215

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH—continued.

Number Item . 1927-28 of Persons. VOTE No. 40. —DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC 11 °' AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH—continued. 1927-28. ■ Subdivision No. II.—Dominion Laboratory—continued. £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 20 Chemicals, apparatus, and repairs to apparatus ... 2,750 21 Expenses in connection with accident in laboratory, October, 1926 ... ... ... 90 22 Fees of officers attending science lectures at Universities ... ... ... 30 23 Freight, cartage, and transport charges ... ... 125 24 Fuel, light, power, and water ... ... 400 25 Laboratory accommodation and maintenance ... 400 26 Office fittings and requisites... ... ... 100 27 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 75 28 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 200 29 Rent (branch laboratory premises, Auckland) ... 300 30 Rent (branch laboratory premises, Dunedin) ... 120 31 Subscriptions to Technical Societies ... ... 30 32 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 80 33 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 500 j 34 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision ... 50 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 fsee end of vote) — Gas-testing ... ... £800 Miscellaneous fees ... ... 100 900 5,670 Total —Subdivision No. II ... 13,817 Subdivision No. III.—Dominion Observatory. 35 Salaries— Professional Division. Glass A— 1 1 at £715 ... ... ... 715 Clerical Division. Glass VII— £ 1 at £235 ... ... 235 2 1 at £155 (2 months), £135 (10 months) 139 374 3 1,089 Other Charges for and incidental to— 36 Astronomical sites, testing of ... ... 100 37 Furniture, fittings, &c. ... ... ... 100 38 General expenses ... ... ... 250 39 Grounds, maintenance of ... ... ... 60 40 Instruments and equipment ... ... 300 41 Local earthquake recorders ... ... .. 100 910 Total —Subdivision No. Ill ... ' 1,999