B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MAKCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH-— continued

REMARKS

(а) All printing was not able to be carried out in 1947-48 as anticipated. (б) Compensation for stock killed by departmental vehicles, £l7 ; compensation for damage to officer's clothing, £1 ; cost of catering for opening of Agronomy Division, £2 Is. 6d.; examination fees of a bursar, £6 6s. : total £26 7s. 6d. (c) Expenditure incurred in connection with the Canterbury radio-meteorological project. (d) Subdivision No. II includes the following research investigations : 1948-49 1947-48 Estimated. Estimated "Voted. Expended. Recoveries. Recoveries. £ £ £ £ £ Agronomy Division .. .. .. 19,200* 1,360 * Atomic Physics .. .. .. 9,500 .. 7,430 6,317 2 Botany "Division .. .. .. 12,780* .. * Building and Civil Engineering Research .. 38,500 .. 5,763 3,741 Canterbury Radio-meteorological project.. 3,940 8,310 43,502 47,714 7,009 Coal Utilization .. .. .. 5,090 .. 4,604 4,211 Entomology Division .. .. .. 10,210* .. * Food Investigations (Fats Research laboratory) .. .. .. 11,490 1,000 11,065 8,755 3 Fruit Research .. .. .. 21,380 4,200 23,580 22,517 3,864 Grasslands Division .. .. .. 37,790* 980 * Hop Research Association .. .. 2,940 1,555 Industrial Psychology .. .. 1,040 .. 2,990 2,491 291 Leather Research Association .. .. 2,780 1,343 1,305 1,532 479 Manufacturers' Research Committee .. 4,400 .. 4,355 2,467 46 Mineral Deficiencies .. .. .. 590 .. 575 570 Plant Chemistry Laboratory .. .. 22,880 .. 18,410 16,421 3 Plant Diseases Division .. .. 28,700* 1,355 * Radio Research .. .. .. 2,000 1,000 1,550 1,870 640 Research General .. .. .. 1,500 70 4,705 3,014 1,684 Soil Bureau .. .. .. .. 46,390 3,190 43,130 36,663 1,869 Tobacco Research Association .. .. 6,820 2,780 4,825 4,574 3,687 Wheat Research Institute .. .. 13,790 4,400 13,600 13,672 4,944 Wild Life Research .. .. .. 2,410 .. t Animal Research .. .. .. .. .. 30 32 Plant Research Bureau .. .. .. .. 99,886 98,556 6,383 £306,120 £31,543 £291,305 £275,117 £30,904

* Formerly included under " Plant Research Bureau."

t Formerly included under Subdivision I.

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