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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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tt- j Research | Dominion j Geological ! Meteorological Dominion nwraSKrv Apia Tntai Head Office. investigations. Laboratory. I Survey. Office. Observatory. S25 Observatory. Aotal * Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries.. .. .. .. •• •• 4,091 10 10 .. 7,533 5 5 4,327 7 10 2,870 11 4 1,220 11 9 1,298 5 9 1,858 2 7 23,199 15 6 Books, publications, and periodical papers .. .. 61 16 9 .. 63 13 4 29 17 10 40 2 9 18 0 8 2 15 7 27 12 2 243 19 1 Advisory Council : Honoraria and expenses .. .. 625 3 5 .. .. .. .. • • • • . • 625 3 5 Chemicals, apparatus, and repairs to apparatus .. . . .. 600 12 9 . . . . .. .. .. 600 12 9 Expenses of officer travelling overseas .. .. 80 0 0 .. 142 16 7 . . 500 00 .. .. .. 722 167 Field expenses .. .. . • • • • • • • • • • • 211 12 4 .. .. .. .. 211 12 4 Freight and cartage .. .. • • • • • • • • 94 9 10 12 17 7 .. .. .. .. 107 7 5 Fuel! light, power, and water 54 10 4 .. 436 17 11 57 12 3 22 9 5 25 0 0 26 16 0 .. 623 5 11 General expenses • • •• •• •• •• 40 0 9 .. 259 7 9 299 8 6 Grounds, maintenance . . .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 30 0 0 .. .. 30 0 0 Grant to Royal Society of New Zealand .. .. 500 0 0 .. .. . • .. . • • • • • 500 0 0 Instrument and outfit allowance . . .. • • • • • • • • 138 12 0 .. .. .. .. 138 12 0 Instruments, equipment, and repairs thereto .. .. .. .. .. 62 47 147 132 7195 6156 342 12 8 Laboratory accommodation and maintenance .. .. .. 61122 .. .. .. .. .. 61122 Mineral specimens, purchase . . . • • • • • • • • • 11 18 3 .. .. .. .. 11 18 3 National Research Scholarships . . .. • • 158 6 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 158 6 8 New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology .. 499 4 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 499 4 1 Observatories, maintenance, and establishment of .. .. .. . • 94 5 8 22 7 4 136 11 7 .. 253 4 7 Office cleaning .. .. .. •• •• •• •• •• •• 500 .. .. .. 500 Office accommodation and maintenance .. .. 13 3 4 .. .. 8 4 1 . . . . . . 86 12 10 108 0 3 Office fittings and requisites .. •• •• 11 13 6 .. 8 3 4 318 1186 1 16 6 0 12 0 0 14 0 27 19 6 Postage, telegrams, rent of boxes, broadcasting of 110 12 7 .. 37 17 1 35 14 1 3,233 36 17 19 6 100 .. 3,436 6 9 weather reports Printing and stationery .. .. .. •• 202 2 0 .. 130 1 0 240 7 0 287 16 8 80 17 3 7 7 2 11 2 7 959 13 8 Printing bulletins .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 760 6 3 .. .. .. .. 760 6 3 Rent .. .. .. .. •• 194 0 0 .. 1,132 8 2 306 0 0 222 0 0 589 0 0 ... .. 2,443 8 2 Subscriptions to technical societies .. .. • • • • • • 56 10 1 . . , . .. . . .. 56 10 1 Telephone services .. .. .. •• 84 0 11 .. 94 13 7 25 15 0 96 19 8 49 17 6 16 9 11 ... 367 16 7 Travelling allowances and expenses .. . . . • 239 4 11 . . 119 5 10 227 6 10 14 12 4 19 6 10 54 18 9 ... 674 15 6 Wages of field hands .. .. • • • • • • • • • • 265 6 10 .. .. • • • . 265 6 10 Provision for depreciation .. .. .. •• 74 6 9 1,238 18 8 671 5 5 313 12 11 27 15 10 323 12 10 179 7 9 52 2 8 2,881 2 10 Losses: Assets broken, lost, or destroyed .. .. . . 50 16 4 .. 2 5 2 .. .. .. .. 53 1 6 Dairy research .. .. .. .. •• •• 14,071 8 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,071 8 9 Flax research .. .. .. . • • • • • 723 15 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 723 15 2 Fruit research .. .. .. .. • • • • 4,152 18 4 .. .. . . .. .. .. 4,152 18 4 Geophysical prospecting .. .. .. •• •• 5,020 15 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,020 15 3 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux .. .. .. 6,381 10 0 .. .. .. .. .. 6,381 10 0 Leather, hides, and pelts research .. .. .. .. 1,546 55 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,546 5 5 Mineral content of pastures and soil surveys .. .. .. 3,663 15 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,663 15 0 Miscellaneous researches .. .. .. • • • • 769 17 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. 769 17 7 Plant research .. .. .. .. •• •• 5,116 16 3 .. .. .. .. . . .. 5,116 16 3 Wheat research .. .. .. .. •• •• 3,897 17 6 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,897 17 6 Canterbury Agricultural College : Grant .. .. .. 5,042 0 0 .. . , .. .. .. .. 5,042 0 0 6,999 16 1 51,676 14 3 11,183 12 6 6,977 17 11 7,479 0 3 2,586 4 1 1,795 13 11 2,357 0 1 91,055 19 1