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1930. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (REPORT OF THE).

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

Hon. E. A. Ransom, — 3rd September, 1930. I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report of the Department for the year 1929-30. E. Marsden.

ANNUAL REPORT. The Research Council has held five regular meetings during the year, and there have been full attendances. In addition, there have been numerous committee meetings. The personnel of the Council is as follows : — Mr. George Shirtcliffe, 0.8. E. (Chairman), Wellington. Professor Henry George Denham, D.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Canterbury College, Christchurch. Mr. Quentin Donald, Featherston. Professor John Malcolm, M.8., Ch.B., Professor of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin. Mr. Theodore Rigg, M.Sc., Assistant Director, Cawthron Institute, Nelson. Mr. Charles Rhodes, Manager of the New Zealand Mines Trust, Auckland. Mr. Hugh Vickerman, D.5.0., 0.8. E., M.Sc., M.lnst.C.E., Wellington. Dr. Ernest Marsden (Secretary). The expenditure of the Department during the year was as follows : — Permanent service— £ Dominion Laboratory (with branches) .. .. .. .. 15,955 Geological Survey .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,857 Meteorological Office .. ... .. .. .. .. 9,847 Petrological Laboratory .. .. .. .. .. 864 Apia Observatory . . .. .. .. .. 2,624 Dominion Observatory .. .. .. .. .. 2,358 Research investigations (including contributions and statutory grant £3,700 to Lincoln College) .. .. .. .. .. 40,522 Head Office, publications, Research Scholarships, and miscellaneous 5,847 The assistance of the Empire Marketing Board (£6,033) and industries (£9,200) is gratefully acknowledged. The help from the latter is an earnest of their appreciation of the necessity of the work attempted, and it is pleasing to note that funds arc under offer for other activities.

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