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VOTE—SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL 1947-4.8 RESEARCH— continued 1948-49. Subdivision No. IX — Auckland Industrial Voted. Expended. Development Laboratories —continued £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued Maintenance and operating expenses of offices, laboratories, workshops and research stations, including purchase of glassware and other consumable stores, payments to •'■ the Post and Telegraph Department, printing and stationery, rent and rates, running-expenses of motor-vehicles, and office expenses 5,570 6,036 3,878 Overtime and meal allowances 150 100 , # Removal and installation expenses (a) 1,650 916 (a) 292 Travelling allowances and expenses of officers and Committee members, including expenses of transfer of officers 340 300 429 Wages, including overtime, of casual staff .. 600 856 713 Contingencies 10 10 (b)3 14,660 12,218 9,105 Total — Subdivision No. IX 26,680 22,710 18,218 Subdivision No. X—Apia Observatory (Number of officers : 1948-49,14; 1947-48,11) Salaries— 14 (£36 to £1,025) 3,140 2,525 y 2,571 Location allowances .. .. 360 180 3,500 2,705 2,571 Other Charges for and incidental to — Capital expenditure, including land, buildings and improvements, furniture, instruments, equipment, machinery, motor-vehicles, and purchase of other fixed assets 480 360 560 Expenses of officers travelling overseas, including expenses of new appointees travelling to New Zealand and transfer expenses of officers appointed to overseas positions 150 150 (c) 253