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SECRETARY'S REPORT. The Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Minister in Charge of Scientific and Industrial Research Department. I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report of the Department for the year 1939-40. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research held six meetings during the year. The personnel of the C6uncil is as follows Professor H. G. Denham, M.A., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.1.C., F.R.S.N.Z., Professor of Chemistry, Canterbury University College, Christchurch (Chairman). Dr. J. C. Andrews, Ph.D., M.Sc., Freezing-works Manager, Auckland. Mr. A. H. Cockayne, 1.5.0., Director-General of Agriculture, Wellington. Dr. R. 0. Page, D.Sc., Tannery-works Manager, Christchurch. Mr. G. A. Pascoe, Department of Industries and Commerce. Mr. J. M. Ranstead, Matangi, Farmer. Professor W. Riddet, B.Sc. (Agric.), N.D.A., N.D.D., Massey Agricultural College. Sir Theodore Rigg, M.A., M.Sc., F.1.C., F.R.S.N.Z., Director Cawthron Institute, Nelson. Dr. E. Marsden, M.C., C.8.E., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z. (Secretary). Dr. R. R. Milligan, M.8., Ch.B., who succeeded Professor J. Malcolm on the Council resigned during the year. Mr. T. H. McCombs, M.P., M.Sc., attended meetings of the Council as the special representative of the Hon. the Minister. Dr. E. Marsden during the year visited Great Britain and Australia, and during his absence Mr. F. R. Callaghan was Acting-Secretary of the Council and Department. The expenditure of the Department during the year was as follows Permanent ServicesHead Office : Publications (including the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology), research scholarships, and grants to the Royal Society of New Zealand, the Imperial Institute, and the Carter £ Observatory .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,286 Dominion Laboratory (with branches) .. .. .. .. 21,885 Dominion Observatory .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,887 Geological Survey .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 300 Meteorological Office .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 654 Apia Observatory .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 099 Magnetic Observatory .. .. .. .. .. ~ 2 836 Grants to Imperial Agricultural Bureaux . . .. .. . . 5,438 Research Investigations .. .. .. .. .. .. 120 357 204,742 Recoveries .. .. .. .. .. .. 47,593 Net expenditure .. .. .. .. .. £157,049 Grants were made to the following research organizations in Great Britain:— £ Imperial Agricultural Bureaux Headquarters .. .. .. .. 1 438 linperial Forestry Bureau .. .. .. .. ~ ~ 187 Imperial Bureau of Dairy Science .. .. .. .. .. 113 Imperial Institute of Entomology .. .. .. .. .. 450 Imperial Mycological Institute .. .. .. .. .. 350 Farnham House Laboratory .. .. .. .. .. 600 Cambridge Low Temperature Research Station .. .. .. • • 2,000 British Wool Industries Research Association, London .. .. .. 300 I £5,438 Emergency Activities. During the state of emergency which prevailed during the year the Department's activities have been directed to the fullest possible extent towards assisting the Dominion's war effort. On the outbreak of war in September, 1939, the Meteorological Office and Apia Observatory were immediately transferred to the control of the Air Department so that the service supplied by this office would be primarily available to the Defence Forces. This transfer is a temporary arrangement to last for the period of the war.

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