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Head 23.-POST OFFICE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
AND BROADCASTING
Estimate 1947-48
92
Estimate 1948-49
1947-48 1948-49
1
1
1
A.-POST OFFICE.
Personal Emoluments.
Pensionable establishment.
Cadet Officer Class I ($26,400 × $800
$28,800)
Cadet Officers Class II ($8,640: $8,640 : $9,120 × $480—$12,000 × $720—$14,160 × $1,440-$21,360 × $720—$22,800) Assistant Postmaster General and Chief
Accountant ($22,800)
$
$
$
25,600
28,800
33,600 (1)
20,000
22,800
1
1
Controller of Posts ($12,000 × $720—$15,600) Assistant Controller of Posts ($10,080 × $480
11,200
15,600
-$11,520)
7,360
10,357
7
Superintendents of Mails ($4,800: $4,800:
$4,800 $5,100 × $300-$8,200 × $480-
$9,600)
39,105
49,951 (2)
General Clerical Service.
1
2
16
Clerks
175
175
LO
5
5
10
Executive Officers
Postal Clerks ($1,440 × $120
$1,800 $1,800: $1,920 × $120-$2,040 × $180-$2,580; $2,760 × $180-$3,300 × $300-$4,200; $4,500 × $300—$6,000) Launch Officers ($3,000: $3,000: $3,600×
$300-$4,200)
Non-pensionable establishment.
12,400
18,720
49,411 (3)
$1,680:
231,542
9,687
512,073 (4) (5)
19,525
14283
1
14
85
85
Head Postman ($1,440 × $120-$1,680) Postmen Class I ($1,200 × $48—$1,344) Postmen Class II ($936 × $24—$1,008 × $36
515
1,530 (6)
5,726
15,692
--$1,152)
27,073
89,441
203
203
Postmen Class III ($768 × $24—$912)
47,026
28
811400
3
7
Motor Drivers ($1,152 × $48—$1,536)
2,160
1
Carpenter ($1,152 x $48-$1,536)
360
1
Painter ($972 × $36—$1,296)
383
4
Lift Operators ($768× $24-$960)
1,079
28
Mail Coolies ($528 × $24-$720)
3,432
Temporary staff
3,600
Acting pay
4,840
Expatriation pay
Overtime allowance
13,000
169,530
8,852 (7)
1,536 1,257 3,643 14,506 (8)
3,200 (12)
26,160
70,000 (10)
4,620 (9)
Items not repeated
390
Total Personal Emoluments
466,478
1,170,804
Sub-heads.
1 Personal emoluments
466,478
1,170,804
Other Charges.
2 Air-mail payments
1,650,000
3 Fuel, light, and power
30,000
4 Gratuities to licensed stamp vendors
2,700
5 Incidental expenses
5,000
6 Publications
7 Rent of offices
1,524
8 Stamps
20,000
1,250,000 (12) 35,000 (10)
2,700 5,000
600 (11)
100,000 (14)
9 Stores and equipment
12,000
10 Transit charges for carriage of mail
80,000
11 Travelling expenses
1,000
12 Uniforms
34,000
13 Upkeep of vehicles
10,300
Cleaning of materials, utensils and washing
Total Other Charges
3,200
250,000 (10)
42,000 (10)
25,000 (18) (19)
(20)
2,325 (13)
29,400 (15) (16)
(17)
2,000 (10)
Total Expenditure
1,849,724
2,316,202
1,744,025
2,914,829
(1) Cadet Officer Class II to replace Cadet Officer
on leave.
(2) Title changed from Superintendents. (3) Title changed from Postal Clerks.
(4) 16 new posts.
(5) Title of six changed from Learners.
(6) Present holder personally pensionable.
(7) Four new posts.
(8) Title changed from Mail Bag Coolies.
(9) Provides for:
Confidential Assistant ($385 per month). (10) Previous provision inadequate. (11) Now subhead.
(12) Considered sufficient.
(13) Rent increased under Landlord and Tenant Or-
dinance 1947.
(14) More stamps sold.
(15) Title changed from Mail bags, parcel boxes, date
stamps, and scales.
(16) More mail bags required.
(17) Previously provided for in part under Cleansing
materials, utensils and washing.
(18) More vehicles.
(19) Title changed from Upkeep of motor vehicles. (20) Provided for under subhead 9.