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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1946

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued

(a) Being increased to ensuro a better coverage of outlying areas. (b) A horticulturist with a family has been chosen. (c) For assembly and training purposes. (d) Approximately 45 officers travelling. Allowances, £3,100; expenses, £1,200; motor hire, £7o0; motor-mileage, £1,583. (e) Engraving Loder Cup, 6s. Od.; railage on Loder Gup, 3s. 10<1.; total, 10s. 4d. rj* . " "" ' '

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Number 1944-45. of Persons. ; VOTE—AGRICULTURE —continued 1945-46. . 1945-461944-45 Voted - Expended. Subdivision No. 111.—Horticulture Division £ £ £ Salaries — Professional Division 111 (£875) (Director) .. .. .. .. .. 875 800 28,426 Other' Salaries 71 73 71 (£130 to £790) 34,972 29,583 J 72 74 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Sundry services, &c. .. .. .. 1,000 35,847 30,383 28,426 Other Charges for and incidental to— Apiary Industry-Part-time Apiary Instructors .. .. .. 500 300 (a) 265 Purchase of beekeeping requisites, material for experiments, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 24 Bicycles and motors — Maintenance and running-costs and State Fire accidentindemnification costs .. .. .. .. 800 800 831 Purchase of .. .. .. .. . - 700 300 Fruit Industry — Abandoned orchards : Wages and expenses cutting-out 50 50 Cool-storage and horticultural experiments .... 30 30 1 Control of citrus canker : Wages and expenses, compensation, &c 500 1,000 . 251 Control of fireblight disease .. .. .. 10 10 Cost of passages for Technical Officers to New Zealand (b) 600 Frost-fighting, experiments : Expenditure connected with purchase, installation of plant, &c. .. .. 10 10 "on Fumigation and destruction of disease 1 fruit (recoverable) 100 150 60 Orchard requisites, &c. .. .. .. .. 125 50 Rural Field Cadetship, expenses incidental to .. .. (c) 500 Grant towards expenses of Advisory Committee re marketgardening 200 200 1 Horticultural Station, Te Kauwhata : Wages and general working-expenses, purchase of stock, grapes, equipment, maintenance of buildings, &c. (recoverable) .. .. 24,000 24,000 23,658 Office expenses .. .. .. .. ■ • 50 50 28 Payments to Post arid'Telegraph Department .. .. 1,135 935 845 Tobacco Industry : Material and apparatus for experiments 10 10 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 800 600 obi) Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) .. 8,000 6,000 (a) 6,066 Contingencies .. .. .. • • • ■ 20 20 (e) 1 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Te Kauwhata .. .. .. 25,000 Fumigation and destruction of fruit, &o. .. 285 25,285 38,190 34,565 33,141 Total —Subdivision No. Ill .. ■■ 74,037 64,948 61,567 ( 1