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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— continued

(а) £2OO provided on main estimates; £5OO required to meet expenses of officer returning from the United Kingdom via Canada and the United States of America. (б) £720 provided on main estimates. (c) £25 provided on main estimates. £B5O required for purchase of a central store in Christchurch, and £BBO for extensions to buildings in Wellington. (d) £119,788 provided on main estimates. (e) Cost of hire of " New Golden Hind " for conveyance of party on two occasions whilst carrying out geological, botanical, and soil exploration of west coast sounds. {/) £2,080 provided on main estimates. (g) £33,228 provided on main estimates. Amount now provided includes £lB5 for outfit and equipment for officer attached to British whaling expedition, £625 for equipment for light-weight concrete research, £930 for fats research investigations, £450 for bake-room moulding-machine, £350 for equipment for conductivity tests on building-materials, and £7OO for general research. 3*

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For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund —continued £ . £ | ! £ ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT —ctd. i j VOTE—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RE SEARCH —continued ; Subdivision No. I. —Head Office —continued ; i | Other Charges for and incidental to— Expenses of officers travelling overseas (additional) Furniture and fittings, purchase of (additional) Permanent improvements, including buildings, &c. (additional) (a) 500 1 (b) 240 | (c) 1,730 : i Total —Subdivision No. I 2,470 | 2,840 i 1 I Subdivision No. II. —Research Investigations i | i i Salaries — Other Salaries 2 at £350 (part year), (additional) | ! {d) 350 ; l : i i Other Charges for and incidental to — Cost of hire of ship for exploration of west coast sounds Expenses of officers travelling overseas (additional) Instruments, apparatus, equipment, and laboratory stores, purchase of (additional) j (e)3,330 i (/)| (?) 3,240 | 1