13.—7 [PT. ll]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1944-45

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE —continued

(a) An agricultural development committee requires considerable data, and much of the necessary information will arise from activities in the realm of rural development and economics. lb) Return of some officers from military service, Veterinarians from overseas, and certain increases to stall. lc) £50 provided on main estimates. Cars for research workers—particularly at present in respect to facial eczema. Id) £24 500 provided in main estimates. This station has great potentialities. The wages required were underestimated and £4 500 further provision is necessary ; an extensive programme in connection with artificial insemination of stock requires additional apparatus, &c., expected to cost £500 ; movement of laboratory equipment from other locations is estimated to cost £1,000. (e) £200 provided on main estimates. Officers arc being moved to Ruakura to facilitate research activities particularly in laboratory aspeots of the work. . . ( f) The intention is that, up to the amount provided, the Government will share, on a pound-for-pound basis, in the establishment costs of a piggery. The piggery will be run on a co-operative basis and on lines designed to demonstrate the potentialities of propef utilization of cheese-factory by-products for pig-production. t->- i ■ (a) £8 600 provided on main estimates. The National Pig Council recommended an increased grant to each 01 its nine District 'Councils to meet expanding activities. Full recovery to vote " Agriculture " is obtained from a deposit account wherein funds drawn from the industry annually are temporarily accumulated. Ih) The Professor, inter alia, was able to give valuable advice regarding the proposal to establish a Veterinary bchool in the Dominion. ~ ~ . , ~ , , • j_, ,• , 4. c (i) £250 provided 011 main estimates. The kea menace is causing considerable anxiety—particularly in the high country ot the South Island. The intention is to double the present 2s. 6d. per beak subsidy.

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Number p or Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund — £ £ £ of Persons. continued 1944-451943-44 ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT— continued VOTE—AGRICULTURE—con&'wwed Subdivision No. V.—Fields Division—continued Other Charges for and incidental to — Equipment and expenses incidental to rural development ( \ K C\(\ and economics .. .. • ■ • • • • W <)UU Total—Subdivision No. V .. .. .. — 3,620 Subdivision No. VI. — Animal Research Division Salaries — Other Salaries 5 .. 5 (£380 to £615) ••■■ MU Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. • • * 169 Other Charges for and incidental to — (b) 2,083 Bicycles and motors, purchase of (additional) . . . . (c) 500 Research Station, Ruakura : All farm and general working expenses, &c, including facial-eczema requirements and allowances and expenses of Advisory Committee (additional) 0)6,000 Transfer and removal expenses (additional) .. .. (e) 700 7,200 48 .. Total — Subdivision No. VI .. ■■ •• - 9,283 Subdivision No. VIII.— Miscellaneous Services: Advances, I Grants, Guarantees, Subsidies, &c. i Charges for and incidental to — Advance for co-operative piggery establishment . . .. (/) 6,000 Assistance to pig industry (recoverable), (additional) .. (g) 1,400 Grant: Visit of Professor J. Clunies Ross, of University of Sydney (part recoverable) .. .. .. • • (h) 100 Subsidy : Destruction of kea (additional) .. .. (i) 500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Assistance to pig industry .. .. 1,400 Visit of Professor J. Clunies Ross . . 50 1,450 Total—Subdivision No. VIII, .. .. •• 8.000 Gross Total .. .. .. •• •• 39,251 Credits-in-aid .. .. •• •• •• 2,700 NET TOTAL 36,551