B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. to 1932.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. HEAD OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Yeak ended 31st March, 1932. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ d_ To Salaries .. .. .. •• 3 > 257 2 7 By Balance carried down .. .. .. 6,307 10 7 Books, periodical papers, &c. .. • • 54 3 7 Advisory Council, honoraria, travelling allowances and expenses .. • • • • 593 9 3 Building Regulations Committee, expenses of .. 661 9 9 Cartage .. .. •• •• •• i 2 Fuel, light .. •• •• 48 7 10 Liaison officer, London : One-third share of retaining-fee .. .. • • • • 111 National Research Scholarships .. •• 348 2 11 New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 434 1 1 Office accommodation and maintenance .. 13 1 6 Office fittings and requisites .. .. • • ® 11 2 Postage and telegrams, rent of boxes, &c. .. 146 18 3 Printing and stationery .. • • • • 127 6 3 Rent .. ■■ •• •• •• ® Telephone services .. .. • • • • a Travelling allowances and expenses of staff .. 233 7 4 Loss : Journal of Science and Technology lost in transit .. .. •• •• 020 £6,307 10 7 £6,307 10 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down 6,307 10 7 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 6,402 3 5 Interest on capital .. .. • • • • 36 9 4 Provision for depreciation .. .. • • 58 o 6 £6,402 3 5 £6,402 3 5 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 44 per cent, on capital. RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS. Income and Expenditure Account for the Ypar ended 31st March, 1932. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d To Canterbury Agricultural College grant .. 3,532 0 0 By Misce laneous .. .. .. •• 4,306 7 5 Cool-storage research .. .. •• 414 1 Contributions towards researches .. .. 17,149 0 0 Dairy research .. .. •• .. 11,703 9 9 Balance earned down 15,510 6 0 Flax research .. •• •• 671 22 Fruit research .. •• •• •• ? t Fuel research .. • • • • * > * *■ General — £ s. d. Grasslands research .. .. 380 0 0 Miscellaneous investigations .. 750 17 22 2 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux : Contribution .. •• •• .. 1,187 10 0 Leather research .. .. • • .. 1,156 10 9 Rent of premises : Leather .. .. • • 199 Meat industry research .. .. •• I|2 2 Mineral content of pastures research .. .. 2,531 12 » New Zealand Institute: Grant .. .. 750 0 0 Noxious weeds research .. •• •• 1,262 9 7 Pakihi-land research .. •• •• J J Plant research .. .. •• •• ® i Wheat research .. .. •• •• 3,734 19 9 Wool research .. •. • • • • 339 17 10 Losses : Apparatus and equipment broken and lost .. . • • • • • • • 53 11 2 __ £36,964 13 5 £36,964 13 5 £ s d is. d. To Balance brought down 15,510 «6 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 17,095 8 6 Interest on capital .. .. • • • • 682 15 0 Provision for depreciation .. .. • • 902 7 fa £17,095 8 ~6 £17 ' 095 8 6 Note The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation: (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital.

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