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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1943.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Minister of Agriculture. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1943, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Agriculture. Summary.

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1942-43. 1941-42. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote —Agriculture — £ £ £ £ £ (a) Administrative Services. Subdivision I.—Head Office .. .. 38,204 26,900 65,104 71,976 ' 67,970 II.—Live-stock Division .. 128,616 35,515 164,131 169,598 158,466 III.— Horticulture Division .. 24,285 29,365 53,650 54,704 50,260 IV.—Dairy Division .. .. 73,822 28,945 102,767 108,506 102,623 V—Fields Division .. .. 40,802 32,385 73,187 75,556 71,472 VI.—Animal Research Division .. 27,633 37,615 65,248 69,792 63,169 Gross Total 333,362 190,725 524,087 550,132 513,960 Less Credits-in-aid 18,700 118,905 137,605 126,635 148,690 Net Total ... .. ■ .. .. 314,662 71,820 386,482 423,497 365,270 (6) Payments under Statutes. Subdivision VII 102,360 102,360 108,500 103, 131 Less Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 1,000 1,000 750 1,284 Net Total .. .. .. .. .. 101,360 101,360 107,750 101,847 (c) Miscellaneous : Advances, Grants, Subsidies, etc. Subdivision VIII 471,363 471,363 1,562,185 1,435,406 Less Credits-in-aid .. 23,205 23,205 22,310 22,091 Net Total 448,158 448,158 1,539,875 1,413,315 Gross Total (a), (b), (c) .. .. 333,362 764,448 1,097,810 2,220,817 2,052,497 Less Credits-in-aid (a), (b), (c) .. 18,700 143,110 161,810 149,695 172,065 NET TOTAL .. .. .. 314,662 621,338 936,000 2,071,122 1,880,432 Number 1 911 42 oi P( ' rsons - VOTE—AGRICULTURE. 1942 43. ' 1942 43 1941 42 „ , 7 . . . „ , „ , „,„ Voted. Impended. Subdivision No. I. — Head Office. J ♦Salaries-— £ £ £ Administrative Division. £ 1 at £1,300 (Director-General) .. .. 1,300 2 2 1 at £950 (Assistant Director-General) .. .. 950 2,250 2,250 * For particulars of salaries see " Public Service Classification List." 8