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XXI.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Number of Persons. 1921-22. Item. AGRICULT ORE— continued. 1921-22. VOTE No. 40— continued. £ Live-stock Division — continued. 94 95 96 97 94 95 96 Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Poultry Industry : Grants to— Cost of printing report of New Zealand Poultry Conference New Zealand Poultry Association's Egg-laying Competition : Papanui and Southland Preparation of wool specimens for instructional purposes Quarantine Stations, Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton— £ Wages ... ... 1,000 Other expenses ... ... 1,750 10 127 97 100 2,750 1,300 98 99 100 101 102 103 98 99 100 101 102 103 Removal expenses Telephone services (including extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... Temporary assistance Transit expenses of 1 veterinarian from England and 2 veterinarians from Australia Travelling allowances and expenses Veterinary Laboratory: General Working, Land and Buildings, and Investigation of Diseases— £ Wages • ... ... 150 Other expenses ... ... 500 800 5,000 *175 21,000 104 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Live-stock Division items of the vote 650 104 100 *78,099 Horticulture Division— 105 105 Salaries — Professional Division. 2 Class A — £ 1 at £700 (9 months) ... ... 525 1 at £620 ... ... 620 Glass G — 1 at £530 1 1,145 530 Clerical Division. Class V— 1 at £400 Class VI— 1 at £350 Class VII— 1 at £310 ... ... 310 1 at £140 ... ... 140 1 at £130 ... ... 130 1 at £100 ... ... 100 400 1 1 350 680 General Division. 1 at £440 ... ... 440 1 at £435 ... ... 435 2 at £395 ... ... 790 6 at £385 ... ... 2,310 1 at £375 ... ... 375 1 at £370 ... ... 370 1 at £360 ... .. 360 4 at £355 ... ... 1,420 5at£335 ... ... 1,675 2 at £325 .. ... 650 * Includes cost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages.