8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

139

Item. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. 1915-16. £ £ 05 06 .07 .08 09 10 .11 .12 VOTE No. 11—continued. Horticulture Division — continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Guarantee on experimental shipments of fruit to west coast of North America Importation and breeding of natural enemies to insect pests Legal expenses Outbreaks of orchard and garden diseases Removal expenses Seeds and plants for distribution Spraying demonstrations and apparatus... Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Subsidy, New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation (£1 for£l) Tests with new spraying compounds Tomato experiments Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Orchards, Gardens, and Apiaries Division items of the vote... Subsidy to National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand (£1 for £1) 300 50 20 100 200 25 50 300 50 20 100 200 25 50 30 .13 30 .14 .15 16 .17 121 50 100 3,600 25 3, 6, 121 50 100 ,600 25 100 ,041 • 18 100 6,041 Dairy-produce Division— Salaries- — 19 Professional Division. 650 Class A — 1 at £650 Class C — 1 at £480 480 j Clerical Division. Class VI — 1 at £260 Class VII— £ 1 at £150 ... ... 150 1 at £135 ... ... 135 3 at £120 ... ... 360 Class VIII— 1 at £98 ... ... 98 lat £88 ... ... 88 lat £80 ... ... 80 260 645 266 General Division. 9 at £350 ... ... 3,150 5 at £335 ... ... 1,675 5 at £300 ... ... 1,500 3 at £290 ... ... 870 2 at £270 ... ... 540 2 at £260 ... ... 520 2 at £220 ... ... 440 2 at £210 ... ... 420 lat £170 ... ... 170 9,285 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year 11,586 192 11,394