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DETAILS OP ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—continued

(а) An exchange of officers on the same lines as in certain previous years. (б) Quantities of chemicals and equipment ordered in the earlier stages of the war period are now coming to hand. (c) Approximately 120 officers travelling. Allowances, £4,100; expenses, $3,450} motor hire, £150; motor-roileaae, £11,203. (d) Medical expenses, £3 13s, Gd,

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Number ° fPersons ' V OTE—AGRICULTURE—continued 1945-46. 1944-45. 1945-461944—45 Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. IV. —Dairy Division £ £ £ Salaries— Professional Division 1 1 1 (£910) (Director) .. .. .. .. .. 910 835 Other Salaries > 79,145 198 196 198 (£115 to £840) .. .. .. .. .. 84,215 83,121 Location allowances .. .. .. .. .. 1,125 1,050 199 197 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Recoveries from dairy-factory companies, &c. 13,500 86,250 85,006 79,145 Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycles and motors — Maintenance and running-costs and State Fire accidentindemnification costs .. .. .. .. 2,750 2,500 2,681 Purchase of .. .. .. .. .. 1,600 3,300 85 Certificate-of-record testing and official herd-testing of dairy cows (recoverable) .. ,. .. .. 700 350 364 Cost of passages and expenses to and from London, Inspectors of Dairy-produce .. .. .. .. (a) 450 10 Dairy-factory Managers Registration Board, expenses of .. 150 150 53 Dairy requisites and produce for experiments (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 22 Dairy Laboratory : Equipment, casual labour, &c. .. (h) 750 500 (b) 365 Grading of dairy-produce : Material and apparatus, rent, office requisites, stationery, postage, telephones, &c. (recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 2,500 2,546 Grant from North Island Experimental Dairy School Endowment Eund to Massey Agricultural College for benefit of Dairy Research Institute (recoverable) .. 750 750 750 Office expenses .. .. .. .. .. 25 25 6 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department .. .. 1,150 1,100 995 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 1,500 1,200 1,648 Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) .. 19,000 17,500 (c) 18,903 Travelling-allowance, &c., special Committee for licensing factories .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 20 20 (d) 4 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 .. .. .. .. 5,500 Dairy-produce grading .. .. .. 27,500 North Island Dairy School Endowment .. 750 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 9,000 4-2,750 31,495 30,055 28,422 Total—Subdivision No. IV .. .. 117,745 115,061 107,567