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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1947-48

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH—continued REMARKS (а) £16,888 provided on main estimates ; provision now made for cost of workers' accommodation at Tobacco Research Station. (б) £4,900 provided on main estimates; provision now made for printing the " Wheat Review, 1947." On Main 0n Su PP le " (c) Amount of £7,915 is made up as follows : Estimates. Estimates. £ £ £ Atomic Physics .. .. .. .. 4,000 3,330 7,330 Building Research .. .. .. .. 4,668 975 5,643 Food Investigations .. .. .. 8,900 1,890 10,790 Leather Research Association .. .. 1,570 Cr. 300 1,270 Plant Research Bureau .. .. .. 97,001 280 97,281 Research General .. .. .. 4,005 700 4,705 Tobacco Research Association .. .. 4,335 380 4,715 Wheat Research Institute .. .. .. 12,590 660 13,250 £137,069 £7,915 £144,984 (d) £14,000 provided on main estimates. (e) £3,880 provided on main estimates. Provision now made for additional geophysical equipment. (/) £3,900 provided on main estimates. Additional trucks are required for geophysical Work. (g) £1,700 provided on main estimates. Further provision made for publishing results of Geological Surveys, as these are of immediate economic importance. (A) £750 provided on main estimates. A new calculating-machine is now required.

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