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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

£ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 273,758 2 5 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,941 10 1 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. .. •• 4,513 11 11 £284,213 4 5 £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. •• -• •• •• 282,561 19 3 Losses from special accounts— £ s. d. Experimental farms and areas, and quarantine stations.. .. 7,41818 3 Ruakura Farm of Instruction .. .. .. .. 6,91955 Central Development Farm, Weraro a .. •• 9,461 1 2 Rabbit-destruction poisons and poison-mixing depots .. 456 16 0 24,256 0 10 £306,818 0 1

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Particulars. Head Office. Live-stock Division. : Horticulture Division. ' Dairy Division. J Fields Division. j Total. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Personal services and locomotion .. .. .. .. .. 26,782 12 1 100,502 2 11 20,167 7 3 44,710 13 1 23,539 19 7 215,702 14 11 General establishment .. .. .. •• •• •• 17,257 19 1 1,220 4 2 200 17 10 j 243 7 10 165 10 9 19,087 19 8 Investigations and works for improvement of agricultural knowledge .. 5,860 11 10 207 2 6 .. 812 17 11 2,121 1 4 9,001 13 7 Control and destruction of diseases and pests.. .. .. .. .. 20,783 15 2 .. .. 717 19 11 21,501 15 1 Grading, testing, and laboratory services to improve agricultural knowledge 163 12 5 1,144 9 6 .. .. .. 1,308 1 11 and the standard of agricultural exports Chatham Island steamer service .. .. . • .. • - 184 7 6 .. .. j .. .. 184 7 6 Carriage of lime .. .. .. .. •• .. •• 29,911 0 7 .. .. .. .. 29,911 0 7 Transit of Veterinarians from abroad .. . • .. . • . - 348 8 2 I .. .. 348 8 2 Guarantee on shipments of fruit .. .. .. •• •• .. .. 3,423 11 0 .. .. 3,423 11 0 Visit of Argentine horticulturists .. .. • • .. . . .. .. 219 12 .. .. 219 1 2 Agricultural education inquiry .. .. .. . . .. 406 18 I .. .. .. .. 406 1 Poverty Bay Meat-works inquiry .. .. . .. .. 3,679 0 9 j .. .. .. 3,679 0 9 Woolston Tanneries inquiry .. .. .. •. .. 414 0 8 .. .. .. .. 414 0 8 Compensation under Stock Act .. .. .. . . .. .. j 14,821 4 6 .. .. .. 14,821 4 6 Compensation under Slaughtering and Inspection Act .. ,. .. .. 13,636- 2 0 .. .. .. 13,636 2 0 84,660 3 0 152,663 8 11 24,010 17 3 45,706 18 10 26,544- 11 7 333,645 19 7