CO129-597-2 Estimates 1949 1-3-1948 - 14-7-1949 — Page 89

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Head 23.-POST OFFICE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS,

AND BROADCASTING

Estimate 1947-48

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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

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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.

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