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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. HEAD OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 2,833 3 4 j By Balance carried down .. .. .. 11,048 12 9 Books, periodicals, &c. .. .. .. 61 18 3 ! • Advisory Council allowances and expenses .. 648 3 2 Apia Observatory—Expenses of upkeep .. 2,373 16 6 Expenses, Building Regulations Committee .. 194 2 1 Expenses of remitting grant of £2,500 to Mawson Antarctic Expedition .. .. .. 6 7 0 Freight, cartage, &c. .. .. .. 1 11 6 Grant to Mawson Antarctic Expedition .. 2,500 0 0 Grant to officer visiting Imperial Conference and United States of America .. .. 475 0 0 Liaison officer, London—one-third of retaining fee 166 13 4 Loss on interdepartmental transfer of office furnishings .. .. .. .. 16 7 8 New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 380 5 4 Office fittings and requisites.. .. .. 7 2 8; Postage, telegrams, rent of box, &c. .. .. 134 11 9 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 164 15 11 Removal and incidental expenses .. .. 33 010 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 181 0 0 Research scholarships .. .. .. 660 11 2 Telephone services .. .. 42 4 5 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 167 17 10 £11,048 12 9 £11,048 12 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 11,048 12 9 By Excess of expenditure over income .. ~11,13117 7 Interest on capital .. .. .. 311610 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 51 8 0 £11,131 17 7 £11,131 17 7 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4J per cent, on capital. RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Canterbury Agricultural College grant .. 3,700 0 0 By Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 5,999 3 4 Cool-storage research .. .. .. 154 0 5 Contributions towards researches .. .. 19,285 11 !) Dairy research .. .. .. .. 10,608 3 0 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 16 163 12 5 Flax research .. .. .. .. 1,030 6 9 Food-values research .. .. .. 236 0 7 Forest entomology and mycology .. .. 1,106 910 Fruit research .. .. .. .. 1,674 3 7 Fuelresearoh .. .. .. .. 1,586 10 7 General .. .. .. .. .. 990 3 5 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux .. 1,250 0 0 Leather research .. .. .. 1,248 1 8 Rent of premises—Leather .. .. .. 32 0 0 Meat industry .. .. .. .. 9 12 5 Mineral content of pastures research .. .. 3,996 18 1 Rent of premises—Mineral content of pastures.. 16 0 0 New Zealand Institute grants .. 2,007 2 0 Noxious-weeds research .. .. 1,509 5 8 Pakihi-land research .. .. .. 200 0 0 Pig, bacon, and pork industry .. .. 221 17 5 Plant research .. .. .. .. 5,276 15 0 Radio research .. .. .. .. 6 14 7 Wheat research .. .. .. .. 4,042 110 Wool research .. .. .. .. 546 0 8 £41,448 7 6 £41,448 7 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward .. .. .. 16,163 12 5 By Excess of expenditure over income .. ~ 17,109 6 8 Interest on capital .. .. .. 377 2 7 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 568 11 8 £17,109 6 8 £17,109 6 8 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4J per cent, on capital.

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