Head 20.-POST OFFICE, WIRELESS AND BROADCASTING
B.-WIRELESS.
Sub-heads —
1 Personal Emoluments
Other Charges.
159
97
Approved Estimate, 1939.
Estimate, 1940-41.
#A
$
322,496
446,012
2 Cleansing Materials, Utensils and Washing
3 Conveyance Allowances
200 1,000
4 Documents relating to Radiotelegraph Service.
650
5 Electric Current and Fuel
17,000
250
2,500 650
21,250
(1)
6 Incidental Expenses
1,700
2,125
7 Rent of Public Telephones
390
8 Repairs and Stores
30,000
9 Study Courses
10 Telegrams....
11 Transport
2,000
600 45,000 1,000
(1)
(3)
150
3,000
750 3,000
12 Uniforms
600
700
Total other Charges.....
56,690
77,825
Special Expenditure.
13 Broadcasting Transmitter
14 Emergency Supply Plant
100,000 5,000
15 Medium Wave Marine Transmitter
60,000
16 Portable Wavemeter
684
900
17 Short Wave Marine Transmitter and Receiver
59,000
18 Typewriter
391
360
19 Reconditioning Duplicating Machine
325
Laboratory Checking Equipment
21,804
Engraving Machine
586
Studio Equipment
10,000
Total Special Expenditure
33,465
225,585
Total B-Wireless
412,651
749.422
Personal Emoluments.
ENGINEERING SECTION.
NUMBERS.
Details of the foregoing.
1939
1940-41
1
1
Senior Wireless Engineer (£950 to £1,050 by £50)...| Residential Allowance
12,160
20,200 (10)
1,445
5
5
Wireless Engineers (£500 for 1st 2 years, theu £570 to £910 by 4 of £25, 1 of £90 and 5 of £30) Residential Allowance
48.423
60.668 4,230
(11)
1
1
Senior Inspector of Wireless Telegraphs,* (£600 to
£700 by £25).....
9,600
12,333 (12)
1
Inspector of Wireless Telegraphs,* (£475 to £575
by £20).
9,200
11,500
2 -- ON SO TH10 2 7 00
27125VR140
Wireless Sub-Engineers,* (£475 to £575 by £20)... Wireless Technicians,* (£310-£10-£350-£20-£470)
15,840
20,760 (12)
39,559
50,681
(12)
Class I
Technicians, ($3,500 to $4,500 by $200)
4,500
5,625
Class II
($2,700 to $3,300 by $150)...
5,550
"
6,976 (12)
15
Class III Class IV Class V
19
($1,900 to $2,600 by $100).
10,742
16,567 (13)
($1,500 to $1,800 by $100).
16,941
""
29,183 (14)
($1,100 to $1,400 by $100).
22,959
23,909 (15)
Class I Mechanician,
($1,000 to $1,300 by $75)
1,300
3,250 (16)
Class II
Class III
27
Don
($600 to $950 by $50). ($370 to $580 by $30). Rent Allowances at $48 each
2.834
5,971 (17)
4,786
5,540 (18)
432
480
(18)
204,826
279,318
+
18
Carried forward
(1) New Broadcasting Station and additional equip-
ment.
(2) Considered necessary.
(3) Considered sufficient.
(4) Includes cost of weekly reports to British Broad-
casting Corporation, London.
(5) Replacement.
(6) Reserve equipment for emergency use.
(7) For alternative wave working.
18) For anti-piracy traffic. Replacement.
(9) For new Stations at Hung Hom.
(10) Title changed
scale of salary.
from
Wireless Engineer. New
(11) Previously shown as Assistant Wireless Engineers.
New scale of salary.
(12) Stipulated increments.
(13) One new post.
(14) One new post and three promoted from Class V.
(15) Three promoted to Class IV.
16) One in place of one Electrical Fitter.
(17) Two new posts and one promoted from Class III. (18) One promoted to Class II.
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