8.—7

138

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

Item. 1916-17. Item. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES. AND COMMEBCE— continued. £ £ 98 VOTE No. 72— continued. Horticulture Division- -continued. Salaries —con ti n ued. 98 General Division— contir.ued. £ 1 at £180 ... ... 180 2 at £L70 ... ... 340 1 at £165 ... ... L65 1 at £160 (8 months) ... 107 1 at £140 (9 months) ... ... 105 2 at £135 ... ... 270 1 at £125 ... ... 125 1 at £115 ... ... 115 L at £110 ... ... 110 1 at £80 (9 months) ... ... 60 7,602 9,580 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 39 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force 9,541 . U5 9,426 «•"* 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 I 110 Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycles and repairs Co-operative fruit-testing areas Co-operative vegetable-testing areas Experimental seeds and plants for distribution Extra clerical assistance Fostering the bee industry ... Fostering the fruit industry ... Fumigation and destruction of imported diseased fruit Grant towards cost of printing report of Beekeepers' Conference ... ... ... Grant towards printing report of conference of New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation Guarantee on experimental shipments of fruit to west coast of North America Horticultural Stations : General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and Salaries of Learners, Special Instructors, Matrons, and Domestic Assistants, — Arataki — £ Wages ... ... ii00 Other expenses ... ... 500 500 L20 LOO 25 25 LOO 200 150 20 25 300 LL1 Tauranga — Wages ... ... 250 Other expenses ... ... 550 1,100 800 112 Te Kauwhata— Wages ... ... 2,000 Other expenses ... ... 3,600 5,600 113 111 115 116 Importation and breeding of natural enemies to insect j pests Legal expenses Outbreaks of orchard and garden diseases ... Removal expenses ... 50 20 100 250