8.—7

152

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

Item. 1918-19. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE- -continued. £ VOTE No. 66— continued. Horticulture Division— continued, Other Charges for and, incidental to —continued. Horticultural Stations : Rent of Land, General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and Salaries of Learners, Special Instructors, and Domestic Assistants, — Arataki— £ Wages ... ... 800 Other expenses ... ... 750 123 124 Tauranga— £ Wages ... ... 600 Other expenses ... ... 950 1,550 125 1,550 Te Kauwhata— Wages ... ... 2,000 Other expenses ... ... 3,900 5,900 126 Importation and breeding of natural enemies to insect pests Legal expenses Removal expenses Spraying demonstrations and apparatus... Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Subsidy National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand (£1 for £1) Subsidy, New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation (£1 for£l) Tests with new spraying compounds ... ... Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Horticulture Division items of the 127 128 129 130 50 30 300 50 50 131 132 100 j133 134 135 73 50 3,100 vote 30 Dairy Division — Salaries — 17,468 136 Professional Division. 650 Class A — 1 at £650 Glass G — 1 at £480 480 Clerical Division. Class VI— 1 at £260 Class VII— £ 4 at £172 ... ... 688 2 at £165 ... ... 330 1 at £135 ... ... 135 lat £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— 2 at £104 ... ... 208 lat £98 ... ... 98 1 at £88 ... ... 88 260 1,273 394 General Division. 1 at £400 ... ... 400 10 at £370 (6 months; £350, 6 months) 3,600 2 at £350 ... ... 700 lat £335 ... ... 335