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Number 1944-45 of Persons. 1945-46. ' 1945-461944-45 VOTE —SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL Voted I Expended . RESEARCH—continued £ £ £ Subdivision No. VIII. —Grants and Miscellaneous Services Salaries — Other Salaries 15 .. 15 (£145 to £640) .. .. .. .. («) 4,872 (a) Location allowances. .. .. .. • •• 2,098 Total number ® > of persons. — 540 523 Other Charges for and Incidental to — Expenses of officers overseas .. .. . . ■ • 810 500 734 Furniture and fittings, purchase of .. . . .. (b) 210 150 (b) Grants to Imperial institutions — £ Cambridge Low Temperature Research Station . . 625 625 625 Empire Potato Scheme .. • • ■ • 410 410 410 Farnham House Laboratory .. .. ■ ■ 937 937 937 Imperial Agricultural Bureaux .. (c) 4,453 3,173 3,173 Imperial Institute .. .. .. ■ • 312 312 312 Leather Research Association, England 79 79 78 Wool Industries Research Association, Torridon .. (d) 62 250 249 — 6,878 Grants to research and allied institutions in New Zealand —■ Canterbury Agricultural College .. (e) 4,710 4,280 4.280 Carter Observatory (under section 19, Carter Observatory Act, 1938) .. .. . • 500 500 500 Cawthron Institute .. .. .. (e) 4,810 4,370 4,370 Industrial Psychology .. .. (e) 2,090 1,500 (f) 1,900 Massey Agricultural College .. .. (e) 4,273 3,883 3,883 Otago University . . .. • • ■ • • • 500 (g) 500 Royal Society of New Zealand (under section 7, Finance Act, 1925, and Royal Society of New Zealand Act, 1933) .. .. 750 750 750 Unspecified grants .. .. .. .. 500 1 : 500 (h) 24 New Zealand Woollen-mills Research Association, Inc. .. .. (i) 1,500 19,333 Instruments, apparatus, equipment, and laboratory stores, purchase of .. .. • • • • • • 450 450 288 Neui Zealand Journal of Science and Technology .. .. (j) 2,300 1,600 (j) 1,200 Office expenses .. .. .. • • ■ • W 555 290 325 Overtime and meal allowance .. .. .. . . (I) 50 Payment of monetary equivalent of leave due to deceased • officers .. .. .. ■ • • • ■ • 50 50 Preparatory work in post-war developments .. .. 100 100 Printing of bulletins and maps .. .. .. (m) 150 Research scholarships .. .. .. • ■ 5 5 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. (I) 50 Contingencies .. .. . • • • • • 1 Estimated credits-in-a.id under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote)— £ Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 937 30,742 26,214 24,538 Total —Subdivision No. VIII .. .. (») 37,712 26,214 24,538 GROSS TOTAL .. .. .. .. 414,486 324,328 324,451 CREDHS-IN-aid (o) .. .. .. 103,972 83,092 95,906 NET TOTAL .. .. 310,514 241,236 228,545