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1942. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS AND PUBLICITY (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Hon. the Minister in Charge op the Department op Tourist and Health Resorts and Publicity to His Excellency the Governor-General. Wellington, 7th August, 1942. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the report of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts and Publicity for the year ended 31st March, 1942. W. E. Parry, For Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts and Publicity. His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS AND PUBLICITY. k IB > Wellington, 28th July, 1942. I have the honour to submit the following report on the organization and work of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, with which is now incorporated the Publicity Department for the year ended 31st March, 1942. I have, &c., L. J. Schmitt, General Manager. The Hon. W. E. Parry, Acting Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts and Publicity.

ANNUAL REPORT. The extension of the war to the Pacific had the immediate effect of cutting off the promising flow of tourist traffic which had been setting in from India, the Malay States, and the Dutch East Indies. Within the Dominion itself the Department's Bureaux and agency offices continue to record a large amount of internal travel business which has helped in some measure to offset the cessation of overseas traffic. Business done in this direction is well up to, and in several cases exceeds, that recorded during the previous year, this being no doubt mainly accounted for by the fact that NewZealanders are largely confined to travel within the Dominion in lieu of proceeding overseas. Overseas offices of the Department have turned their attention to the urgent problems of supply in connection with the war. This applies with equal force to the New Zealand Trade and Tourist Commissioners in the United States, Canada, and Australia, where their efforts are proving of great value to this Dominion.