B—7 [Pp. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Minister of Agriculture AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1949, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Department of Agriculture. Summary

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1948-49 • 1947-48. 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, &c. IX —Payments under Statutes X —Milk Marketing Division 100,706 212,427 44,998 119,969 115,285 63,815 19,797 8,560 172,520 81,355 63,723 63,270 187,225 131,793 4,660 123,315 202,000 406,903 273,226 293,782 108,721 183,239 302,510 195,608 24,457 123,315 202,000 415,463 232,176 269,270 94,945 171,526 224.701 179,715 17,809 139.702 140,000 415,706 226,021 257,127 81,765 164,512 206,114 164,806 14, '661 117,001 130,545 247,157 TOTAL 685,557 1,436,764 2,122,321 1,885,550 1,609,709 VOTE—AGRICULTURE (Total number of officers : 1948-49, 1947-48, 1,469) 1,517 ; 1948-49. 1947--48. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I —Head Office (Number of officers : 1948-49, 270 ; 1947-48, 268) Salaries — Administrative Division 1 at £1,625 (Director-General) Location allowance 1 at £1,250 (Assistant DirectorGeneral) Allowance : £400 per annum •• £ 1,625 1,250 £ 1,563 847 1,163 400 1 1 li £ ■ 89,261