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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES,, 1948-49

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— continued

(a) £lOO provided on main estimates. Provision now inade for grant of f 140 to reimburse association for expenses incurred in connection with purchase of estate at Havelock North for Department. (&) Grant to subsidize £1 for £1 Wool Board Fellowship grant. (c) Grant to Institute, which will supply Department with information in relation to auroral and other geophysical data in the Antarctic polar region. (d) Additional provision required for defence service research and for lonosphere Section. Amounts provided on main estimates, £11,393 and £690 respectively. (e) Amount of £16,772 provided is made up as on Main 0n Su PP le " „ , follows: Estimatea. jgSSS. Grants .. .. .. .. 68,347 12,552 80,899 Defence science research .. .. .. 6,000 6,000 lonosphere ... .. .. .. 6,150 300 6,450 74,497 18,852 93,349 Less saving on exchange adjustment .. 2,080 2,080 £74,497 £16,772 £91,269 Expenditure on defence science research, £6,000, plus £5,225 included in grants recoverable from Service Departments.

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For Services chargeable oe the £ £ £ Consolidated Fund —continued ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—ctd. YOTE—SCIENTIFIC AND XNDUSTRIAL i RESEARCH —continued Subdivision No. VIII. —Grants and Miscellaneous Services —continued Other Chargés for and incidental to—continued j Grants to research and allied institutions —ctd. 1 Hawke's Bay Fruit Growers' Association j (additional) (a) 140 | Otago University College (b) 175 i Scott Polar Research Institute .. (c) 100 j Maintenance and operating expenses of offices, laboratories, observatories, experimental ! areas, workshops, and researcli stations, including purchase of glassware and other consumable stores, payments to Post and Telegraph Department, rent and rates, printing and stationery, running-expenses of motorvehicles, and office expenses (additional). . (d) 450 Travelling allowances and expenses of officers and Committee members, including expenses of transfer of officers (additional) (d) 450 17,152 Saving 011 expenditure already provided on main estimates consequent upon adjustment of the exchange rate Cr. 2,080 15,072 Total —Subdivision No. VIII (e) 16,772