B—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH —continued

REMARKS

(а) Subdivision No. II includes the following research investigations : 1946-47 1945-46 Estimated. Estimated Voted. Expended. Recoveries. Recoveries. £ £ £ £ £ Animal Research .. .. .. 688 .. 653 663 Atomic Physics .. .. .. 9,000 Building Research .. .. .. 7,988 .. 9,504 6,636 4 Casein Research .. .. .. .. .. 296 294 Ceramics and Potteries Research 1,000 * .. Association Coal Survey .. .. .. * * 15,859 9,313 17 Dairy Research Institute .. .. 39,053 28,206 33,347 32,880 22,938 Food Investigations (Fats Research 5,242 .. 3,784 2,405 15 Laboratory) Fruit Research (including Gas Storage) 18,813 2,587 16,464 10,297 3,094 Geophysical Survey .. .. t f 5,342 3,813 1,766 Industrial Psychology Division .. 3,172 500 % | Leather Research Association .. 2,232 1,126 1,819 1,902 1,101 Manufacturers' Research Committee 5,780 .. 3,030 1,404 Mineral Deficiencies Research .. 560 .. 548 542 Plant Chemistry Laboratory .. .. 18,076 .. 7,460 10,572 60 Plant Research Bureau .. .. 94,028 5,580 72,762 68,632 7,483 Plastics Research .. .. .. § § 1,626 750 Radio Research .. .. .. 3,669 .. 5 Research General ' .. .. 2,500 250 2,400 1,757 2,185 Soil Bureau .. .. .. 31,879 1,000 21,969 24,165 177 Tobacco Research Association .. 3,804 2,627 \ 3,579 3,197 2,785 Wheat Research Institute .. .. 10,850 5,400 '9,350 8,691 7,515 £258,334 £47,276 £209,797 £187,913 £49,140 * Included in Subdivisions 111 and V. t Included in Subdivision V. t Included in Subdivision VIII. § Included in Subdivisions 111 and VII. (б) Provision now made under this subdivision for laboratory expenses of the Coal Survey (£3,000), previously provided for under Subdivision 11. (c) Expenditure did not come to charge in 1945-46. (d) Provision made for furnishing additional temporary accommodation being provided. (e) Equipment required for important projects being undertaken—e.g., paint research, £3,000; fruit-juice investigations, £2,300; tests on building materials, £1,000; fuel technology, £950. (/) Some long-outstanding overseas orders came to charge in 1945-46. (g) Underestimated. The cost of upkeep of the present unsuitable premises is very high. (h) Provision for purchase and running costs of a motor-vehicle for the Wellington Laboratory. (i) Cost of accommodation, which was not available in 1945-46. (j) Number of officers, 35. Motor hire, £2O; mileage-allowances, £10; travelling-allowances, £375; travelling-expenses, £674.

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