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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund, Services.

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

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I liCIIl. Item. 1911-12. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE- continued. £ £ 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 93 94 95 96 97 90 91 92 VOTE No. 77— continued. Fields and Expekimental Farms Division — continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Preparation of weed-seed cabinets ... 20 Purchase of stud slock, including expenses of importation 2 ,500 Removal and reinstatement of engine-house, pump-ing-engine, and windmill, Waerenga Experimental Farm ... ... 50 Removal expenses ... ... ... 250 Repainting buildings, Ruakura Experimental farm, ... 150 Repainting buildings, Moumahaki Experimental Farm... 130 Seeds and plants for distribution 25 Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges .. ... 100 Subsidies to local bodies for the destruction of the Kea 60 Stud stock ... ... 500 Training of young men at Ruakura Experimental Farm, including working-expenses, salaries of special instructors, young men, matron, and domestic assistants I ,000 Travelling allowances and expenses ... .. 8,500 Wages and expenses in connection with destruction of noxious weeds ... ... . 500 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Fields and Experimental Farms Division items of the vote ... .. ... 50 98 99 100 101 102 103 57 .081 104 101 Orchards, Gardens, and Apiaries Division— Salaries — Director ... ... ... 575 Assistant Director ... ... ... 350 Vine and Wine Instructor ... ... ... 210 2 Clerks: 1 at £230, I at £200 ... ... 430 3 Cadets, 2 at £95, 1 at £75 ... ... 265 4 Fruit Inspectors: 1 at £200, 1 at £180, I at £170, 1 at £150 ... ... ... 700 16 Orchard Instructors: 0 at £210, 2 at £200, 5 at £190, 3 at £170 ... ... ... 3,120 4 Apiary Instructors: 2 at £170, 2 at £150 ... 640 6,290 105 106 107 108 : 109 1.10 111 112 118 114 115 116 117 118 119 Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycles and repairs ... ... ... 50 Co-operative fruit-testing plots ... ... 100 Expenses in connection with outbreaks of orchard and garden diseases ... ... ... 100 Extra clerical assistance ... . ... 25 Fostering the bee industry ... ... ... 50 Fostering the fruit industry ... ... ... I 100 Fumigation and destruction of fruit ... ... 100 Grant towards printing report of conference of New Zealand Fruit Growers' Associations ... ... 25 Guarantee on experimental shipment of apples ... 425 Importation and breeding of natural enemies to insect pests ... ... ... 50 Legal expenses ... ... ... 20 Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 200 Removal expenses ... ... ... 100 Seeds and plants for distribution ... ... 25 Spraying demonstrations and apparatus ... ... 100