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1950 NEW ZEALAND

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1949-50

Presented to Both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

Sir, — I have the honour to forward for your Excellency's information the report of the Department of Agriculture for the financial year ended 31st March, 1950. The Director-General's report reviews some of the systems of price support practised in various producing countries; it discusses the long-term implication of increasing production and the particular interest for New Zealand of international attempts to stabilize farming economy by the control of surpluses. A summary of the principal farming activities of the year and the work of the various Divisions of the Department in the development of the Dominion's farming industry is contained in the reports of the Divisional Directors. I have, &c., K. J. Holyoake, Minister of Agriculture. His Excellency the Governor-General.