20 Head 2—AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY DEPT.
Personal Emoluments
Sub-heads
1 Personal emoluments..
Approved Estimate 1953-54
Estimate 1954-55
€9
$
$
69
$
877,447
1,461,682
Other Charges
2 Afforestation
3 Agricultural services.
35,000
5 Brushwood clearance......
4 Amenity planting
6 Christmas trees
7 Compost production
8 Daily-rated staff.....
9 Entertainment expenses
10 Feed for livestock....
11 Fish fry expenses
12 Fisheries expenses.
13 Forestry lots in New Territories
14 Fuel, light and power
13,500
60,000 a 35,000 20,000 a,u 13,500
5,000
5,000
435,000
500
120,000
5,000 2,000 b 390,000 u
500 200,000 a
85,000
85,000
7,500
25,000 a
20,000
50,000 a
9,000
11,000 | a
15 Incidental expenses
3,500
4,000 a
16 Maintenance of agricultural stations..
65,000
65,000 a
17 Maintenance of forest areas
44,000
30,000 u
18 Maintenance of outposts, buildings and quarters
15,000
35,000 a
19 Publications
4.000
6,000 a
20 Rewards
500
500
21 Rent of offices, quarters and stations.
2,500
40,350 u
22 Running expenses of vehicles........
35,000
40,000 r
23 Stores and equipment
78,000
86,000 a
24 Subsistence allowances
2,500
2,500
25 Travelling expenses
35,000
39,500 a,h
26 Uniforms
10,000
13,500 u
Total Other Charges
1,030,500
1,259,350
Special Expenditure
27 Agricultural Experimental Stations
28 Agricultural show
35,000
29 Experimental and extension projects
20,000 50,000 c 40,000
30 Fisheries Exhibition
31 Fisheries office extensions, Aberdeen
1,000
10,000
32 Fishing gear
33 Forestry District Headquarters
34 Laboratory Equipment....
25,000
200,000
20,000
35 Modern fishing gear for Fisheries Research Vessel
50,000
36 Motor transport ..........
37 Photographic equipment
38 Purchase of livestock
99,500 u
10,000
Fisheries vessel
20,000 16,000
10,000
Total Special Expenditure...
Total Expenditure
71,000
535,500
1,978,947
3,256,532
Sub-head 4 Formerly included under sub-head 17.
55
8 Transfer of posts to sub-head 1.
17 Formerly included amenity planting, sub-head
4.
21
Rent formerly paid in paddy now paid in cash. Offset by revenue from sale of paddy produced at stations.
Sub-head 26
15
Additional uniforms required for fishing vessel crew and additional monthly paid foresters. 36 Replacements $70,000; new van; Land Rover and two motorcycles for Forestry Division $29,500.
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