115

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, AND TOURISTS— continued.

Item. _' 1911-12. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE— continued. VOTE No. 77— continued £ Head Office — continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 13 Grant for improvements to Agricultural and Pastoral Association grounds al Courtenay ... .. 50 II Grant to Oxford Agricultural and Pastoral Association 50 15 International Agricultural Institute, Contribution to ... [20 16 Payment to Civil Service Guarantee Board of balance of Salary of A. Callcott, late District Agent, Christchurch, erroneously paid to widow ... ... 15 17 Postages, telegrams, and rem of boxes ... ... ) ,200 IS Preparation and distribution of publications ... 1,500 10 Purchase of books, newspapers, and other publications H00 20 Removal expenses ... .. ... ]00 21 Rents, fuel, light, water, furniture, office requisites, insurance, cleaning offices, outbuildings, yards, and approaches ... ... ... 1,500 22 Subscriptions aud extensions to telephones, including bureau charges ... .... ... 250 23 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 500 24 Upkeep and improvement of buildings and fences on departmental reserves and grounds ... ... 150 25 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Head Office items of the vote ... 50 a 7,783 Live-stock and Meat Division— 26 Salaries — Director ... 650 Assistant Director ... ... ... 440 S Clerks: 1 at £260, I at £220, I at £180, 1 at £175, 1 at £150, 1 at £140, I at £115, 1 at £110 1 ,350 3 Cadets : 1 at £85. 1 at £75, I at £65 ... ... 225 Senior Veterinarian ... ... 420 Veterinary Officer in charge of laboratory ... 865 7 Veterinary Supervisors: 1 at: £410, 1 at £400. 2 at £385, I at £305, 1 at £350, 1 at £340 ... ... 2 ,635 | 20 Veterinarians and Meat Inspectors (Veterinarians) : 2 at £325, 5 at £315, 1 at £310, 5 at £300,2 at £275, 2 at £260. 2 at £250, 1 at £150 ... 5 ,755 29 Meat Inspectors: 2 at £200, 1 at £195, 3 at £185, 4 at £180, 2 at £175. 1 at £170. 6 at £100, 10 at £150 j 4. ,850 27 Assistant Meat Inspectors: lat £200, 9 at £180, 2 at £170, 2 at £160, 10 at £150,3 at £150 (5 months) 4 ,168 Laboratory Assistant ... ... .. 260 2 Laboratory Cadets: 1 at £95, 1 at £65 ... ... 160 Overseer, Laboratory Farm ... ... ... 160 Laboratory Attendant ... ... ... 135 30 Inspectors of Stock : 1 at £315, 1 at £305, 7 at £300, 7 at £290. 1 at £285, 1 at £280, 2 at £275, 4 at £265, 3 at £250, 1 at £235, 1 at £230, 1 at £25 (10 months) 8 ,161 ft) Assistant Inspectors of Stock: 1 at £210, 2 at £200, 7 at £190 ... ... 1,940 3 Caretakers of Quarantine Stations: 1 at £140. I at £120. 1 at £40 (also Overseer, Experimental Farm, at £110) ... ... ... 300 2 Inspectors of Manure-sterilising at £450 ... 900 Poultry Instructor ... ... ... 255 2 Overseers, Poultrv-breeding Stations : 1 at £150, 1 at £140 " ... ... ... 290 Farm hand, £125 (8 months) ... ... ... 84 i j 33 ,503 j