8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XXII.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued.

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;em. 1908-9. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— continued. 22 23 24 VOTE No. 73— continued. Head Office — continued. Other Charges incidental to —continued. Purchase of books, newspapers, and other publications Removal expenses Rents, fuel, light, water, furniture, office requisites, insurance, cleaning offices, outbuildings, yards, and approaches Subsidies to local bodies for destruction of the kea Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Travelling allowances and expenses Upkeep and improvement of buildings and fences on departmental reserves and grounds Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... £ 350 100 £ 2,000 60 25 26 27 28 600 500 29 500 400 Veterinary Division — Salaries — Chief Veterinarian (also Public Health Department, £100) Assistant Chief Veterinarian ... 8 Veterinarians: 1 at £375, 1 at £370, 1 at £360, 2 at £350, 1 at £345, 1 at £335, 1 at £325 ... 18 Veterinarians and Meat, Inspectors: 1 at £310, 3 at £300, 6 at £285, 1 at £270, 2 at £260, 3 at £250, 1 at £182, 1 at £150 17 Lay Meat Inspectors: 1 at £195, 1 at £175, 5 at £160, 8 at £150, 1 at £140, 1 at £135 ... 25 Assistant Meat Inspectors: 2 at £200, 2 at £190, 1 at £180, 5 at £170,1 at £165, 13 at £160, 1 at £150 Inspector of Meat, Loudon Assistant at Veterinary Laboratory (also Public Health Department, £25) 3 Clerks: 1 at £200, 1 at £190, 1 at £160 2 Cadets : 1 at £110, 1 at £65... Caretaker of Laboratory Farm... 10 ,762 30 650 450 2,810 4,792 2,645 4 ,205 400 250 550 175 140 31 32 33 34 35 Other Charges incidental to — Inspection of meat Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Removal expenses Travelling allowances and expenses Wages and Expenses in connection with Veterinary Laboratories, lands, and buildings used in connection therewith, including the cost of investigation of diseases 17 ,067 100 250 400 2,700 1,500 36 Biological Division — Salaries — Biologist Fruit-preserving Expert Bee Expert Assistant Biologist 3 Pomologists : 2 at £270,1 at £185 6 Inspectors of Imported Fruit: 3 at £200, 1 at £185, 1 at £171, 1 at £170 8 Orchard Inspectors : 3 at £171, 3 at £165, 2 at £150 2 Inspectors of Apiaries : 1 at £190, 1 at £160 Clerk 4 ,950 475 400 210 210 725 1,126 1 ,308 350 210