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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1942-43.
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; Salaries. Other Charges. | Total. VOTE—INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST AND PUBLICITY— £ £ £ Subdivision I. —Industries and Commerce .. .. .. .. 7,300 1,650 8,950 Subdivision II. —Tourist and Publicity .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 5,000 Gross Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,300 6,650 13,950 Credits-in-aio 5,500 I 5,500 NET TOTAL . . .. .. 1,800 6,650 8,450 £ £ £ For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund — continued. ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT —continued. VOTE—INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST AND PUBLICITY. Subdivision No. I. --Industries and Commerce. Salaries — Other salaries — 28 (£65 to £765) .. .. .. .. .. (a) 7,300 Charges for and incidental to — Flax Industry : Expenses in connection with research and development, including purchase of equipment (additional) (b) 1,000 Grant to Stewart Island Fish Packing and Storage Co., Ltd., to cover loss at Port Pegasus fishing-station . . .. 250 Rebate to wheatgrowers on account of superphosphate purchase .. .. .. .. .. • • (c) 400 1,650 Total—Subdivision No. I .. .. .. 8,950 Subdivision No. II.—Tourist and Publicity. Charges for and incidental to —■ The Hermitage, Mount Cook : Maintenance of (including furniture, repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c., and other operating costs) .. .. ' .. ..(d) 5,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 — £ Salaries of officers on supply, &c. .. .. 5,500 Total —Subdivision No. II .. .. .. 5,000 Gross Total .. .. .. •• 13,950 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. ■ ■ 5,500 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. ' .. 8,450 (а) To cover salaries of officers employed on supply matters. (б) To cover expenditure incurred by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on an expanded programme in connection with flax research and developmental work on the Moutoa Estate, (c) Rebate to South Island wheatgrowers of increase in price to them of superphosphate, (d) To cover cost of operating the Hermitage, Mount Cook,