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1935. NEW ZEALAND.

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

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

CONTENTS. PAGE , PAGE Minister's Statement .. • • . • .. 2 Reports of the Research Committees of the Council of Secretary's Report .. • • • • .. 14 Scientific and Industrial Research—continued. Dominion Laboratory .. • ■ .. 14 Fruit Cold Storage .. •. • ■ 45 Meteorological Office . • ■ • . . 15 Soil Survey .. • - • ■ 46 Geological Survey .. • • ■ ■ • • 1 6 Research Scholarships .. .. • • 68 Reports of the Research Committees of the Council of New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology .. 68 Scientific and Industrial Research .. .. 16 Imperial Agricultural Research Bureau ... 68 Dairy Research Institute .. ■ • .. 16 Research Work at Canterbury Agricultural College 69 Plant Research Station .. • • .. 23 Dominion Laboratory .. .. .. .. 70 Wheat Research Institute . . -. . . 30 Geological Survey Branch .. .. .. 73 Phormium Research .. • • 30 Meteorological Branch .. .. .. 98 Mineral-content of Pastures . . .. .. 32 Dominion Observatory .. .. .. .. 101 Pakihi Soils .. •• •• • ■ 35 Apia Observatory .. .. .. ..107 Leather and Pelt Research .. .. • • 37 Magnetic Observatory .. .. . . .. 109 Fruit Research .. .. • • 39

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