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The table below shows the number of samples received during 1948 by the Dominion Laboratory and its branches :

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Contributor or Department. Dominion Laboratory, Wellington. Auckland Branch. Christchureh j Branch. | 1 Dunedin Branch. Agriculture 30 489 31 Air 125 10 Army .. .. 22 1 Broadcasting 6 Customs .. .. 114 18 8 28 ' •Education .. .. .. 10 Food Controller 3 114 9 Forest Service 46 35 Health .. 5,742 6,479 6,454 3,266 Housing 184 97 2 1 Hydro-electric 113 24 1 Industries and Commerce 251 5 13 Internal Affairs 10 Island Territories 6 Labour 2 2 Land and Income Tax 2 Land and Survey 2 10 7 Local bodies .. ... 18 36 1,238 172 Main Highways Board 128 Marine . 3 2 Marketing 9 406 2 27 Mines 1,274 2 Maori Affairs 25 I Navy 9 11 Plunket Society 304 56 92 62 Police 135 215 120 69 Post and Telegraph 70 9 3 3 Pottery and Ceramic Research Association .. 14 Government Printer 4 Prisons . : . . 154 Public Trust 1 Railways 39 4 25 46 Scientific and Industrial Research — Information Bureau 66 A.I.D.L. 43 19 Botany Division .. Dominion Laboratory 138 10 11 38 Dominion Physical Laboratory 113 Geological Survey 188 5 2 Plant Diseases 207 763 Plant Chemistry .. 3 Grasslands Division 3 Soil Bureau .. 7 Fats Research 1 Industrial investigations 121 40 67 Unclassified 6 3 Standards Institute 7 State Advances 83 148 14 Stores Control Board 81 Tourist 7 War Assets Realization Board 13 47 Works 114 49 5 16 Miscellaneous 646 2 13 14 Totals.. 10,690 8,571 8,543 3,873