129

8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund, Services.

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

17 -B. 7.

Item. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. 1913-14. 59 VOTE No. 78— continued. Fields and Experimental Farms Division— Salaries — Director ... ... Assistant Director 8 Clerks: 1 at £260, 1 at £220, 1 at £200, 1 at £190 1 at £150, 1 at £135, 2 at £120 5 Cadets: 1 at £110, 1 at £109, 1 at £104, 1 at £73, 1 at £72 4 Fields Supervisors at £350 ... 2 Fields Instructors : 1 at £300, 1 at £280 2 Assistant Fields Instructors : 1 at £175, 1 at £160 ... 65 Inspectors of Rabbits and Noxious Weeds : 1 at £325, 9 at £300, 1 at £290, 3 at £270, 5 at £260, 1 at £250, 7 at £230, 8 at £220, 16 at £210, 2 at £200, 6 at £180, 6 at £170, 1 at £160 Caretaker of Rabbit Fence 5 Experimental Farm Managers : 1 at £270, 1 at £260. 1 at £220, 1 at £210, 1 at £200 2 Experimental Farm Overseers at £175 ... 3 Experimental Farm Manager's Assistants : 1 at £190, 1 at £160, i at £150 Vineyard Overseer ... ■ 3 Orchard and Garden Overseers : 1 at £210,1 at £-175, lat £150 Assistant Orchardist Overseer Poultry-breeding Station (attached to Experimental Farm) Apiarist 6 Hemp Graders : 1 (Chief) at £340, 2 at £300, 1 at £285, 1 at £260, 1 at £260 (8 months) Plant Breeder £ 650 440 1 ,395 468 1,400 580 335 15 ,065 100 1,160 350 500 175 535 125 150 110 1,659 ■ 210 Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycles and repairs Co-operative field experiments and provision for visitors Defalcations of late Farm Manager, Arataki Experimental Farm Departmental apiaries Destruction of noxious weeds on Native lands Destruction of Rabbits on Crown Lands — Auckland District East Coast „ Napier . ., .. Wellington - West Coast ., Marlborough-Nelson-Westland „ . Can terbu ry-Kaikoura Otago ,, Destruction of rabbits on Native lands Kxperimental Farms and Farms of Instruction : Erection and Repairs of Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, General Working, Salaries of Learners, Special Instructors, Matron, and Domestic Assistants — Arataki ... Bickerstaft'e Lichfield Moumahaki Ruakura Tauranga Waerenga Weraroa Poultry Section - Ruakura 25 ,407 60 61 10 62 2 ,500 63 64 45 200 1 ,500 05 66 07 68 69 70 71 72 3,000 2,000 2,500 1,250 700 700 3,000 7,000 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 950 750 25 4 ,500 6,500 750 5 ,500 4 ,500 81 500