117

8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

:tem.| 1911-12. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE— continued. 52 £ £ VOTE No. 77— continued. Fields and Experimental Farms Division — continued. Salaries —contin u ed. 3 Experimental Farm Overseers : 1 at £150, 1 at £i45. 1 at £110 (also Caretaker, Quarantine Station, £40) 405 4 Experimental Farm Manager's Assistants : 1 at £150, 1 at £140, 1 at £136, 1 at £130 ... ... 556 1 Vineyard Overseer ... ... ... 140 4 Orchard and Garden Overseers : 1 at £156,1 at £145. 1 at £135, 1 at £120 ... 556 2 Overseers Poultry-breeding Stations (attached to ExDerimental Farms) at £140 ... ... .. 280 6 Hemp Graders : 1 (Chief) at £325, 2 at £300, 1 at £275. 1 at £260,1 at £250 ... ... ... 1,710 Plant Breeder, £150 (6 months) ... ... 75 22 ,812 58 54 55 56 .-.7 58 59 60 01 62 63 64 66 66 67 68 09 70 Other Oharges for and incidental to — , Bicycles and repairs ... .. 50 Bonus for improved method of flaxdressing ... 500 Compassionate allowance to N. Campbell, late rabbiter 50 Co-operative field experiments... ... 1,000 Crop experiments on Crown lauds, Westland ... 100 Departmental apiaries ... ... ... 350 Destruction of noxious weeds on Native lands ... 1 ,500 Destruction of Rabbits on Crown Lands — Auckland District ... .. 3,500 East Coast Rabbit Boards „ ... ... 1,000 Napier „ ... ... 3,000 Wellington - West Coast ... 1,000 Marlborough-Nelson-Westlaud „ ... ... 200 Canterbury-Kaikoura ,, ... ... 750 Otago ... 2,500 Destruction of rabbits on Native Lands ... ... 4,600 Equipment of young men's training quarters at Ruakura Experimental Farm: Furniture, watersupply, &c. ... ... 100 Expenses, grading New Zealand Hemp ... ... 50 Expenses of Farm Manager visiting Australia ... 61 Experimental Farms : Erection and Repairs of Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and General Working— Arataki ... ... ... 750 Bickerstaffe ...» ... ... 700 Lichfield ... ... ... 100 Motuihi Island ... ... ... 700 Moumahaki ... ... ... 3,500 Ruakura ... ... ... 5,000 Tauranga ... ... ... 500 Waerenga ... ... ... 5,500 Weraroa ... ... ... ' 3,600 Experiments in cultivating North Auckland gum lands 250 Experiments in re-grassing denuded lands... ... 250 Experiments in utilization of pumice lands . 250 Extra clerical assistance ... ... .. I 25 Grain grading ... ... 10 Grant to D. Petrie for services in collecting and reporting on native grasses ... ... 100 Legal expenses ... ... ...I 50 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... j 800 Poultry Farms (attached to Experimental Farms) : Buildings, Purchase of Birds, &c.— Moumahaki ... ... ... 350 Ruakura ... ... ... I 500 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 SO SI 82 S3 84 85 so 87 88 89