,600
7
Class II
"}
8
Class III
Do.,
(1) Increased prices.
to Revenue Head.
(3) Additional transmitters.
(4) Includes rent for extensions, etc. under
automatic system.
new
(5) Considered sufficient.
(6) Additional reports required on account of
war
conditions.
($600 to $950 by $50).. ($370 to $580 by $30).. Rent Allowances at $48 each
Carried forward
(2) Refunds from Cable & Wireless now credited
5,971
4,875 (12)
5,540
480
4,346 (13)
384
279,318
232,325
(7) Additional messengers for censors.
(8) Reserve equipment for emergency use.
(9) To increase facilities at Broadcasting Studios. (10) Hand cleaning of transmitters no longer prac
ticable.
(11) Non-recurrent.
(12) Stipulated increments.
(13) Changes in personnel. (14) Two new posts.
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