CO129-568-4 Estimates 1939 8-10-1938 - 6-7-1939 — Page 123

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Head 21.-POST OFFICE, WIRELESS AND BROADCASTING

Head 21.-POST OFFICE, WIRELESS AND

BROADCASTING

Approved Estimate, 1938.

Estimate, 1939.

Sub-heads

A. POST OFFICE.

1 Personal Emoluments

2 Air Mail Payment

3 Air Mail Subsidy..

4 Carriage of Mails :---

Transit Charges

Other Charges.

5 Cleansing Materials, Utensils and Washing

6 Coolie Hire

7 Electric Fans and Lights

366,800

410,548

122,034

136,950

140,000

1,000

122,034 263,051 (1)

100,000 (2) 1,200 (3)

300

300

12,000

12,000

8 Gas.

255

255

9 Incidental Expenses

800

800

10 Mail Bags, Parcel Boxes, Date Stamps and Scales

6,000

6,000

11 Printing

500

500

12 Rent of Branch Offices

1,050

13 Rent of Public Telephones..

14 Stamps...

15 Telegrams

600

557

15,000

1,020

15,000 600

(2)

440

(2)

16 Transport

1,200

1,500

(4)

17 Uniform and Equipment

7,500

14,000

(3)

Total Other Charges

445,746

538,700

Special Expenditure.

18 Pillar and Letter Boxes

1,000

1,000

19 Two Typewriters

Motor Mail Van

Electric Clocks

782

(5)

4,500

New Equipment Registration Branch...

500 2,000

(6)

Total Special Expenditure

Total A-Post Office

8,000

820,546

1,782

951,030

Personal Emoluments.

NUMBERS.

Details of the foregoing.

1938

1939

2

1

Cadet Officers, Class II, (£525 to £1,400 by 3 of £50

1 of £75 1 of £100 and 11 of £50)

42,307

22,202 (7)

1

Assistant Postmaster General and Chief Accountant

(£1,250)

16,800

20,000 (8)

8

Controller of Posts, (£600 to £700 by £25 annually)| Superintendents, (1 at £460 to £560 by £20 annually, 3 at £250 to £445 by 6 of £15, 2 of £30 and 3 of £15, 4 at $4,000 to $5,000 by $200 annually). Language Allowance to two,

9,939

10,339

(9)(10)

31,127

38,636

(11)(12)

390

390

5

6

Class I Postal Clerks, ($3,500 to $4,500 by $200

annually)

21,288

24,217

10

11

Class II Postal Clerks, ($2,700 to $3,300 by $150

annually)

31,567

33,528

13

15

Class III Postal Clerks, ($1,900 to $2,600 by $100

(12)

annually)

29,438

32,417

14

17

Class IV Postal Clerks

and Shroffs,

($1,500 to $1,800 by $100

aminally)

24,569

28,737

Carried forward

207,452

210,466

(1) Increased subsidy

(2) Considered sufficient.

(3) Additional Staff and dearer material.

(4) More mails.

(5) Replacements.

(6) Non-recurrent.

(7) 1938 Estimates included one officer on leave.

(8) Title changed from Chief Accountant. Revised

salary.

(9) Stipulated increments.

(10) Shown as Supt. of Mails in 1938 Estimates. (11) Shown as Assistant Supts. of Mails in 1938

Estimates.

(12) New posts for extension of hours at G.P.O.

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