REDUCTION IN VOTE
Department Of Industries And Commerce PROFIT ON WHEAT DEAL The Industries and Commerce Department last year cost £444,216 and this year’s estimate is £370,300, a reduction of £73,010. No provision is made in the estimate for u subsidy for the wheat guarantee this year, as the profits on wheat imported from Australia will bo sufficient to cover the subsidy. Last year a total of £lBO,OOO was paid under this heading. There is included in the estimates £60,000 for the centennial celebrations this year, £9OOO for the New York exhibition (as against £BBB paid last year), £5500 for llax industry development, £l5OO for the Price Investigation Tribunal, £4OOO for subsidies to the llax industry on hemp exported, £l3OO for Stewart Island fishermen engaged on blue cod fishing, £15,000. portion of the subsidy for the New Zealand-Vancouver steamer service, £3300 for the sugar beet industry, which is not a subsidy but is for the expenses of an overseas expert reporting on the establishment of the industry in New Zealand. The New Zealand Standards Institute, costing £6195, has been transferred from the Scientific and Industrial Research Department vote to the Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity vote.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 261, 2 August 1939, Page 11
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197REDUCTION IN VOTE Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 261, 2 August 1939, Page 11
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