B—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH —continued

(a) The Apia Observatory, which has during the war been controlled and financed by the Air Department, has now reverted to this Department's control. (b) Now included in Public Accounts as " Departmental Receipts." Anticipated receipts for 1946-47, £158,063. 1945-46. Estimated. Recovered. (c) Credits-in-aid, 1945-46 £ £ Subdivision I .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,102 570 Subdivision II .. .. .. .. .. .. 49,203 49,140 Subdivision 111 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,920 2,506 Subdivision IV .. .. .. .. .. .. 399 187 Subdivision V .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 64 Subdivision VI .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Subdivision VII .. .. .. .. ..50,091 27,733 Subdivision VIII .. .. .. .. ..1,062 920 Subdivision IX .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,500 3,733 £110,297 £84,856

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VOTE—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH —continued 1946-47. 1945-46. Subdivision No. X—Apia Observatory {a) (Number of officers: 1946-47,12; 1945-46,0) Voted. Expended. £ £ £ SalariesOther Salaries 12 (£36 to £1,000) .. .. v . Location allowances 2,326 300 1 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 observatory Motor - vehicles : purchase, repairs and running-expenses Office expenses Payments to Post and Telegraph Department Printing and stationery Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies (Recoveries, £956) 2,626 50 710 305 150 110 60 15 200 4 1,604 I Total —Subdivision No. X (a) 4,230 (a) (a) Gross Total 664,760 456,240 416,131 Credits-in-aid (b) (c) 110,297 (c) 84,856 NET TOTAL 664,760 345,943 331,275