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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1941-42.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

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. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. VOTE—AGRICULTURE— £ £ £ ■ Administrative Services. Subdivision II.—Live-stock Division .. .. .. • • • • 2,800 2,800 „ III.—Horticulture Division .. .. .. • • • • 900 900 „ IV.—Dairy Division .. .. ■ ■ ■ ■ • ■ %00 200 GROSS SUB-total .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 3,900 3,900 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 1,000 NET SUB-total .. .. .. .. .. ■■ •• 2,900 2,900 Miscellaneous: Advances, Grants, Subsidies, etc. Subdivision VIII. —Net Sub-total .. .. .. .. 261,422 261,422 GROSS Total .. .. .. .. .. 265,322 265,322 Credits-IN-AID .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 1,000 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. • ■ • 264,322 264,322 For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund— £ *• continued. ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—continued, VOTE—AGRICULTURE. Subdivision No. II.—Live-stock Division. Other Charges for and incidental to —- Destruction of rabbits—Wages and general workingexpenses, poison-mixing depots, purchase of material, &c. : Trading section (recoverable), (additional) .. (a) 2,800 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Destruction of rabbits (trading) .. .. £1,000 Total—Subdivision No. II .. .. .. 2,800 1 Subdivision No. III.—Horticulture Division. Other Charges for and incidental to — Horticultural Station, Te Kauwhata : Wages and general working-expenses, purchase of stock, grapes, equipment, maintenance of buildings, &c. (recoverable), (additional) (b) 900 Total—Subdivision No. Ill .. .. 900 (a) The high prices for rabbit-skins have led to increased sales of strychnine for rabbit-destruction, and it has been necessary to order further supplies which will come to charge before the end of the financial year, but sales revenue therefrom will, in the main, come into the next year. £2,700 provided in Main Estimates, and credits-in-aid estimated therein at £2,000. (b) A building programme has been approved, and in order that the services of a " key " officer may be released for overseas military service not later than June or July, 1942, certain equipment must be installed and worked under that officer's supervision during the 1942 vintage period (February-March). £12,000 provided in Main Estimates.