8.—7

198

Appropriations for Consolidated Fvnd Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE -continued.

Number [tora . 1981-32 of Persons. VOTE No. 33.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE J-WOio*. —continued. 1931-32. Subdivision No. V.—Fields Division—continued. £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 106 Extension of instructional work in connection with rural industries, including fostering of boys' and girls' agricultural clubs— £ Boys' and girls' clubs ... ... 600 Instructional work ... ... 550 — 1,150 107 : Ironstone country, Bay of Islands: Experimental work on ... ... ... 50 108 Irrigation in Central Otago : Experimental and investigation work ... ... ... 5 109 New Zealand hemp industry : Grading... ... 40 110 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 400 111 Transfer and removal expenses ... .. 100 112 Travelling -allowances and expenses ... ... 5,650 113 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Fields Division items of the division ... ... 10 19 ,180 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Farm areas ... ... £2,330 Grading hemp ... ... 800 Moumahaki Endowment ... 850 Seed-testing ... ... 600 Weraroa Endowment ... 1,000 - —mc 5,580 Total—Subdivision No. V ... 47,746 Subdivision No. VI. —Miscellaneous Services. Charges for and incidental to — 114 Blackberry, bonus for extermination of (£10,000), on account ... ... ... 5 115 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late W. R. B. Aekins, clerk ... ... ... 151 116 Compensation (under Workers' Compensation Act) to F. D. Usher for permanent injury to finger ... j 109 117 Destruction of rabbits: Rabbit Boards, subsidies to, I in terms of Section 70 of Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928 13,000 Grants— 118 Dargaville Demonstration Farm ... ... 300 119 Dominion Group Herd-testing Federation: Expenses and salary of supervisor ... ... 945 120 Egg-laying competitions at Auckland and Christchurch, contribution to cost of ... ... 200 121 Imperial Bureau of Entomology ... ... 600 122 Institute of Horticulture ... ... ... 100 123 International Seed-testing Association ... 20 124 International Veterinary Bureau, and cost of representation at ... ... ... 100 125 Lincoln College : Extra staff for research work .. 1,800 126 Royal Agricultural Society ... ... 250 127 To widows or dependants equivalent to leave due to officers (deceased) ... ... ... Ill 128 Winton Experimental Farm ... ... 300