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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued.

Number if Persons. Item. 1924-25. .924-25. VOTE No. 38—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREcontinued. Subdivision No. V. — Fields Division. 1117 Salaries— Professional Division. 6 Class A — 1 at £715 (Director) Class C— £ 1 at £490 ... ... 490 1 at £475 ... ... 475 4 at £470 ... ... 1,880 Class D — 3 at £400 ... ... 1,200 1 at £380 ... ... 380 2 at £355 ... ... 710 1 at £335 ... ... 335 1 at £330 ... ... 330 Glass E — 5 at £320 Class F— 1 at £210 2,845 7.15 8 5 2,955 1,600 1 210 Clerical Division. 1 Class V— 1 at £355 Class VII— 1 at £295 ... ... 295 lat£91 ... ... 91 355 2 386 General Division. 1 at £485 ... ... 485 1 at £460 ... 460 2 at £375 ... ... 750 2 at £370 ... ... 740 1 at £335 ... ... 335 1 at £295 ... ... 295 1 at £235 .. ... 235 1 at £145 ... ... 145 10 3,445 34 Other Charges for and incidental to — Agricultural instruction generally .... Agricultural investigation — Blackberry Injurious insects Co-operative field experiments Bicycles, motors, and repairs Biological Laboratory and Seed-testing Station Experiments and investigations into methods of arresting deterioration of North Island grass areas which are reverting to native-plant growth Experimental areas— Albany Ashburton Galloway Gore Marton (part recoverable) Puwera Winton Experimental seeds and plants for distribution Flesh-collapse in apples 12,511 118 2,500 119 120 121 122 123 124 300 200 1,000 300 800 1,000 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 100 1,100 1,200 400 500 1,000 600 50 200