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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1946-47

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued

(a) £9,950 provided on main estimates. (6) Provision for expenses of Dr. Taylor, Chief Parasitologist to the British Ministry of Agriculture, who visited New Zealand in January, 1946. (c) £l,OOO provided on main estimates. This completes winding up of Councils, many of which have only recently submitted their final accounts. (d) Annual membership fee for 1946. (e) Prior to war annual grant was £2O per annum. It is the intention to pay £2O as subscription for 1946 and £5O for years 1941-45. (/) Operations of Bureau suspended during the war years. (g) £28,000 provided on main estimates. Additional provision required. (h) £14,500 provided on main estimates. Winding-up operations have necessitated additional costs.

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For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund — continued £ • £ £ ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT— ctd. VOTE—AGRICULTURE— continued Subdivision No. VII. — Rural Development Division Salaries —■ Other Salaries (£175 to £1,000), (additional) (a) 230 Total—Subdivision No. VIII Subdivision No. VIII. — Miscellaneous Services : Advances, Grants, Guarantees, Subsidies, &e. 230 Charges for and incidental to — Expenses of visit to New Zealand of Dr. E. L. Taylor Grants to District Councils of Primary Production (additional) Grants —■ International Dairy Federation International Seed-testing Station International Veterinary Bureau Noxious weeds, eradication of, and expenses incidental thereto (partly recoverable), (additional) Services Vegetable Production (additional) .." (b) 71 (c) 650 (<Z)25 (e) 70 Cf) *> (g) 5,000 (h) 8,500 Total—Subdivision No. VIII 14,356