193

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued.

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Number r. m 1 QQ1 QO Of Persons. VOTE No. 33.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE —continued. 1931-32. Subdivision No. Ill —Horticulture Division—contd. £ £ 52 Salaries—continued. General Division—continued. £ 3 at £270 ... ... 810 1 at £270 (11 months), £261 (1 month)... 270 1 at £270 (10 months), £261 (2 months) 269 1 at £261 ... ... 261 1 at £261 (3 months), £252 (9 months) ... 255 1 at £252 ... ... 252 3 at £225 ... ... 675 1 at .. ... 185 45: 1 at £1771 ... ... 178 14,137 Non-permanents. 1 at £422 ... ... 422 1 at £216 (4 months) ... ... 72 1 at £135 ... ... 135 4 1 at £82 (9 months), £71 (3 months) ... 80 709 57 Officers on loan from other Departments ... 230 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Services to other Departments, &c. £350 17,900 Less amounts provided for not required ... 110 17,790 Other Charges for and incidental to — 53 Apiary Industry : Purchase of beekeeping requisites, material for experiments, &c. ... ... 10 Bicycles and motors— 54 Purchase of ... ... ... 300 55 Maintenance and running cost of ... ... 600 Fruit Industry— 56 Collection of fire-blight tax (recoverable) ... 10 57 Collection of orchard-tax (recoverable) ... 75 58 Cool-storage and horticultural experiments ... 85 59 Control of fireblight disease ... ... 85 60 Cutting out of abandoned orchards ... ... 10 61 Fumigation and destruction of diseased fruit (recoverable) ... ... ... 70 62 Orchard requisites, &c. ... ... ... 30 63 Horticultural Station, Te Kauwhata—• Wages and general working-expenses, buildings, purchase of stock, and provision for visitors (recoverable) ... .. ... 3,250 64 Law-costs ... ... ... 20 65 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 175 66 Tobacco Industry : Material and apparatus for experiments ... ... ... 45 67 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 100 68 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 3,900 69 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Horticulture Division items of the division ... ... ... 20 8,785 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Collection of fire-blight tax ... £10 Collection of orchard-tax ... 75 Farm areas ... ... 5,000 Fumigation and destruction of fruit 75 5,160 i Total—Subdivision No. Ill ... ... 26,575