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SECRETARY'S REPORT. The Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Minister in Charge of the Scientific and Industrial Research Department. I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report of the Department for the year 1940-41. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research held six meetings during the year. The personnel of the Council 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, LS.O., Director-General of Agriculture, Wellington. Professor E. R. Hudson, B.Sc., B.Agr., Dip. C.A.C., Director, Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln. Dr. R. 0. Page, D.Sc., Tannery-works Manager, Christchurch. Mr. G. A. Pascoe, Factory Controller, 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). Mr. F. R. Callaghan, M.A., F.R.E.S, (Acting-Secretary). Professor E. R. Hudson, Director of Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, was appointed to the Council on Ist June, 1940, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. R. R. Milligan. Mr. T. H. McCombs, M.P., M.Sc., continued to act on the Council as special representative of the Hon. the Minister. Mr. F. R. Callaghan continued as Acting-Secretary of the Council and the Department, owing to my being almost wholly occupied with special scientific investigations for the defence services. Mr. F. J. A. Brogan, Assistant Secretary, has given excellent assistance. I visited Egypt, Great Britain, and Canada during the year to study the latest scientific developments in relation to defence, and to discuss problems of common interest and importance. The expenditure of the Department during the year was as follows : — Permanent Services— Head Office : Comprising general expenses of administration, publications (including the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology and departmental bulletins), research scholarships, and grants to the Royal Society of New Zealand, the Imperial Institute, and the £ Carter Observatory . . . • • ■ ■ • • • 14,708 Dominion Laboratory (with branches) .. .. ■■ 26,767 Dominion Observatory .. .. ■ ■ • • • ■ 2,063 Geological Survey .. .. •• ■■ ■■ 11,975 Magnetic Observatory . . .. • - • ■ ■ • 2,238 Grants to Imperial Agricultural Bureaux . . .. . . 5,588 Research Investigations .. •• •• •• 133,622 196,961 Recoveries .. .. •• •• •• •• 32,887 £164,074 Grants were made to the following research organizations in Great Britain : — £ Imperial Agricultural Bureaux Headquarters .. . . . . 1,438 Cambridge Low Temperature Research Station .. .. .. .. 2,000 Farnham House Laboratory . . .. . . •. ■ ■ • • 750 Wool Industries Research Association, Torridon .. .. .. 300 Imperial Mycological Institute .. .. • ■ • • • • 350 Imperial Institute of Entomology .. .. .. .. •• 450 I mperial Bureau of Dairy Science .. .. ■ ■ • • • • 113 Imperial Forestry Bureau .. .. . ■ •. • • • • 187 £5,588 During the year the activities of the Department as a whole have been further concentrated on giving maximum, possible help on problems arising from war conditions. Certain research and development problems are being investigated by a special section of the Department in .collaboration with the University colleges and the Radio Section of the Post and Telegraph Department.

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