8.-7

156

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund, Services.

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

Number of ifficers in each Class. Item. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. 191 i-20. 1919-20. £ £ VOTE No. 35—continued. Head Office— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Experimental and Instructional Farms : General Working, Rent of Land, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and Salaries of Student Assistants, Learners, Special Instructors, and Domestic Assistants, — Moumahaki— £ Wages ... ... 1,500 Other expenses ... ... 3,300 21 22 Ruakura— Wages ... 4,500 Other expenses ... ... 6,000 4,800 10,500 2;; Weraroa— Wages ... ... 3,000 Other expenses ... ... 4,800 7,800 24 Ashburton— Wages ... ... 300 Other expenses ... ... 800 1,100 25 West Coast, South Island — Wages ... ... 500 Other expenses ... ... 1,500 2,000 26 Experimental Areas : Central Otago— Wages ... ... 100 Other expenses ... ... 300 27 North Auckland Gum Lands— Wages ... ... 500 Other expenses ... ... 1,000 400 1,500 28 Winton— Wages ... ... 150 Other expenses ... ... 350 500 29 Experiments in Regrassing Denuded Lands— Wages ... ... 200 Other expenses ... ... 300 500 100 150 30 31 32 38 34 35 36 37 38 Experiments in the control of drifting sand Experiments in utilization of pumice lands Experiments on Pakihi and Bush Terrace lands, Westland Experimental seeds and plants for distribution Extra clerical assistance Freight and carriage not otherwise provided for Grading grain Grading New Zealand hemp Grant (balance of £9,000) towards establishment of farm in Wairarapa for demonstration and educational purposes and for training discharged soldiers Grant towards expenses Canterbury Seedgrowers' Association Grant to I. Hopkins for work in connection with the establishment of the apiary industry in New Zealand Growing wheat on land at Poukawa, lent by Mr. H. M. Campbell 150 25 50 50 75 50 7,500 39 100 40 150 41 200