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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1906-1907.

STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.

£ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 42,915 7 0 Brought forward CLASS XXI.—MINISTER FOR AGBICULTURE-cojifcnued. Vote No. 69—Miscellaneous Sebvices— continued. Item 39—Expenses in connection with preparation and distribution of publications— Lithographing Postage Photographs, plates, and diagrams Stationery and sundries Wages of assistants 174 5 6 34 10 6 139 5 0 1 3 6 8 16 0 358 0 6 Item 40—Expenses in connection with veterinary laboratory Wallaceville, &o.— Allowance to D. Pattulo for loss sustained by fire Blacksmithing and horse-shoeing Chemicals, instruments, and apparatus .. i . Engine hire Erecting and repairing buildings and fences Fodder Freight and cartage .. Manure Office fittings and furniture Plough, roller, and fittings Saddlery Salaries of oflioers Seeds, plants, and trees .. .. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■- Stationery and sundries Stock purchased Telephone bureau fees Travelling expenses of officers Typewriter and requisites Wages cf workmen 13 0 0 28 15 5 158 0 0 5 0 0 135 3 11 47 18 3 33 8 4 11 8 9 3 13 10 29 1 7 a i 3 325 0 0 89 9 2 7 14 11 63 17 0 13 3 9 17 3 25 2 6 459 10 2 1,451 5 7 Item 41—Expenses in carrying out test re eradication of noxious weeds in connection with bonus of £500 offered Item 42—Expenses inspection of New Zealand dairy-produoe on arrival in United Kingdom Item 43—Expenses fostering bee industry— Hives Honey-tank Lamp-glasses Mower and tools Plans of apiary Sundries .. * .. Timber ... Travelling-expenses Wages • • 33 15 8 5 15 0 6 15 3 18 3 6 16 2 10 3 3 14 9 5 1 11 49 2 1 41 11 0 116 0 10 Item 44—Expenses in connection with demonstrations in fruit culture and canning, &c. Item 45—Expenses of sending PomologiRt to California for codlin-moth parasites, and cost of buildings— Ereoting buildings Heating apparatus Travelling expenses and allowance, and expenditure by Pomologiat whilst in C alifornia Sundries 164 1 10 19 12 5 89 3 8 199 16 7 3 8 5 386 19 3 50 0 0 88 11 6 Item 46—Freights and carriage Item 47—Fumigation of fruit and other expenees Hemp Industry— Item 48—Grading of hemp— Labour, travelling, and other expenses Item 49—Expenses in connection with the cultivation of New Zealand flax Item 50—Innooulation of calves for " blaok-leg " : (Vaooine, travelling, and other expenses) Item 51—Inspection of imported bones and manures Item 52 —Inspection of dairies and noxious weeds: Wages and expenses in connection with destruction of noxious weeds .. Item 53-Inspection of manure-sterilising : Labour, travelling, office, and other expenses, Australia and India International Exhibition, Christchurch — Item 54—Expenses in oonneotion with preparation of ground, ereotion of apiary, purchase of bees, also of hives and painting same, freights and carriage of appliances, wages of attendants, furnishing, lining, and painting of buildings, fittings'and show oases, and cost of space Item 55—Postages and telegrams for three months ending 31st March, 1907 1,467 10 2 250 0 0 187 10 4 169 i 8 6,211 1 5 594 19 10 3,746 15 0 828 6 1 Carried forward 58,902 3 10