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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued.

(a) Supplies expected from overseas are not yet to hand. (b) Change-over from butter to cheese has occasioned and continues to occasion telephone calls. (c) Approximately 110 officers travelling. Allowances, about £3,202 ; expenses, £3,020 ; motor-hire, £200 ; motor mileage, £12,000. (d) Hire of hall, 17s. 6d.

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Number ofPerson8 ' VOTE—AGRICULTURE— continued. 1942-43. 1941-42. 1942 431941-42 . . AT . . . Voted. Expended. subdivision No. IV. — Dairy Division —continued. | _ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ £ £ Cost of passages and expenses to and from London, Inspectors of Dairy-produce .. .. .. .. 500 500 40 Dairy-factory Managers Registration Board, expenses of .. 200 200 71 Dairy requisites and produce for experiments (part recoverable) .. .. .. .... .. 100 100 13 Dairy Laboratory: Equipment, casual labour, &c. . . 500 500 (a) 298 Grading of dairy-produce : Material and apparatus, rent, office requisites, stationery, postage, telephones, &c. (recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 2,250 2,250 1,972 Grant from North Island Experimental Dairy School Endowment Fund to Massey Agricultural College for benefit of Dairy Research Institute (recoverable) .. 750 575 575 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 25 13 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. .. 1,150 950 (b) 1,070 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. I 750 400 611 Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) .. 18,500 20,000 (c) 18,422 Travelling-allowance, &c, special Committee for licensing factories .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Dairy Division items of the division .. .. 20 20 (d) 1 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Certificate-of-record testing and official herd- £ testing .. .. .. .. 4,000 Dairy-produce grading .. .. .. 30,000 North Island Dairy School Endowment .. 750 Travelling-expenses .. ... .. 10,000 44,750 28,945 30,620 26,084 Total—Subdivision No. IV .. .. 102,767 108,506 102,623 Subdivision No. V. — Fields Division. Salaries— Professional Division. 1 1 1 (£800), (Director) .. .. .. .. 800 800 ' Other Salaries. 107 133 107 (£65 to £715) 37,711 42,352 Ca.dets' lodging-allowances .. .. .. .. 110 78 Allowances for performing special or higher duties under , Public Service Regulations Nos. 24a and 209 .. .. 75 58 !> 42,321 108 134 Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. .. 2,106 Officers on loan from other Departments .. .. .. 333 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Sundry services, &c. .. .. .. 100 40,802 43,621 42,321 Other Charges for and incidental to — Agricultural investigations and research— Barley-grading, expenses connected with .. .. 100 100 30 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Phorrnium research .. .. .. .. 25 25 ' 14