8.—7.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE —continued.

(a) Credits-in-aid : — Other Salaries. Charges. 1927-28. £ £ £ Subdivision I .. 500 16,725 17,225 II 1.500 26,175 27,675 111 .. .. 7,350 7,350 IY 6,500 23,400 20,900 V .. .. 5,875 5,875 Totals .. 8,500 79,525 88,025

I Number item. 1Q97 9« of Persons. VOTE No. 37.—DEPARTMENT OF AGEICQLTUEE— continued. 1927-28. Subdivision No. V.—Fields Division—continued. | £ , £ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 130 Biological Laboratory and Seed-testing Station ... 1,000 131 Entomological investigations : Apparatus and appliances ... ... ... 150 132 Experiments and investigations into methods of arresting deterioration of North Island grass areas j which are reverting to native-plant growth ... 1,800 Experimental areas— '133 Ashburton ... ... ... | 1,000 134 Galloway ... ... ... 1,000 135 Gore ... ... ... 400 J136 Marton (part recoverable) ... ... 600 137 Puwera ... ... ... 1,000 1 138 Experimental seeds and plants for distribution ... 10 139 Elesh-collapse in apples ... ... ... 25 140 Irrigation in Central Otago : Experimental and investigation work ... ... ... 150 141 New Zealand hemp industry : Grading New Zealand hemp ... ... ... 100 142 Plant-breeding ... ... ... 10 |143 Storage of agricultural seeds... ... ... 50 144 Telephone services (including installations, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 250 145 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 200 146 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 8,000 1147 Treatment of field-crop diseases ... ... 150 148 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Fields Division items of the vote ... 15 18,610 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — 1 Entomological investigations— £ State Forest Department ... 375 Farm areas ... ... 3,500 Grading hemp ... ... 1,500 * Seed-testing ... ... 500 5,875 Total—Subdivision No. V ... 43,410 GROSS Total ... ... ... -—— 474,880 Credits-in-aid (a)... ... ... ... 88,025 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 37 ... ! 386,855 I