8.—7.

186

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued.

of N p™. It#m - 1927-28. VOTE No. 37—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— 1927-28. continued. £ £ Subdivision No. III. —Horticulture Division—contd. 85 Salaries—continued. General Division—continued. £ 6 at £300 ... ... 1,800 1 at £295 .. ... 295 3 at £270 ... ... 810 1 at £197 ... ... 197 38 1 at £195 ... ... 195 13,054 N ON-PERMANENTS. 1 at £372 ... ... 372 1 at £320 ... ... 320 1 at £300 ... ... 300 1 at £295 ... ... 295 6 1 at £211 ... ... 211 1 at £150 ... ... 150 52 Others not specified ... ... 440 2,088 18,057 Other Charges for and incidental to —• Apiary Industry— 86 Purchase of beekeeping requisites, material for experiments, &c. ... ... ... 75 87 Subsidy : National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 75 Bicycles and motors — 88 Purchase of ... ... ... 300 89 Maintenance of ... ... ... 600 Fruit Industry — 90 Collection of orchard tax (recoverable) ... 150 91 Control of fireblight disease ... ... 250 92 Co-operative fruit-testing areas ... ... 40 93 Cutting out of abandoned orchards ... ... 30 94 Fumigation and destruction of diseased fruit (recoverable) ... ... ... 100 95 Guarantee on fruit exported ... ... 425 96 Grant: Institute of Horticulture ... ... j 100 97 Orchard requisites, fruit for experiments, &c. ... 150 Horticultural Station, Te Kauwhata— 98 Rent of land, wages and general working expenses, buildings, purchase of stock, and provision for visitors (recoverable) ... .. ... 5,000 99 Law-costs ... ... ... 10 100 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... 200 Tobacco Industry— 101 Guarantee on tobacco exported ... .. 500 102 Material and apparatus for experiments ... 50 103 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 200 104 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 5,750 105 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Horticulture Division items of the vote ... ... ... ... 25 14,030 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Collection of orchard-tax ... £150 Farm areas ... ... 7,000 Fumigation and destruction of fruit 200 7,350 Total —Subdivision No. Ill ... ... I [ 32,087