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Head 8.- POST OFFICE AND WIRELESS

Head 8.-POST OFFICE AND WIRELESS

(A)-POST OFFICE.

Sub-heads —

1 Personal Emoluments

Other Charges.

Approved Estimate, 1935.

Estimate, 1936.

$

$

$

333,502

325,347

2 Carriage of Mails:-

Transit Charges

3 Cleansing Materials, Utensils and Washing

4 Coolie Hire

5 Incidental Expenses

6 Mail Bags, Parcel Boxes, Date Stamps and Scales

150,000

140,000

(1)

1,200

1,300

(2)

400

400

800

1,000

(2)

4,000

4,000

7 Printing ....

500

500

8 Rent of Branch Offices,.

7,500

7,500

9 Stamps.....

10,000

9,000

(3)

10 Telegrams

600

600

11 Transport

1,200

1,200

12 Uniform and Equipment

8,000

7,500

(4)

Total Other Charges

184,200

173,000

Special Expenditure.

13 Pillar and Letter Boxes

Motor Mail Van.....

500 1,800

500

Total Special Expenditure

Total A-Post Office

2,300

520,002

500

498,847

Personal Emoluments.

NUMBERS,

Details of the foregoing.

1935

1936

1

1

Cadet Officer, Class I, (£1,500 to £1,800 by £50

annually)

26,250

21,600

(4)

Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff:-

1

Chief Accountant, (£820 to £1,050 by 7 of £30 and

1 of £20)

15,750

12,600

(4)

I

Superintendent of Mails, (£600 to £700 by £25

annually)...........

10,500

8,400

Personal Allowance at £50 annually

750

600

}

(4)

Language Allowance ...

330

330

15

6

6

Assistant Superintendents of Mails, (1 at £460 to

£560 by £20 annually, 3 at £250 to £445 by 6 of £15, 2 of £30 and 3 of £15, 2 at $4,000 to $5,000 by $200 annually)

31,300

Language Allowance to 1,.......

27,890 120

(4) (5)

5

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Class I Postal Clerks, ($3,500 to $1,500 by $200

annnally)

20,316

20,333 (6)

10

10

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

annually)

30,815

31,543

(6)

Do.,

Language Allowance to one,.

240

240

13

13

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

annually)

27,824

28,436 (6)

14

14

Class IV Postal Clerks ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100

and Shroffs,

annually)

23,758

24,320

(6)

Carried forward

187,833

176,412

(1) Considered sufficient.

(3) Decrease in requirements,

(2) Increased postal facilities at Hunghom and Sai

Wan Ho.

(4) Higher rate of exchange.

(5) Stipulated allowance. (6) Stipulated increments.

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