B—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Minister of Agriculture AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1947, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Agriculture. Summary

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1946-47 1945-46. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. VOTE—AGRICULTURE £ £ £ £ £ Subdivision — I—Head Office II —Live-stock Division III—Horticulture Division IV—Dairy Division V —Fields Division VI—Animal Research Division VII—Rural Development Division VIII—Miscellaneous Advances, Grants, Subsidies, dbc. IX —Payments under Statutes X —Milk Marketing Division .. 71,510 179,600 37,940 98,100 79,000 48,872 9,950 4,376 95,480 62,604 43,080 57,415 117,745 99,892 2,860 '146,190 111,000 495,135 166,990 242,204 81,020 155,515 196,745 148,764 12,810 146,190 111,000 499,511 150,718 233,173 74,797 122,137 127,920 132,677 10,070 590,727 91.732 24,000 139,951 224,557 70,539 126,200 127,766 121,331 7,813 575,486 93,426 7,994 Gkoss Total 529,348 1,231,401 1,760,749 1,557,951 1,495,063 Credits-in-aid {a) 498,805 427,600 NET TOTAL 529,348 1,231,401 1,760,749 1,059,146 1,067,463 ' VOTE—AGRICULTURE 1946-47. 1945-46. (Total number of officers : 1946-47, 1,300 ; 1945-46, 1,329) Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I. —Head Office (Number of officers : 1946-47, 242 ; 1945-46, 249) £ £ £ Salaries — Administrative Division 1 at £1,500 (Director-General) 1,500 l,; ! 375 - 1 at £1,100 (Assistant Director- £ General) .. .. .. 1,100 Allowance— 1 at £350 for 3 months .. 90 1,190 1,113 (a) Now included in Public Accounts as " Departmental Receipts." £969,175. Anticipated receipts, 1946-47,