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CLASS XI.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

B—B. 7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Itll/U — X. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote 60. —Department of Agriculture 29,478 ,5,103 74,581 TOTAL OF CLASS XI. 29,478 ,5,103 74,58: 19' 30-1. Item. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. £ 1900-1. Total number of officers ... 143 VOTE No. 60. Salabies — Secretary and Chief Inspector ... Produce Commissioner, England Assistant Chief Inspector Chief Clerk Biologist Assistant Entomologist 6 Clerks : 1 at £200, 1 at £185, 2 at £176, 1 at £156, 1 at £140 Cadet 13 Veterinary Surgeons: 1 (Chief) at £475, 1 at £310, 1 at £300, 6 at £250, 4 (for four months) £375 Assistants to Meat Inspectors : 2 at £150 3 Dairy Instructors: 1 (Chief) at £400, 2 at £275 ... 3 Fruit Experts at £200 Poultry Expert ... ... . . ... 2 Nurserymen : 1 at £150, 1 at £130 Farm Overseer Analyst 2 Caretakers for Quarantine Islands at £125 Inspector of Stock (relieving) Assistant at Veterinary Laboratory Assistant in Chemical Laboratory Fruit Inspector and Wood Engraver "... Fruit Inspector and Clerk Messenger 550 300 320 300 350 150 1,023 110 2,960 300 950 600 225 280 150 300 250 210 170 104 180 180 130 10,092 Auckland District — Salaries — 6 Inspectors: 1 at £310, 1 at £245, 2 at £240, 1 at £230, 1 at £225 Clerk Eabbit Agent 1,490 166 160 Destruction of rabbits upon Crown lands, contracts, labour, natural enemies, &e. ... 1.816 3 3,000 4,816