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Appropriations for Consolidated, Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued.

Number if Persons. Item. VOTE No. 38.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued. 192 -25. 924-25. £ £ Subdivision No. IV. — Dairy Division —continued. 102 Salaries— continued. General Division. £ 1 at £729 (in London) ... ... 729 14 at £495 ... ... 6,930 1 at £480 ... ... 480 3 at £470 ... ... 1,410 6 at £460 ... ... 2,760 1 at £440 ... ... 440 6 at £430 ... ... 2,580 5 at £370 ... ... 1,850 7 at £320 ... ... 2,240 9 at £295 ... . ... 2,655 1 at £175 ... ... 175 54 22,249 72 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Recoveries from dairy-factory com- £ panies, &c. ... ... 1,300 27,449 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycles, motors, and repairs Cow-testing Associations (recoverable) ... Dairy Research Laboratory : Equipment, <fcc. Grading of dairy-produce— Wages and other expenses (recoverable) Law-costs Loan to assist in starting dairying at the Chatham Islands Payment of fees for semi-official testing of purebred dairy cows in Nelson District (recoverable) Purchase of dairy requisites and produce for experiments (recoverable) Semi-official testing of pure-bred dairy cows (recoverable) Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... Temporary assistance (part recoverable) Transfer and removal expenses Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Dairy Division items of the vote ... 3,500 400 1,500 500 50 800 120 110 300 111 112 500 113 114 115 116 50 10,058 250 10,000 i i Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Cow-testing ... ... £1,750 Dairy instruction, &c. ... 3,500 Dairy-produce grading .. 13,000 Semi-official testing ... ... 6,000 15 28,043 5f 5,492 24,250 Total -Subdivision No. IV 55, ii