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Her Majesty's Mails

Part 2 — APPENDIX (G). MANUFACTURE OF POSTAGE-LABELS AND ENVELOPES.

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(From the Estimates of 1864-5.)

Number of Persons. Amount required for 1864‑5.

£

1Controller500

1Assistant-Controller300

1Assistant-Superintendent of Postage Stamping200

1Clerk120

1Superintendent of Printing Label-stamps175

1Superintendent of Perforating Label-stamps100

1Foreman of Embossing Machines, 42s. per week109

1Packer, at 25s. per week65

3Tellers, from 18s. to 30s. per week211

6Assistant-Telling Boys, from 7s. to 12s. per week127

24Boys for working Machines, from 4s. to 12s. per week433

Allowance to the Accountant's Department for keeping the Accounts, to the Receiver-General's and to the Warehouse-keeper's Departments1,050

Total Salaries, &c.3,390

Poundage to Distributors and Sub-Distributors4,600

Paper for Labels and Envelopes, Printing and Gumming Labels, and Folding and Gumming Envelopes18,500

Postage and Carriage of Parcels450

Tradesmen's Bills400

Miscellaneous Expenses500

Estimate of additional expenditure for increase of business nil.

41 Total amount required for the Manufacture of Postage-Labels and Envelopes 27,840

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