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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE —continued.

of Persons. Item - VOTE No. 36.—DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE— 1925-26. continued. —————— ——— 1925-26. Subdivision No. II.—Live-stock Division —continued. iD t Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Destruction of Rabbits—continued. Wages and general working-expenses, poisonmixing depots, purchase of material, &c. (recoverable) — 61 | Trading section (recoverable) ... ... 10,000 62 I Non-trading section (recoverable) ... ... 1,000 63 | Destruction of the kea (part recoverable) ... 750 64 j Destruction of wild pigs; also votes Department of Lands and Survey, £350, and State Forest Service, £350 ... ... ... 350 Diseases of Live-stock— 65 ; Applying tuberculin test to cattle and disposing of diseased stock ... ... ... 150 66 Cattle-dips at Mahakatino and Piopio ... 1,000 67 Control of cattle-tick, and provision for caretakers at crossing places ... .. ... 2,150 68 Experiments in connection with bush-sickness and allied troubles ... ... ... 500 69 Inoculation of calves for " black-leg " ... 150 70 Loans to cattle-dipping associations in need of financial assistance ... ... ... 5,000 71 Subsidies to cost of erection of cattle-dips ... 600 72 Experimental Farm, Mamaku : Wages and general working-expenses, buildings, purchase of stock, and provision for visitors ... ... ... 1,250 73 j Inspection of manure-sterilizing (Australia and India) : Labour, travelling, office, and other expenses (part recoverable) ... ... ... 750 74 Inspection of meat ... ... ... 750 75 Law-costs ... ... ... 250 76 Preparation of wool specimens for instructional purposes ... ... ... 50 77 Quarantine - stations, Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton (recoverable) ... ... 1,500 78 Telephone services (including extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... ... 950 79 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 1,500 80 Transit expenses of veterinarians from England and from Australia ... ... ... 500 81 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 18,560 82 Veterinary Laboratory: Wages and general workingexpenses, land and buildings, and investigation of diseases ... ... ... 850 83 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Live-stock Division items of the vote ... ... ... 40 85,550 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of i vote) — Destruction of noxious weeds— £ Department of Lands and Survey 3,700 Native Department ... 2,000 Destruction of rabbits ... 8,750 Destruction of rabbits— Department of Lands and Survey 8,500 Native Department ... 7,500 Farm areas ... ... 1,050 Quarantine-stations ... ... 1,000 Sundry items ... ... 550 33,050 Total —Subdivision No. II ... ... ~— 172,844