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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued.

(a) Supplies not to hand from overseas. (b) The incidence of certain live-stock purchases has been varied. (c) Services' vegetable-production has resulted in some diversion of wages costs. (d) A lag in overseas purchases,and in general availability of chemical-supplies has lowered this item. (e) Approximately 22 officers travelling. Allowances, £520; expenses, £570; motor hire, £80; motor milegage, £398.

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Number VOTE—AGRICULTURE—continued. 1943 44. 1942-43. 1943 441942 43 Subdivision No. VI. —Animal Research Division—continued. Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycles and motors— £ £ £ Maintenance and running costs of, and State Fire accidentindemnification costs .. .. .. .. 185 185 117 Purchase of .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 Chemical Laboratory : General working-expenses, including expenses of requirements incidental to facial-eczema laboratory work .. .. .. .. .. 3,100 3,075 . (a) 2,007 Investigations—■ Animal health, including sheep mortality in Canterbury and at Kirwee Experimental Farm; also general diseases of stock, including purchase of stock, materials, sundries, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 3,875 3,030 {b) 2,437 Facial-eczema working-expenses incidental to investigations other than at Ruakura and at Wellington and Wallaceville laboratories .. .. .. .. 450 590 476 Mamaku Experimental Farm : Wages and general workingexpenses, purchase of stock, buildings, and requirements incidental to cobalt experiments (part recoverable) .. 600 600 462 Research Station, Ruakura : All farm and general workingexpenses, &c., including facial-eczema requirements and allowances and expenses of Advisory Committee .. 17,440 18,150 (c) 16,407 Research Station, Wallaceville : All farm and laboratory general working-expenses, &c., including facial-eczema and mastitis requirements .. .. .. .. 8,030 10,380 Id) 8,494 Telephone services (including extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls).. .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 79 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 100 100 . 43 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 1,400 1,285 (e) 1,568 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Animal Research Division items of the division) 20 20 Research : Transport and travelling expenses and allow- j ances for liaison representatives of Dairy Board, and of members of Milking-machine Committee .... .. 50 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Stations and farms .. .. .. 12,850 35,350 37,615 32,090 Total—Subdivision No. VI .. .. 65,343 65,248 61,573 Subdivision No. VII. —Payments under Statutes. Charges for and incidental to — Expenditure, including compensation for stock condemned under Stock Act, 1908 (part recoverable) .. .. 12,000 11,000 11,566 Expenditure, including compensation under Meat Act, 1939 21,000 21,000 %2^Ml. Grant to New Zealand School of Agriculture .. .. 33,000 33,000 33MW Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, Section 70: Subsidies to Rabbit Boards .. .. .. .. .. 38,500 36,500 Remounts Encouragement Act, 1914, Section 2 : Subsidies to owners of stallions .. .. .. .. .. 860 856 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of,the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Stock Act .. .. .. .. 1,250 * ! Total—Subdivision No. VII .. .. 104,500J 102,360 105,283