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Head 21.-POST OFFICE, WIRELESS AND BROADCASTING

Head 21.-POST OFFICE, WIRELESS AND

BROADCASTING

A. POST OFFICE.

Sub-heads :-—

1 Personal Emoluments

Other Charges.

Approved Estimate, 1938.

Estimate, 1939.

$

366,800

#e

410,549

2 Air Mail Payment

3 Air Mail Subsidy.

4 Carriage of Mails :-

Transit Charges

5 Cleansing Materials, Utensils and Washing

6 Coolie Hire

122,034

136,950

122,034 263,051

(1)

140,000

100,000

(2)

1,000

1,200

(3)

300

300

Electric Fans and Lights

.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

1,020

(2)

13 Rent of Public Telephones...

557

440

(2)

14 Stamps...

15,000

15,000

15 Telegrams

600

600

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 Vau

Electric Clocks

782

(5)

4,500

New Equipment Registration Branch..

500 2,000

(6)

Total Special Expenditure

8,000

1,782

Total A-Post Office

820,546

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

1

Assistant Postmaster General and Chief Accountant

(£1,250)

16,800

20,000 (8)

I

- со

1

8

Controller of Posts, (£600 to £700 by £25 annually) Superintendents, (1 at £460 to £360 by £20 annually,

9,939

10,339

(9)(10)

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,

31,127

390

38,636 390

(11)(12)

R

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

and Shroffs,

anunally).

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.