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Appropriations for Consolidated, Fund, Services.

CLASS XIV. —DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued.

tem.! AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. 1915-16. VOTE No. 71— continued. Head Office— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Board of Agriculture Carriage of starving stock and fodder for same Chemical Laboratory Collection of agricultural and pastoral statistics — £ £ 8 9 10 11 500 500 500 £ Wages ... ... 100 Other expenses ... ... 200 300 12 13 II Contribution towards printing report of A. and P. Societies'conference Contribution to Imperial investigation of insect pests Departmental Exhibits at A. and P. Association Shows — £ Wages ... ... 1,000 Other expenses ... ... 1,500 50 200 15 16 17 18 Experiments in the control of grass-grub Extra clerical assistance Freight and carriage not otherwise provided for International Agricultural Institute, contribution to and cost of representation at Legal expenses Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Preparation and distribution of publications Promotion of sale of New Zealand produce in outside markets Purchase of books, newspapers, and other publications Purchase of wheat in Australia Reference sets of seeds, plants, &c. Refund of amount of stolen postal notes Removal expenses Rents of Offices in New Zealand and Abroad, Fuel, Light, Water, Furniture, Office Requisites, Insurance, Cleaning Offices, Outbuildings, Yards, and Approaches— £ Wages ... ... 200 Other expenses ... ... 2,300 2,500 50 50 50 19 20 21 22 300 100 4,000 4,000 23 24 25 26 27 28 1,000 300 400 50 1 500 29 30 San Francisco Exhibition Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Subsidy steam service New Zealand-San Francisco... Subsidy steam service New Zealand-Vancouver Transit Expenses to San Francisco— £ E. Clifton and family ... ... 145 A. Macpherson and family ... 200 M. O'Brien and family ... ... 250 2,500 8,000 31 32 33 200 12,500 10,000 Travelling allowances and expenses Upkeep and Improvement of Buildings and Fences on Departmental Reserves and Grounds— £ Wages ... ... 100 Other expenses ... ... 200 595 1,250 34 35 Visit of A. Macpherson, Fields Instructor, to experimental farms in Canada and United States of America Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Head Office items of the vote 300 86 190 87 100 53,391