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XXI.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Number of Persons. Item. AGRICULTURE— continued. VOTE No. 40— continued. 192 -22. 1921-22. Horticulture Di vision— continued 105 Salaries —continued. 105 General Division— continued. £ 2 at £315 ... ... 630 1 at £310 ... ... 310 6 at £300 (2 at £335, 9 months) ... 1,852 1 at £285 • :.. ... 285 3at£280 ... ... 840 2 at £270 ... ... 540 2 at £265 ... ... 530 1 at £246 ... ... 246 2 at £238 ... ... 476 1 at £235 ... ... 235 1 at £222 ... ... 222 1 at £184 ... ... 184 2 at £140 ... ... 280 1 at £115 ... ... 115 50 15,570 59 Other Charges for and incidental to — Apiary Industry— 106 Establishment of queen-rearing apiary, Tauranga Horticultural Station ... 107 Fostering the bee industry 108 Grant towards cost of printing report of Beekeepers' Conference 109 Subsidy, National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand (£1 for £1) 110 Bicycles, motors, and repairs 111 Experimental seeds and plants for distribution Fruit Industry— 112 Compensation to nurserymen for loss in connection with fire-blight quarantine 113 Control of fireblight disease 114 Co-operative fruit-testing areas 115 Experimental orchard, Papanui 116 Experiments in connection with cool storage of fruit 117 Fostering the fruit industry 118 Fumigation and destruction of imported diseased fruit 119 Grant towards printing report of conference of New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation 120 Guarantee on shipments of fruit 121 Importation and breeding of natural enemies to insect pests 122 Tests with new spraying compounds ... 123 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 ... ... 650 Other expenses ... ... 600 *18,675 106 107 108 130 150 109 20 110 111 100 2,500 25 112 2,108 2,900 120 550 50 200 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 350 120 121 25 50 122 123 25 10 124 Tauranga— Wages ... ... 700 Other expenses ... ... 500 124 1,250 1,200 125 Te Kauwhata— Wages ... ... 2,000 Other expenses ... ... 4,700 125 6,700 * Includos cost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages