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Of the 63 separate excisions made for reasons other than " violence," 33 cuts (involving 25 films) were made on the score of what may be very broadly described as " sex"—that is, unduly suggestive scenes or dialogue, but including also coarse expressions, &c. It will therefore be seen that, especially as compared with manifestations of violence, sex is an element in screen entertainment which is not particularly troublesome to censorship to-day. It may be noted, too, that 36 per cent, of the cutting which had to be carried out for this reason was done in British pictures, whereas less than 9 per cent, of the films affected on the score of violence were British. To put these percentages in correct perspective, however, account should be taken of the fact that less than one-quarter of the feature films examined during the period were of British origin. It should be pointed out that not only were a good many of the cuts of all kinds of a relatively minor nature, but also that, as a result of making them, it was possible in some cases to avoid total rejection of the films concerned, and in others to make films suitable for universal exhibition which would otherwise have to be given the " A " or " Special A " classification. General New miniature films examined in the period showed an increase to 159 (including 9 features) from 95 in the previous year. A total of 655 certificates were issued for reissue copies of films. This figure was made up of 522 certificates for 16 mm. prints of both features and shorts previously released in standard size (the corresponding figure last year was only 287), and 133 certificates for standard-size reissues of features and shorts. Pictorial publicity material-—e.g., posters and photographs —for 393 feature films was examined during the year, as compared with 340 last year. On an average 1,650 separate pieces of publicity material were examined monthly, and of this number an average of 20 pieces were rejected or amended each month. A good deal of the work described immediately above is at present largely of a formal or routine nature and makes disproportionate demands on the facilities of the office while in other directions as well experience indicates that some of the legislation is in need of overhaul. Consideration is now being given to various proposals designed to produce improvements in the general working of the censorship system and bring it more up to date. Revenue from fees during the year totalled £1,697, a slight increase on the previous year. It may be noted that the work of the office is self-supporting. During the year, Mr. W. A. von Keisenberg retired, after eleven years' service as Censor and Registrar of Films and nine years as Assistant Censor. VI. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS The most important distinguished visitors who came to New Zealand last year were His Excellency Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, K.C.8., D.5.0., Governor of Tasmania, Lady Binney, and Lady Lawrence ; Sir Henry Hallett Dale, 0.M., G.8.E., F.R.S., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., and Lady Dale ; Lady Spencer, Lady-in-waiting to Her Majesty the Queen ; Mrs. John Curtin, Australia ; Mr. Paul Bastid, French Deputy, and Political Director of the newspaper Aurore ; Hon. M. O'Sullivan, Minister of Transport and Railways, New South Wales, and Senator Critchley ; Hon. E. F. Paul, M.L.A., of Western Samoa, and Mrs. Paul; Hon. Fonoti loane, M.L.A., Western Samoa ; Hon. A. Stowers, M.L.A., Western Samoa ; Hon. W. H. Watson, M.L.C., Cook Islands ; Sir Frank Newson-Smith, Bart., former Lord Mayor of London ; Right Hon. Sir John Milne-Barbour, M.P., (Northern Ireland) ; Sir Rupert Shoobridge, President, Legislative Council of Tasmania, and Lady Shoobridge ; Sir William Currie, G.8.E., Chairman, P. and 0. Company, and

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