B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued

(a) Officers travelling, 136. Allowances, £4,797; expenses, £2,231 ; motor hire, £109; motormileage, £14,499. (b) Medical examinations of three milk-testers. (c) Both seed certification and contract growing of seed activities are steadily increasing. (d) Experimental work was curtailed during the war period. (e) Recent overseas investigations have emphasized that comprehensive experimental and research projects are vital factors in irrigation farming, and provision has been made accordingly. 6

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V OTE —AGRICULTURE —continued 1946-47. 1945-46. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. IV —Dairy Division—continued £ X? £ (a) 21,636 " (b) 3 Other Charges for and incidental to —ctd. Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) Travelling allowance, &c., special Committee licensing factories Contingencies X 24,000 50 20 X 19,000 50 20 57,415 32,255 33,658 Total —Subdivision No, IV 155,515 122,137 126,200 Subdivision No. V —Fields Division (Number of officers : 1946-47, 190 ; 1945-46, 173) Salaries — Other Salaries 190 (£95 to £1„000) 79,000 69,550 68,273 Other Charges for and incidental to — Agricultural investigations and research — Barley grading, expenses connected with .. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: phormium research Expenses of officer travelling overseas to study irrigation practices mainly Field crops (including contract growing, seed certification, &c.), (recoverable) .. Field experiments Irrigation Research and Experimental Station, Canterbury: equipment, livestock, and general working-expenses .. 75 20 70 15,000 (d) 5,600 (e) 35,000 75 20 700 11,500 1,950 96 2 1,013 (c) 12,136 1,634