8.—7.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH—continued.

Number Item of Person». VOTE No. 26.—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL IUM-ōO. RESEARCH—continued. 1934-35. Subdivision No. II.—Research Investigations—continued. £ £ 16 Dairy Research—continued. Salaries—continued. Non-permanents—continued. £ 2 at £52£ ... ... 105 18 1 at £55 ... .. 55 5,691 Additional assistance ... ... 1,115 Allowance to officer performing special duties ... ... Ill 6,917 Other Charges for and incidental to — Equipment, apparatus, chemicals, &c. 875 Grants ... ... 375 Library ... ... 80 Running-expenses ... ... 3,537 Travelling-expenses ... ... 220 Contingencies ... ... 25 (Recoverable, £8,300.) — 5,112 17 Flax— 12,029 Flax selection, breeding, cultivation, chemical, and mechanical investiga- £ tion ... ... 300 Grants ... ... 50 (Recoverable, £175.) 350 18 Fruit— Salaries— Non-permanents. £ 1 at £315 ... ... 315 3 2 at £224 ... ... 448 763 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of orchard and buildings £ for fruit research ... ... 2,868 Miscellaneous ... ... 500 (Recoverable, £2,700.) 3,368 4,131 ]9 Geophysical Prospecting ... ... ... 7,584 (Recoverable, £6,500.) 20 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux— Charges for and incidental to— Contribution towards participation in the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux scheme ... ... 5,062 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux (Headquarters) ... ... 144 t (Recoverable, £1,850.) — 5,206 21 Leather, Hides, and Pelts— Salaries— Non-permanents. £ 1 at £585 (7 months), £553 (5 months) 571 2 1 at £251 ... ... 251 822