DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Minister of Agriculture. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1940, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Agriculture. Summary.

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193 9-40. 1938-39. Salaries. Other Charges, j Total. Voted. Expended. __ . _ Vote No. . —Agriculture — £ £ : £ £ j £ (a) Administrative Services. Subdivision I.—Head Office .. .. 41,103 29,865 70,968 66,149 69,611 II.—Live-stock Division .. 129,293 39,255 168,548 165,762' 164,905 III. —Horticulture Division .. 29,169 19,025 48,194 42,735 42,546 IV—Dairy Division .. .. 75,550 32,290 107,840 101,929 98,150 V.—Fields Division .. .. 41,841 29,950 71,791 71,704 69,872 )( VI. —Animal Research Division .. 25,433 43,035 68,468 (a) 62,650 (a) 56,446 GROSS Total 342,389 193,420 535,809 510,929 ! 501,530 Less Credits-in-aid .. .. 20,600 97,415 118,015 124,080 121,501 NET Total .. .. •• 321,789 96,005 417,794 386,849 380,029 (b) Payments under Statutes. Subdivision VII 104,000 104,000 109,000 102,711 Less Credits-in-aid .. .. 2,500 2,500 3,000 2,616 NET Total .. .. .. •• 101,500 101,500 106,000 100,095 J I « (c) Miscellaneous : Advances, Grants, Subsidies, etc. Subdivision VIII • • • ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 495,956 495,956 633,514 636,564 Less Credits-in-aid .. .. .. 12,750 12,750 160,250 38,262 Net Total .. • • • • 483,206 483,206 473,264 598,302 Gross Total (a), (b), (c) .. .. 342,389 793,376 1,135,765 1,253,443 1,240,805 Less Credits-in-aid (a), (6), (c) .. 20,600 112,665 133,265 287,330 162,379 NET TOTAL 321,789 680,711 1,002,500 966,113 1,078,426 Number 1938—39 of Persons. VOTE No. .—AGRICULTURE. 1939-40. ' 1939-4ojl938-39 Subdivision No. I.-Head Office. Voted. j Expended. ♦Salaries— £ £ Administrative Division. £ 1 at £1,300 (Director-General) .. .. 1,300 2 2 1 at £950 (Assistant Director-General) .. .. 950 2,250 2,200 * For particulars of salaries see " Public Serviee Classification List." (a) These amounts were voted and expended last year under " Subdivisions I to V,"