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1949 NEW ZEALAND

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1949

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave

Sib, — Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 29th August, 1949. I have the honour - to submit herewith the annual report of the Department for the year ended 31st March, 1949. I have, &c., A. G. Harper, Under-Secretary. The Hon. W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs.

REPORT I. RETIREMENT OF MR. J. W. HEENAN Mr. J. W. Heenan, C.B.E. (now Sir Joseph Heenan, K.8.E.), retired during the year from the position of Under-Secretary, which he had held since April, 1935. The range of activities and functions associated with the Department call for exceptional qualities and capabilities from its administrative head. Mr. Heenan's wide cultural background, creative ability, felicity of expression, and deep sense of responsibility found scope for expression in the Department, for which he had a great personal attachment.