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Organization. This increase is well illustrated by the following figures taken from the Air Traffic Control Centre's records of movements through the Wellington Flight Information Region :

It is worthy of mention that notwithstanding this increase of Instrument Flight Rule movements, where the standard of control and flying must be on a high level, the number of incidents involving irregularities in procedures and breaches of regulations has decreased, which would indicate a general improvement in the efficiency of both pilots and ground personnel.

The Search and Rescue Organization, operating through the Rescue Co-ordination Centres established at the Air Traffic Control Centres at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and JSTadi (Fiji), participated in twenty-two distress incidents during the year. On ten occasions the assistance of search and rescue aircraft was required for operations involving three aircraft, three marine craft, one unidentified SOS, and three searches

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— 1943-49. 1949-50. Total movements 32,972 I 33,988 Instrument Flight Rule movements 5,280 ! 13,360