8.—7

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH—continued.

Number ! of Item V0TE No 27.—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL 1936-37. ° ' i RESEARCH —continued. 1936-37. Subdivision No. II. —Research Investigations—continued. £ £ 19 Flax — Elax selection, breeding, cultivation, chemical, £ and mechanical investigation .. .. 2,750 Grants .. . . .. . . • ■ 50 (Recoverable, £600.) 2,800 20 Food investigations (including storage and transport) . . 1,250 21 Forest products : Chemical investigations, &c. .. .. 200 22 Fruit — Salaries — Non-permanents. £ 1 at £370 (9 months), £339 (3 months) .. 362 1 at £320 (9 months), £293 (3 months) .. 313 2 at £295 (9 months), £270 (3 months) . . 577 5 1 at £250 (9 months), £241 (3 months) .. 247 1,499 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of orchard and buildings for fruit research .. . . .. . . 2,606 Miscellaneous .. .. . . . . 500 (Recoverable, £2,027.) 3,106 4,605 23 Geophysical Prospecting— Salaries — Clerical Division. Class VII — 1 1 at £250 (7 months), £230 (2 months), £222 £ (3 months) .. .. .. .. 239 Other Charges for and incidental to — Equipment and running-expenses— (а) General . . . . ... . . 3,484 (б) Special areas. . .. . . . . 544 (Recoverable, £600.) 4,028 4,267 24 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux — Charges for and incidental to — Contribution towards participation in the Im- £ perial Agricultural Bureaux scheme .. 1,250 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux (Headquarters) .. .. .. .. 144 Inter-Imperial Research —■ Cambridge Low Temperature Research Station 3,000 Farnham House .. .. . . 750 Torridon .. .. .. .. 300 Mycology .. . . .. . . 300 Entomology .. . . . . . . 400 (Recoverable, £1,450.) 6,144