137

8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

18— B. 7.

torn. 191 ;-i6. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE - continued. VOTE No. 71— continued. Fields and Experimental Farms Division— continued. Other Charges for and, incidental to —continued. Experimental Farms and Farms of Instruction : Erection and Repairs of Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, General Working, Salaries of Learners, Special Instructors, Matron, and Domestic Assistants, — Arataki— £ Wages ... ... 500 Other expenses ... ... 450 68 Moumahaki — Wages ... ... 1,250 Other expenses ... ... 3,750 950 69 5,000 ro Ruakura— Wages ... ... 3,000 Other expenses ... ... 5,000 8,000 71 Tauranga— Wages ... ... 100 Other expenses ... . . 550 650 72 Waerenga — Wages ... ... .2,250 Other expenses ... ... 3,250 5,500 73 W eraroa — Wages ... ... 3,500 Other expenses ... ... 2,000 5,500 74 Experiments in Cultivating North Auckland Gum Lauds— Wages ... ... 350 Other expenses ... ... 450 75 Experiments In Regrassing Denuded Lands— Wages ... ... 50 Other expenses ... ... 200 800 Experiments in the control of drifting-sand areas Experiments in Utilization of Pumice LandsWages ... ... 50 Other expenses ... ... 250 250 500 70. 77 300 78 Experiments on Crown Lands, Westland— Wages ... ... 100 Other expenses ... ... 350 450 50 10 50 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 Extra clerical assistance Grading grain Grading New Zealand hemp Grant towards expenses Canterbury Seedgrowers' Association Investigation of phormium pests Legal expenses Medical and other expenses of R. G. Muir, farm hand, injured while on duty Purchase of stud stock, including expenses of importation 100 100 50 15 86 1,000 500 15 87 88 Removal expenses Seeds and plants for distribution