B —7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH—continued

(а) Provision made in 1945-46 for six months' operations only. (б) Includes £3,500 commitments outstanding from 1945-46. (c) Provision made for purchase of a light car. (d) Only a portion of the cost of installation of the Branch came to charge in 1945-46. (e) Rent of new premises did not come to charge in 1945-46. (/) Number of officers, 8. Motor hire, £10; mileage-allowance, £2O; travelling-allowances, £107; travelling expenses, £43.

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VOTE—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL 1946-47. 1945-46. R E SEARCH —continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. IX—Auckland Industrial Development Laboratories £ £ £ (Number of officers : 1946-47,23; 1945-46,24) \ SalariesOther Salaries 23 (£125 to £1,000) (a) 8,773 3,800 4,727 Other Charges for and incidental to — Furniture and fittings, purchase of Instruments, apparatus, equipment, laboratory and workshop stores, purchase of Maintenance and operating expenses of laboratories, workshops, &c., including rent of machines Motor-vehicles : purchase, repairs, and run-ning-expenses Office expenses Overtime and meal allowances Payments to Post and Telegraph Department Printing and stationery Printing of bulletins and maps Removal and installation expenses Rent and rates Travelling allowances and expenses Wages .. .. Contingencies .. .. .. ' (Recoveries, £8,000) 500 (b) 8,550 350 (c) 560 465 80 187 140 10 (d) 750 810 300 1,063 10 500 • 5,515 450 350 496 400 145 200 1,200 250 250 700 10 597 3,783 27 67 244 26 65 71 1,053 (e)7 (/) 180 1,937 13,775 10,466 8,057 Total —Subdivision No. IX (a) 22,548 14,266 12,784