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Appropriations for Consolidated, Fund Services.

CLASS XXI.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

it/oo — i . Salaries. Miscellaneous Services. Total. £ £ £ Vote 68. —Department of Agriculture 60,801 60,801 „ 69.—Miscellaneous Services i '2,518 72,518 TOTAL OF CLASS XXI 60,801 2,518 133,319 Item. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 191 36-7. 1906-7. Total number of officers ... 280 VOTE No. 68. Salaries— Head Office — Secretary for Agriculture Chief Inspector of Stock (5 months at £500, also Superintendent of Experimental Farms £65) Inspector of Offices Chief Clerk Accountant Correspondence Clerk Clerk (also Private Secretary, £25) 11 Clerks : 1 at £200. 1 at £200 (6 months), 1 at £195, 1 at £186, 1 at £175, 1 at £176, 2 at £160, 1 at £150, I at £140; 1 junior clerk at £110 5 Cadets : 1 at £95, 1 at £85, 2 at £65, 1 at £65 (5 months) Biologist Assistant Biologist Assistant Entomologist Clerk at Biological Laboratory Fruit-preserving Expert 4 Fruit Experts : 1 at, £215, 2 at £235, 1 at £170 Fruit Inspector 5 Orchard Inspectors at £156 . Bee Expert Viticulturist Clerk to Viticulturist 27 Veterinary Surgeons: 1 (Chief) (also Public Health Department, £100) at £600, 1 (Assistant Chief) at £435,1 at £335, 2 at £320, 1 at £310, 2 at £300,1 at £280, 3 at £270, 13 at £260, 2 at £250 ... 38 Assistants to Meat Inspectors : 1 at £200, 1 at £190, 2 at £185, 3 at £180, 5 at £175, 3 at £170, 2 at £165, 8 at £160, 4 at £156, 8 at £150, 5 at £150 (5 months), 1 at £50 Assistant at Veterinary Laboratory (also Public Health Department, £50) Clerk at Pathological Laboratory Cadet at Pathological Laboratory Analyst A ssistant to Chemist 2 Assistants in Chemical Laboratory: 1 at £156,1 at £125 2 Inspectors of Manure-sterilising at £450 £ £ 625 208 350 320 260 270 335 1,752 338 425 185 175 175 400 855 200 780 200 325 156 7,890 5,682 200 185 85 320 200 281 900