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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITDRE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd,

£ B. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. 58,902 3 10 Brought forward Class XXI.—MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE— continued. Vote No. 69 —Miscellaneous Services- continued. Poultry industry: Workirig-expenses, buildinge, purchase of birds, foode, &c.— Item 56—Ruakura Item 57—Momahaki Item 58—Burnham Item 59—Milton Item 60—Plucking, grading, packing, and freezing poultry for export, and other expenses.. 499 0 11 767 13 6 686 13 11 983 18 1 5,520 15 0 2,583 8 7 Item 61-Subsidy to New Zealand Utility Poultry Club Egglaying competition at Lincoln Item 62—Subsidy to New Zealand Egg-laying Competition Association, Blenheim .. .. .. ... Item 63 —Prosecutions for breaches of Stock, Rabbit, and other Acts, including sundry legal expenses Item 64 —Purchase of books t newspapers, periodicals, and other publications Item 65 —Purchase and expenses of Angora goats : Labour and maintenance of breeding-stations Item 66 —Purchase of stud stock and cost of importation Item 67—Allowance to J. M. Johnston for expenses, &c, when purchasing stud stock in Great Britain Item 68 —Purchase of right of patent brand (£250) within colony Item 69 —Quarantine stations for animals, including purchase of stock, maintenance, and other expenses: Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton .. Item 70—Refund to Local Bodies' Loans Acoount, being loading on Section No. 81, Block XIV, Obinewairua Survey District (Taihape Village Settlement), reserve for purposes of Department of Agriculture Item 71 —Refund to P. Ireland of quarantine charges on four imported heifers Item 72—Removal expenses of officers of Department Item 73 —Rents, fuel, lighting, furniture, office requisites, insurance, cleaning, &c, of premises throughout the colony .. Item 74 —Seeds, plants, &c, for distribution Item 75—Spraying demonstrations and apparatus Item 76 —Subsidy to Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association for show to be held in November, 1906 Item 77 —Subsidies to agricultural and pastoral associations for experiments with manures Item 78—Subsidies to local bodies for destruction of the kea Item 79—Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Item 80 —Testing of stock, driving fees, expenses in connection with destroying and burying animals Item 81—Tiavellingexpenses— Head office Auokland Napier Wellington-West Coast Nelson-Marlborough Canterbury-Kaikoura Otago 75 0 0 75 0 0 349 14 0 180 13 0 212 13 4 1,550 18 9 1,812 19 3 19 4 8 918 17 4 1,157 9 4 7 12 0 160 11 5 500 0 0 10 0 0 12 19 6 76 2 3 28 18 6 8,321 6 3 1,487 16 11 927 19 4 1,844 9 6 494 0 1 867 6 10 2,081 12 3 16,024 11 2 Item 82—Value of cottage and stable on Seotion 8, Block XV, Waipukurau Survey District (Lindsay Settlement) payable to Receiver of Land Revenue Item 83 —Contingencies— Calico signs Cattle denorners Chairs for use in office at Palmerston Show Collecting and packing sheaves for Exhibition Compensation for horses accidentally killed Compensation for pigR destroyed Exchange, postage, telegrams Expenses in connection with ccdlin-moth larvae Experimenting and designing sheep-ear brands Extra clerical assistance Fidelity-guarantee premiums Frames, boxes, and cases Freight and cartage Fruit for London Exhibition Glass for exhibits at show, Palmerston North Glass bottles for seed .. Gratuities to messenger and typist Hire of tent, Hamilton Show 6 15 0 2 11) 6 2 2 0 6 10 59 7 6 20 0 0 24 12 9 G 2 2 9 15 0 214 17 3 7 15 0 5 10 0 26 10 10 15 11 8 4 16 0 ■2 7 6 5 10 0 3 18 10 100 0 0 87,GUG 8 4 Carried forward iU 12 1