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CONCLUSION In conclusion, I wish to express thanks to the many interests, private and public, who have been associated with the workings of this office throughout the year for their co-operation and understanding of the difficult conditions under which we have had to operate. Acknowledgment is made of the assistance which has been rendered by the Public Works Department in a field external to its normal activities and to the members of this office who have been charged with the responsibility of acquiring and co-ordinating information necessary for a review of the whole construction industry and of exercising the controls, often under most difficult conditions, which have been necessary to ensure that works which the nation requires first have been given the necessary priority. E. R, MCKillop, M.1.C.E., Commissioner of Works.

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