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Shelly Bay, Wellington 2. This depot lias functioned most efficiently during the past year, and requirements of armament supplies to ELM. ships, United States ships, and D.E.M. ships have been dealt with. Cass Bay, Lyttelton 3. Of the ten magazines at Cass Bay, three are on loan to the Army, and the remainder fully utilized by Navy. SECTION XV.—GENERAL EDUCATIONAL WORK IN THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY The general educational welfare service which R.N.Z.A.F. Educational Services is providing for the Air Force continues to be available to the Royal New Zealand Navy. Owing to the cessation of hostilities, the scope of the work has been considerably reduced, and one indication of this has been the release of Wing Commander E. Caradus, 0.8. E., as Director of Educational Services, R.N.Z.A.F., his position being taken over by an Education Officer with the status of Staff Officer, Education, R.N.Z.A.F. Plans are in hand for the reorganization of education in the Interim Air Force, and when the new scheme has been fully approved the facilities provided thereby will be available to the Navy on the same terms as in the past. The numbers of Education Officers have been reduced over the course of the last year to one on each of the large R.N.Z.A.F. stations, and there are now no Education Officers overseas, with the exception of one with No. 14 Squadron, R.N.Z.A.F., in Japan. Current Affairs 2. The Army Education and Welfare Service have now ceased to publish Current Affairs Bulletins, and the only assistance at present being given to discussion groups are lecture notes on current topics, published monthly. Study Courses (A.E.W.S.) 3. All stocks of these courses are being transferred to the Education Department, but they will continue to be available for the use of servicemen. Other Study Courses 4. In addition to those study courses provided by A.E.W.S., study courses from the following Government Departments are still available to the Navy through Staff Officer, Education, R.N.Z.A.F. : Government Correspondence School; Wellington Technical College ; Post and Telegraph Correspondence School; New Zealand Railways Correspondence School. University and Professional Courses 5. The A.E.W.S. text-book service has been available to the Navy over the past year, and, in addition, there have been marking facilities in all subjects for Accountants' Professional. Individual professors and lecturers have assisted personnel in many ways, including the supply of special notes and the marking of work. Recreational Libraries 6. The recreational library service is still being organized through the A.E.W.S. library depots, but most of the books at present available will revert to the control of the National Library Service, where they will continue to be available to naval, shore stations, and probably also to sea-going ships.

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