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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued.

(a) Rapid changes in butter and cheese requirements for war purposes entailed increase in the availability of telephones which was not adjusted last year, but which has been provided for in 1943-44. (b) Approximately 115 officers travelling. Allowances, £3,000; expenses, £2,900; motor hire, £150; motor mileage, £10,145.

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Number 0fPereon3 ' V OTE—AGRICULTURE—continued. 1943-44. 1942-43. 2 Subdivision No. IV.—Dairy Division —continued. Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. £ £ £ Cost of passages and expenses to and from London, Inspectors of Dairy-produce .. .. .. .. 10 500 Dairy-factory Managers Registration Board, expenses of .. 150 200 63 Dairy requisites and produce for experiments (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 9 Dairy Laboratory: Equipment, casual labour, &c. .. 500 500 314 Exchange on salaries and allowances payable abroad .. 549 Grading of dairy-produce: Material and apparatus, rent, office requisites, stationery, postage, telephones, &c. (recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 2,250 2,250 2,032 Grant from North Island Experimental Dairy School Endowment Fund to Massey Agricultural College for benefit of Dairy Research Institute (recoverable) .. 750 750 750 Law-costs .. .. .. .. ., .. 25 25 18 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. (a) 1,250 1,150 (a) 996 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 250 750 114 Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) .. 17,500 18,500 (b) 16,195 Travelling-allowance, &c., special Committee for licensing factories .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Dairy Division items of the division .. .. 20 20 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Certificate-of-record testing and official herd- £ testing .. .. .. .. 4,000 Dairy-produce grading .. .. .. 28,000 North Island Dairy School Endowment .. 750 Travelling-expenses .. .. 9,250 42,000 26,893 28,945 22,549 Total —Subdivision No. IV .. .. 102,299 102,767 97,845 Subdivision No. V.—Fields Division. Salaries— Professional Division. 1 1 | 1 (£825), (Director) .. .. .. .. 825 800 I ' Other Salaries. 119 107 | 119 (£65 to £715) .. .. .. .. .. 39,768 37,711 (_ dn qqo Cadets'lodging-allowances .. .. .. .. 106 110 f ' Allowances for performing special or higher duties under — j Public Service Regulations Nos. 24a and 209 .. .. 175 75 120 108 : Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. .. 2,070 2,106 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Sundry services, &c. .. .. .. 100 42,944 40,802 40,992 Other Charges for and incidental to — Agricultural investigations and research — Barley-grading, expenses connected with .. .. 50 100 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Phormium research .. .. .. .. 10 25