181

8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued.

I Number Item j i q 97 no of Persons. VOTE No. 37.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— —.— ! continued. 1927-28. Subdivision No. I. —Head Office —continued. £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Experimental and Instructional Farms : Wages and General Working Expenses, Rent of Land, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and Salaries of Student Assistants, Learners, Special Instructors, and Domestic Assistants (partly recoverable), — 8 Ruakura— £ Wages and other expenses ... 6,750 Educational work ... ... 2,750 9,500 9 Weraroa ... ... ... 5,750 10 Waimaunga (West Coast, S.I.) ... ... 1,000 11 Extension of instructional work in connection with rural industries, including fostering of boys' and girls' agricultural clubs ... ... ... 2,000 12 Freight, cartage, and transport charges... ... 50 13 Fuel, light, water, furniture, office requisites, insurance, cleaning offices, outbuildings, yards, and approaches ... ... ... 1,800 Grants— 14 Dargaville Demonstration Farm ... ... 375 15 Imperial Bureau of Entomology ... ... 400 16 Imperial Bureau of Mycology ... ... 300 17 International Congress of Agriculture, and cost of representation at ... ... ... 17 18 International Institute of Agriculture, and cost of representation at ... ... ... 250 19 International Institute of Refrigeration ... 160 20 International Seed-testing Association ... 20 21 International Veterinary Bureau, and cost of representation at ... ... ... 28 22 Royal Agricultural Society ... ... 1,000 23 Stratford model dairy farm and experimental area 300 University colleges for agricultural instruction— 24 Auckland University College ... ... 525 25 Victoria College ... ... ... 500 26 Waimate West Demonstration Area ... ... 100 27 Winton Experimental Area ... ... 400 28 Laboratory (chemical) ... ... ... 650 29 Law-costs ... ... ... 25 30 Lime production : Subsidy to Farmers' Co-operative Lime Companies ... ... ... 50 31 Postage, telegrams, and rant of boxes ... ... 4,200 32 Preparation and distribution of publications ... 3,000 33 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 3,300 Purchase of— 34 Stud stock, including expenses of importation ... 500 Railways Department— 35 Carriage of lime for bona fide farmers ... 28,000 36 Portion of freight rates on fertilizers ... 58,500 37 Rents of Offices in New Zealand and abroad ... 6,000 Subsidies— 38 Chatham Islands steamer-service (partly recoverable) ... ... ... 500 39 Westport-Karamea steamer-service ... ... 100 40 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 200 41 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 100 42 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 1,700 43 Travelling - expenses : Director-General's visit to Europe and Africa attending Imperial Agricultural Research Conference, &c. ... ... ... 600