B.-TRAVELLING AND REMOVAL EXPENSES:
Travelling and Removal Expenses and Subsistence Allow-
ances of Staff provided for under Subhead A. viz. :
(a) Minister and Secretariat

(b) Establishment Division
(c) Finance Division
(d) Economics Division
(e) Land Division

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(f) Commercial and Tithe Division
Intelligence Department:

(b) Incidental Expenses (Carriage, Uniforms, Washing, Adver-
tisements, &c.)

(a) Cost of inland telegrams, &c.

(b) Cost of inland telephone services (including annual rentals)

TOTAL FOR TELEGRAMS AND TELEPHONES

£5,200

4,750

C.3.-SPECIAL SERVICES:

(a) Agricultural Councils and Agricultural Advisory Com-
mittee-Expenses under sec. 5 (5) of Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1919

(b) Departmental Committees, and inquiries, experiments,
&c., under sec. 2 (3) of the Board of Agriculture Act,
1889, not included under other Subheads

(c) Subscription to International Agricultural Institute,
Rome, and salary and expenses of the British Delegate†
(d) Subscriptions to International Bureaux, Associations, &c.,
relating to Agriculture

(e) Ministry's Exhibits at Agricultural and Horticultural
Shows

(f) Expenses of manufacture of vaccine, Abortion in Cattlet
(g) Studentships for Marketing Investigations §

Grants for training in craftsmanship (Rural Industries)
and expenses of trainees

450

Purchase and equipment of a blacksmith demonstration
van for loan to County Councils

550

† Contributions (estimated at 5001.) towards the salary and expenses of the Delegate will be received from the Dominions Governments. These contributions will be appropriated in aid of the Vote (See Subbead P.).

The receipts from sales of vaccine, Abortion in Cattle (estimated at 3,0001.), will be appropriated in aid of the Vote (See Subhead P) Repayment to the Ministry will be made from the Development Fund provided by the Development and Road,Improvement Funds Act, 1909 (see Subhead P, Appropriations in Aid) in respect of this expenditure. See also Appendix, page 161.

D.-PUBLICATIONS:*

(a) Fees for contributions to the Ministry's Journal §,
(b) Cost of the publication of Agricultural Leaflets and
other similar publications

(c) Cost of the preparation and publication of Wall
Diagrams of Insect and Fungus Pests (Revote)†
TOTAL FOR PUBLICATIONS

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E. COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS : (a) Agricultural and Produce Returns

Grants for expenses of administration, including the
expenses of administering the services provided for in
Subhead J.3 (a) and (b) (i) of this Vote, and expenses
of inquiries with a view to formulating schemes for the
development of rural industries and social life in rural
places, &c., under sec. 8 (4) of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries Act, 1919

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. G.1.-AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION GRANTS (INCLUDING GRANTS IN AID): †‡

£500 5,000

TOTAL FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION GRANTS (including
Grants in Aid)

£297,030 297,713

G.2.-AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION (GENERAL) :†

(a) Scholarships and Maintenance Grants for the sons and
daughters of Agricultural Workmen, &c., including
expenses of selection

(b) Scholarships for intending Agricultural Teachers,
Organisers, &c.

The receipts from sales of Agricultural Leaflets and other similar publications (estimated at 1,3501.), and of Wall Diagrams (estimated at 2001.), will be appropriated in aid of the Vote. (See Subhead P.)

§ The expenses of publication of the Ministry's Journal and the receipts from sales are provided for in the Estimate for Stationery and Printing, Class II., 31.

These items of expenditure together with others against which cross references to this Note appear (less the items of receipts which are similarly indicated under Appropriations in Aid-Subhead P.) are recoverable in part from the Development Fund provided by the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909, and in part from the Special Fund of 1,000,0001. for Agricultural Development (of which 850,0001. has been allocated to England and Wales), provided by Section 3 of the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Act, 1921. See Subhead P., Appropriations in Aid, and Appendix, page 160. See Notes on Grants, page 134.

G 2.-AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION (GENERAL)—contd.*

(c) Maintenance of apparatus for loan to Local Authorities,
&c., in connection with the conduct of co-operative
dairy schools and clean milk demonstrations
(d) Minor schemes of a miscellaneous character

TOTAL FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION (GENERAL)

G.4.-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (GENERAL) :*

(a) Research in Animal Pathology at Ministry's Veterinary
Laboratory

(b) Research in Poultry Diseases at Ministry's Veterinary
Laboratory

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(c) Maintenance of Ministry's Plant Pathological Laboratory
(d) Testing of Agricultural Machinery+

1,005

(e) Miscellaneous Inquiries, Experiments, &c., conducted
by or on behalf of the Ministry, and other minor

The receipts from fees charged for testing Agricultural Machinery (estimated at 3501.) will be appropriated in aid of the Vote. (See Subhead P.)

1926. 1925.

G.5.-FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE RESEARCH: *
Expenses of Special Research Committee appointed to
conduct and supervise investigations into the causation,
prevention, and cure of Foot and Mouth Disease

LIVE STOCK (ERADICATION OF DISEASE; AND IMPROVEMENT OF BREEDING).

