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CLASS X.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ 20,935 1,818 52,748 ote 58. —Department of Agriculture TOTAL OF CLASS X. 52,748 20,935 1,813 Item. 96-97. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1896-97. Total number of officers ... ... 106 VOTE No. 58. Salaries— Secretary and Chief Inspector ... Produce Commissioner, England Assistant Chief Inspector Chief Clerk Clerk and Acting Biologist 2 Clerks : 1 at £200, 1 at £140 Cadet 2 Veterinary Surgeons: 1 at £350, 1 at £300 4 Dairy Instructors : 1 at £375, 8 at £225 2 Entomologists 3 Fruit Experts at £200 2 Nurserymen : 1 at £150, 1 at £125 1 Farm Overseer 2 extra Veterinary Surgeons as Dairy Inspectors at £200 -1 Analyst 2 Caretakers for Quarantine Islands at £120 £ 500 250 300 275 260 340 90 650 1,050 200 600 275 120 400 300 240 Auckland District — Salaries — 4 Inspectors: 1 at £300, 1 at £235, 2 at £225 1 Rabbit Agent 5,850 985 160 Destruction of Rabbits—Upon Crown lands, contracts, labour, natural enemies, &c. 1,145 1,700 Napier District — Salaries — 5 Inspectors: 1 at £300, 1 at £250, 2 at £225, 1 at £200 1 Rabbit Agent ... 2,845 1,200 160 Destruction of Rabbits 1,360 100 Wellington-West Coast District — Salaries — 6 Inspectors : 2 at £250, 1 at £235, 3 at £225 3 Rabbit Agents 1,400 1,410 480 1,890