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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1943-44

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH—continued

(a) £2,000 provided on main estimates. Provision of £4,000 for a laboratory building, equipment, staffing, and other facilities for investigations into the manufacture and utilization of plastics in New Zealand and £3,000 for research into New Zealand fish-oils to determine suitability for human consumption.

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For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund — £ £ £ continued ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—continued VOTE—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— continued Subdivision No. II.—Research Investigations—continued General —continuedOther Charges for and incidental to — Exchange on salaries of officers overseas . . .. 125 Fares and travelling-expenses of officers sent overseas .. 200 Instruments, equipment, stores, and experimental material (additional) . . . . • • • • • • 2,250 Laboratory accommodation and maintenance . . . . 2,000 Miscellaneous investigations, travelling-expenses, wages, freight, postages, telegrams, cables, patents, and other expenses (additional) .. .. .. • • 975 5,550 (a) 7,000 Total—Subdivision No. II .. .. .. 7,637 Gaoss Total .. .. .. .. .. 9,127 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL 9,127