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CLASS XVII.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

item. 1903-4. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued. VOTE No. 69— continued. Salaries— continued. Auckland District — 8 Inspectors: 1 (in charge) (also Superintendent of Ruakura and Wairangi Experimental Stations, £50) at £310, 2 at £260, 2 at £250, 1 at £240, 1 at £220, 1 at £210 3 Clerks: 1 at £200, 1 at £150,1 at £140... Cadet 3 Rabbit Agents 2,000 496 65 500 3,061 Napier District — 7 Inspectors: 1 (in charge) at £300, I at £280, 4 at £250, 1 at £200 Clerk Clerk at £110 (eight months) ... Rabbit Agent 1,780 180 74 172 2,206 Wellington-West Coast District — 12 Inspectors i 1 at £310, 1 at £280, 5 at £260, 2 at £250, 1 at £235, 2 at £200 ... 4 Clerks : 1 at £200, 2 at £160, 1 at £156 6 Rabbit Agents Cadet 3,025 676 1,038 75 4,814 Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast District — 4 Inspectors: 1 at £290, 1 at £260, 1 at £250,1 at £210 2 Clerks: 1 at £185, 1 at £156 Rabbit Agent 1,010 341 172 1.523 Canterbury-Kaikoura District — 9 Inspectors: 1 (in charge) at £300, 2 at £260, 3 at £250, 1 at £240, 1 at £230, 1 at £200 (four months) 2 Clerks : 1 at £210, 1 at £156 Cadet Fruit Inspector 4 Caretakers of South Canterbury rabbit-fence 8 Rabbit Agents 2,107 366 65 180 350 1,200 Otago District — 14 Inspectors : I at £275, 1 at £260, 6 at £250, 1 at £245, 2 at £240, 2 at £235, 1 at £165 ... 8 Clerks: 1 at £180, 1 at £156, 1 at £125 Cadet Fruit Inspector and Clerk 21 Rabbit Agents 4,268 3,395 461 65 200 3,400 Total—Vote No. 69 ... 7,521 44,69;