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The additional posts shown above are required for new post offices, the formation of a train- ing scheme and to cope with additional telecommunications commitments.

Other Charges Annually Recurrent show an overall increase of $4,067,600 over the previous year's figure. The main items of increase are: Conveyance of mails-$3,100,000, due to increase in traffic and higher shipping costs; Stores and equipment—$220,600, mainly for the purchase of mail bags; and Stamps-$250,000, to cover the cost of designing and printing the new definitive issue of stamps.

HEAD 57 - PRINTING DEPARTMENT

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Estimate 1962-63

$4,528,200

Revised estimate 1961-62

3,881,100

Approved estimate 1961-62

3,832,600

Actual expenditure 1960-61

3,215,054

1961-62

1962-63

Difference

Permanent staff

243

253

+ 10

Supernumerary staff

1

Net increase

9

New posts

Existing posts deleted

1 Assistant Printing Officer

1 Clerk

1 Proof Reader

1 Copy Holder

1 Clerk*

1 Senior Linotype Operator

2 Punch and Verifier Operators

2 Lithographers

2 Labourers

Supernumerary Staff

1 Government Printer

11

2

* Approved by Special Warrant during the year.

One new post of Assistant Printing Officer replaces one post of Clerk in accordance with regrading of existing posts. One Proof Reader, one Copy Holder, one Clerk, two Lithographers and two Labourers are required to cope with increased volume of work; one Senior Linotype Operator for the opera- tion of a Monotype Keyboard; and two Punch and Verifier Operators for the newly established Hollerith Punched Card Unit.

The increase of $271,300 under Other Charges Annually Recurrent is mainly due to expansion of activities in all departments.

Under Special Expenditure, provision for 1 automatic double press, 1 automatic guillotine, 1 double sider disc ruler and 1 multi-duty punching machine is included as replacement for existing equipment now obsolete. The acquisition of the 2 automatic feeders with numbering boxes is to enable operation of numbering machines to be done efficiently by one operator in lieu of two as is the case at present. Provision is also included for a lithographic proof press and densitometer for the reproduction of proofs, short runs, and quality colour work; and for a Monotype Keyboard and Caster for the mechanical typesetting section of the department to meet an increasing volume of work.