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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued

(a) Officers travelling frequently, 39. Allowances, £l,Oll ; expenses, £857 ; motor hire, £lB ; motormileage, £456. (b) Unavoidable carry-over of expenditure. It is expected that 150,000 to 200,000 calves will be vaccinated.

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V OTE —AGRICULTURE—continued 1946-47. 1945-46. Subdivision No. VI—Animal Research Division—continued Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to —ctd. Research Station, Wallace ville : replacement of cottage Transfer and removal expenses Travelling allowances and expenses Vaccines and vaccinations: purchase of vaccines and payments for vaccinations, &c. (part recoverable) Visits overseas : Research Officers Contingencies Investigation : facial - eczema workingexpenses incidental to investigations other than at Ruakura and Wallace ville laboratories and at Manutuke £ 1,800 100 2,200 {b) 12,500 .2,000 20 £ 1,650 900 2,200 8,600 2,000 20 50 £ 807 (a) 2,342 3,612 1,191 8 99,892 79,437 72,943 Total—Subdivision No. VI 148,764 132,677 121,331 Subdivision No. VII —Rural Development Division (Number of officers : 1946-47, 24 ; 1945-46, 24) Salaries — Other Salaries 24 (£175 to £1,000) 9,950 8,115 7,051 Other Charges for and incidental to — Agricultural Development Committee: expenses and incidentals to members and co-opted members Farm-management and machinery : expenses and incidentals for research and instruction Grant to Kaikohe Co-operative Farm machinery pool 50 50 300 50 50 300 31 300