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Six post-graduate scholarships were awarded during the year under the terms of the National Research Scholarship Regulations, which are administered in the Department. The report of the Scientific Man-power Committee,, set up in 1947, was published as a parliamentary paper during the year. The recommendations of the Committee are receiving the attention of the authorities concerned. COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAUX The Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux have again rendered a unique and valuable service to agricultural and forestry research workers in the Dominion, mainly through the abstracting journals and technical communications of the Bureaux. The organization, which was previously designated " The Imperial Agricultura] Bureaux," was established in Great Britain following the Imperial Agricultural Research Conference in London in 1927. It consists principally of two institutes, ten bureaux, and a headquarters. The activities Bureaux are controlled by an Executive Council on which the participating Governments are represented, and the funds of the Bureaux are provided by these Governments and from the sale of Bureaux publications. Dr. E. Marsden, Scientific Adviser, London, represents New Zealand on the Executive Council. The Bureaux activities in New Zealand are co-ordinated through a liaison officer, who is a member of the staff of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. In addition, certain specialist scientific officers in this and other Departments and organizations in New Zealand act as official correspondents.

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