The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-03-19 00:00:00

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.

The Civil Service Estimates issued on Tuesday
show a total of £10,786,086, being a net increase of
£232,395 over those of last year. There is an in-
crease of £201,815 in the vote for the Post Office, and
of £104,738 in that for the Post Office telegraphs; nnt
a decrease of £36,322 for the Post °Mee peckot
service, of £33,627 for the inland revenue depqrt-
ments, and of £4209 for customs. In the °stir-mites
of the amounts required for the Post Office workieg
for the year ending March 31, 1888, is included a sum
of £380,068 for postage and orncial correspondence.
This charge has not been provided for in the estimates
since 1868. The gross amount required for the tele-
graph service is £1,050,248, as against £1,845,510
last year—an increase of £104,738.

Timms one would rather have left unsaid:
now, my dear General, come and sit by me and t II
me all the scandal that's happened while I've beoa
away.--Well, really, Mrs. Mallecho—er—you see—er
—the fact is that while you've been away there has
been no scandal!

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