8.—7

162

Appropriations for Consolidated. Fund, Services.

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

Number of Officers in each ('lass. Item. 1919-20. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. 1919-20. £ £ VOTE No. 35 — continued. Horticulture Division — continued. Salaries — con tinued. 108 General Division — continued. £ 2 at £172 ... ... 344 2 at £170 ... ... 340 lat £156 ... ... 156 1 at £125 ... ... 125 lat £115 ... ... 115 lat £95 ... ... 95 52 12,340 66 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 15,702 880 Other Charges for and incidental to — Alterations to fruit-evaporators, Motueka Bicycles, motors, and repairs Co-operative fruit-testing areas Establishment of queen-rearing apiary, Tauranga Horticultural Station Experimental orchard, Papanui Experimental seeds and plants for distribution Experiments in connection with cool storage of fruit Extra clerical assistance Fostering the bee industry ... Fostering the fruit industry ... Fumigation and destruction of imported diseaseei fiuit 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 : Rent of Land, General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and Salaries of Learners, Special Instructors, and Domestic Assistants, — Arataki — £ Wages ... ... 700 Other expenses ... ... 800 14,822 109 110 111 112 400 1,500 100 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 200 550 35 125 25 300 500 150 20 121 122 25 300 123 Tauranga— Wages ... ... 400 Other expenses ... ... 800 1,500 124 1,200 1125 Te Kauwhata — Wages ... ... 2,000 Other expenses ... ... 4,000 6,000 120 127 128 129 130 Importation and breeding of natural enemies to insect pests ... ... ... Legal expenses ... ... Removal expenses ... ... .., Spraying demonstrations and apparatus... Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges ... ... ...[ Subsidy National Beekeepers' Association of New [ Zealand (£1 for £1) Subsidy, New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation (£1 for£l) 50 30 300 100 131 50 132 100 14