Head 20.-POST OFFICE, WIRELESS AND BROADCASTING
B. WIRELESS.
Sub-heads —
1 Personal Emoluments
97
Approved Estimate, 1939.
Estimate, 1940-41.
$
$
322,496
446,012
Other Charges.
2 Cleansing Materials, Utensils and Washing
3 Conveyance Allowances
200 1,000
4 Documents relating to Radiotelegraph Service...
650
250 2,500 650
(1)
5 Electric Current and Fuel
17,000
21,250
6 Incidental Expenses
1,700
2,125
7 Rent of Public Telephones
390
600
(2)
8 Repairs and Stores
30,000
45.000
(1)
9 Study Courses
10 Telegrams...
11 Transport
2,000
1,000
150
750
3,000
3,000
12 Uniforms
600
700
Total other Charges...
56,690
77,825
Special Expenditure.
13 Broadcasting Transmitter
14 Emergency Supply Plant
15 Medium Wave Marine Transmitter
100,000 5,000 60,000
16 Portable Wavemeter
684
900
17 Short Wave Marine Transmitter and Receiver
59,000
(8)
18 Typewriter
391
360
(9)
19 Reconditioning Duplicating Machine
325
Laboratory Checking Equipment
Engraving Machine
21,804 586
Studio Equipment
10,000
Total Special Expenditure
33.465
225,585
Total B-Wireless
412,651
749.422
Personal Emoluments.
NUMBERS. 1939
ENGINEERING SECTION.
Details of the foregoing.
1940-41
Senior Wireless Engineer (£950 to £1,050 by £50)..... Residential Allowance
12,160
20,200 1,445
(10)
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
•
48,423
60.668 4,230
(11)
1
1
Senior Inspector of Wireless Telegraphs,* (£600 to
£700 by £25)..
9,600
12,333 (12)
Inspector of Wireless Telegraphs,* (£475 to £575
by £20)
9,200
11,500
18
214--214CX-40
5
14
21-2OTON-00
Class II
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) | ($2.700 to $3,300 by $150)...ị
15,840
20,760 (12)
39,559
4,500
50,681 (12)
5,625
5,550
6,976 (12)
6 Class III
19
Class IV
+9
Class V
+9
($1,900 to $2,600 by $100)... ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100).. ($1,100 to $1,400 by $100)..
10,742
16,567 (B)
16,941
29,183 (14)
22,959
23.909 (15)
Class I Mechanician, Class II Class III
($1,000 to $1,300 by $75)
1,300
3,250 (16)
"
29
($600 to $950 by $50). ($370 to $580 by $30).
2.834
5,971 (17)
4,786
5,540
(18)
432
480
(18)
204,826
279,318
Do., Rent Allowances at $48 each
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.
(8) For anti-piracy traffic. Replacement.
19) For new Stations at Hung Hom.
(10) Title changed from
scale of salary.
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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