H.1.-DISEASES OF ANIMALS GRANTS (INCLUDING GRANTS

IN AID):†

(a) Grant in Aid of the Cattle Pleuro-Pneumonia Account
for Great Britain for the costs of the execution
of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, as respects
Foot and Mouth Disease, &c.

(b) Grant in Aid of the same Account for the costs of the
execution of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894,
as respects Swine Fever

(c) Grants to Local Authorities in part recoupment (75 per
cent.) of the compensation paid by them for animals
slaughtered in pursuance of the Ministry's Orders
relating to Tuberculosis in Cattle (Diseases of
Animals Act, 1925)

TOTAL FOR DISEASES OF ANIMALS GRANTS
(including Grants in Aid)

H.2.-LICENSING OF STALLIONS :‡

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Registration and Licensing of Stallions and Inspection of
Stallions proposed to be licensed (Fees and Expenses
of inspectors and referees appointed under the Horse
Breeding Act, 1918)

H.3.-NATIONAL STUD (NET):§

Upkeep of the National Stud, including cost of £
attendance on animals, provender, service fees, &c. 27,500

Deduct

Receipts from Sales of Horses and Cattle, &c. 27,490||

NET TOTAL FOR NATIONAL STUD

H.4.-IMPROVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK: ¶

(a) Grants for Milk Recording and for Heavy Horse
Stallions, Bulls, Boars, and Sheep**

(b) Grants for Goats

TOTAL FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK..

Repayment to the Ministry will be made from the Development Fund provided by the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909 (see Subhead P, Appropriations in Aid) in respect of expenditure out of this Subhead in excess of receipts which are estimated at 5001. and shown separately as an Appropriation in Aid. See also Appendix, page 161. † See Notes on Grants, page 134.

Receipts from fees charged for issue of licences, &c. (estimated at 2,0501.) will be appropriated in aid of the Vote. (See Subhead P.)

§ The salaries and travelling expenses of the Director and the Assistant Director are provided for in Subheads A. and B. Receipts (estimated at 4,010.) in excess of expenses will be brought to account in Subhead P (Appropriations in Aid). ¶See Note † on page 145.

The receipts from fees charged for issue of Milk Recording Certificates (estimated at 1501.) will be appropriated in aid of the Vote. (See Subhead P.)

H.5.-IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS:*

Commission (not exceeding 5 per cent.) payable to owners
of Landing Places, &c., for collection of fees chargeable
under the Importation of Animals Act, 1922

LAND SETTLEMENT, CULTIVATION, AND DRAINAGE.

J.1.-SMALL HOLDINGS ACCOUNT (GRANT IN AID):†

(a) Farm Settlements established under the Small Holdings
Colonies Acts, 1916-18

(b) Payments to County Councils and Councils of County
Boroughs in respect of Losses incurred up to 31st
March 1926 (Section 26 of the Land Settlement
(Facilities) Act, 1919), and special (temporary)
liabilities arising from irrecoverable bad debts
(Section 27 of the Land Settlement (Facilities) Act,
1919, as amended by the Land Settlement (Facilities)
Amendment Act, 1925).

(c) Provision for losses in respect of land acquired by the
Ministry under Section 3 of the Land Settlement
(Facilities) Act, 1919

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TOTAL FOR SMALL HOLDINGS Account (GRANT IN AID) £875,055 875,055

J.2.-BOSBURY FARM SETTLEMENT:

Farm Settlement at Bosbury, Herefordshire, acquired under
the Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land Settlement)
Act, 1916: Provision for payment of fire insurance
claims§

J.3.-IMPROVEMENT OF CULTIVATION OF LAND:
(a) Grants to County Agricultural Committees for the
expenses of destruction of weeds under the provisions
of the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Act 1921†||
(b) Payment of Compensation (i) for losses arising out of
the exercise of the powers conferred under the
Defence of the Realm Regulation 2 M (Cultivation
of Land), fees and expenses of valuers and arbitrators,
and other incidental expenses (including Grants to
County Agricultural Committees); and (ii) to
owners and occupiers of Allotments, under the
Defence of the Realm Regulation 2 L, and the
Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act,
1916

TOTAL FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CULTIVATION OF LAND

The fees chargeable under the Importation of Animals Act, 1922, are estimated to cover the expenses of the examination of imported animals by Veterinary Inspectors provided for under Subheads A, B, C1, and C2. The receipts from fees are estimated at 22,0001. in 1926, and will be appropriated in aid of the Vote. (See Subhead P.)

See Notes on Grants, page 134.

Nominal provision only. No provision for estate or farming expenditure is required as the receipts for the year are estimated to equal the expenditure.

§ Token provision. No actual insurance is cffected; the State carries the risks, and the equivalent of a fair premium (estimated at 161. for 1926) in respect thereof will be paid from the Settlement funds to the Exchequer as an Extra Receipt (see page 134).

These payments are recoverable in part. The receipts will be brought to account in the accounts of the County Agricultural Committees.