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11. Executive Work.—By the arrangement with the Public Trustee (who is the principal executive member of the Board with the designation of Commissioner of Bural Intermediate Credit) under which the services of officers of the Public Trust Office are made available to the Board for the conduct of its business, the senior officers of the Public Trust Office have continued to act as executive officers of the Board, whilst the District Public Trustees and District Managers have acted as District Intermediate Credit Supervisors and District Officers respectively. The arrangement has continued to prove very economical and suitable to the Board, which places on record its satisfaction with the services rendered and the close attention given to its work by the Public Trust Office staff. It is clear that under any other available system the cost of administration would be very largely increased. In order to acquaint branch officers fully with the Board's policy and practice in the administration of the system, and to ensure uniformity as far as possible in dealing with the various aspects of the Board's business, a comprehensive volume of instructions for the guidance of branch officers was prepared and issued at an early stage of the Board's operations, and subsequent changes in policy or procedure have been notified by means of an official circular which has been issued monthly. As numerous changes and developments have taken place in the policy and procedure of the Board since the time the instructions were first issued, it was found necessary to consolidate and amplify the instructions. The work was completed during the year, and the new instructions were printed and issued. The practice of notifying changes by means of a monthly circular is being continued. PUBLICITY. 12. The Board has, from the outset of its operations, made use of every available avenue to give publicity to the system, recognizing that if the system is to be widely utilized its advantages must be brought constantly under the notice of farmers who are likely to require financial assistance. 13. Newspapers and Farming Journals. —The newspapers and farming journals throughout the Dominion have been very helpful in this respect, and have generally been willing to publish reports of the meetings of the Board and its district organizations, and to bring under the notice of their readers points of interest in connection with the system. The Board appreciates the assistance which it has received in this respect. 14. The New Zealand Farmers' Union, Incorporated. —The New Zealand Farmers' Union, Incorporated, has continued its policy of circulating to its branches and members periodical statements supplied by the Board showing the progress and development of the system. Four statements of this nature were supplied and circulated during the year. The Board recognizes the valuable support which has been accorded to it by the Union and its branches and officers at all times. 15. Pamphlet. —The pamphlet issued by the Board for the information of inquirers and intending borrowers, and referred to in the last annual report, has proved useful, supplying as it does an outline of the provisions of the legislation and a summary of the procedure necessary to obtain loans. It has also been of advantage in conserving the time of branch officers and officers of associations. 16. Branch Officers. —The Board's branch officers have willingly supplied to all inquirers information relating to the system, and their services have always been available when desired for the purpose of addressing meetings of farmers on the working of the system. Two meetings of this nature, which were arranged by branches of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, Incorporated, were addressed during the year.

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