B—7 [Pt. ll]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1947-48

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— continued

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For Services chargeable on the £ £ £ Consolidated Fund — continued OEDINAEY REVENUE ACCOUNT— ctd. VOTE—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— continued Subdivision No. VIII. — Grants and Miscellaneous Services —ctd. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued Grants to research and allied institutions — ctd. Massey Agricultural College (additional).. (a) 540 New Zealand Woollen Mills Research Association, Inc. (additional) (b) 1,000 Towards cost of expedition to Snares Islands for study of bird, animal, and marine life (c) 500 Instruments, apparatus, equipment, laboratory and workshop stores, purchase of (additional) (d) 250 Permanent improvements, including buildings, roading, fencing, &c. (additional) (e) 250 Printing and stationery (additional) (/)60 Scholarships, including National Research Scholarships, bursaries, and grants towards expenses of scholars and bursars (additional) (9) 100 19,250 Less amount provided on main estimates — grants to research and allied institutions : Canterbury Agricultural College (not now required) (h) 565 18,685 Total — Subdivision No. VIII Subdivision No. X. — Apia Observatory (i) 30,620 Other Charges for and incidental to — Furniture and fittings, purchase of (additional) U) 60 Instruments, apparatus, equipment,, laboratory and workshops stores, purchase of (additional) (Jc) 300 . Maintenance and operating expenses of observatory (additional) {I) 150 Total — Subdivision No. X TOTAL .. 510 47,635