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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE —continued.

Number Item> , qqo qo of Persons. VOTE No. 27. —AGRICULTURE —continued. iy 0Ō - 1932-33. Subdivision No. III.—Horticulture Division—contd. £ £ 52 Salaries —continued. General Division —continued. £ 1 at £235 ... ... 235 3 at £214 ... ... 642 1 at £175 .. ... 175 44 1 at £168i ... ... 169 12,322 N ON-PERMANENTS. 1 at £379 ... ... 379 2 1 at £150 ... ... 150 529 54 Officers on loan from other Departments ... 210 — Allowance for performing special duties under Public Service Regulation 24a ... ... ... 6 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote)— Services to other Departments, &c. £300 15,642 Less amounts provided but not required ... 324 15,318 Other Charges for and incidental to — 53 Apiary Industry : Purchase of beekeeping requisites, material for experiments, &c. ... ... 10 Bicycles and motors — 54 Purchase of ... ... ... 200 55 Maintenance and running cost of ... ... 550 Fruit Industry— 56 Collection of fire-blight tax (recoverable) ... 10 57 Collection of orchard-tax (recoverable) ... 50 58 Cool-storage and horticultural experiments ... 50 59 Control of fireblight disease ... ... 40 60 Fumigation and destruction of diseased fruit (recoverable) ... ... ... 60 61 Inspection and registration of nurseries ... 5 62 Orchard requisites, &e. ... ... ... 15 63 Horticultural Station, Te Kauwhata: Wages and general working-expenses, buildings, purchase of stock, and provision for visitors (recoverable) ... 3,000 64 Law-costs ... ... ... 15 65 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 185 66 Tobacco Industry : Material and apparatus for experiments ... ... ... 35 67 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 75 68 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 3,350 69 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Horticulture Division items of the division ... ... ... 15 7,665 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Collection of fire-blight tax ... £10 Collection of orchard-tax ... 50 Farm areas ... ... 3,350 Fumigation and destruction of fruit 75 3,485 Total—Stibdivision No. Ill ... ... 22,983