B.—l

150

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

I torn. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COM- . MERCE— continued. 1918-19. 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 VOTE No. 66— continued. Fields Division— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Experiments in utilization of pumice lands Experiments on Pakihi and Bush Terrace lands, Westland Experiments in control of foxglove Experimental seeds and plants for distribution Extra clerical assistance Grading grain Grading New Zealand hemp Grant to Bainham Farmers' Union towards construction of special road to lime-works Grant towards expenses Canterbury Seedgrowers' Association Growing wheat on land at Poukawa, lent by Mr. H. M. Campbell Guarantee to vendors supplying farmers with seed wheat or fertilizers, and purchase of agricultural tractors for sale to farmers (on account) Investigation of montane tussock land, South Island Legal expenses Purchase of seed, wheat, and manures ... Purchase of stud stock, including expenses of importation £ £ 500 50 100 50 50 100 50 100 93 94 100 95 800 96 97 98 99 1,000 500 50 1,500 100 101 Removal expenses Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Subsidies to local bodies for the destruction of the kea Subsidy to model dairy farm and experimental area, Stratford Subsidy to model dairy farm, Manaia ... Travelling-allowances and expenses Wages and Expenses in connection with Destruction of Noxious Weeds — £ Wages ... ... 350 Other expenses ... ... 150 100 1,000 102 103 150 200 104 105 106 300 300 9,800 tJ* 107 500 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Fields Division items of the vote 50 Horticulture Division— Salaries — 69,011 108 Professional Division. 600 Glass A — 1 at £600 Glass D — lat £400 400 Clerical Division. Glass V— 1 at £290 Glass VII— £ lat £220 . ... 220 lat £200 ... ... 200 1 at £190 ... ... 190 2 at £172 ... ... 344 lat £165 ... ... 165 lat £150 ... ... 150 . Class VIII— lat £98 ... ... 98 3 at £91 ... ... 273 1 at £88 ... ... 88 lat £84 ... ... 84 290 1,269 543