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;• , The table printed below shows the number of samples examined during the year by the Dominion Laboratory and its branches :

The total number of samples for the year was 25,640, as compared with 30,176 in 1944. The decrease is due to the smaller amount of work done for the Armed Forces. On the other hand, industrial work, which does not involve a number of samples commensurate with the work done, is increasing steadily. While it is not possible or desirable to divide the laboratory into completely separate divisions, a great deal of the work of the Wellington laboratory falls naturally into sections which deal with a comparatively restricted range of work. These sections, although specialized, are none the less complex and are frequently required to collaborate with each other on a particular problem. The tendency is for each of these sections to be under the direct charge of a senior man who is responsible to the Director Ifor the work of his section. Free interchange of junior staff between the sections is desirable so that they may have a wide general knowledge of the work of the Laboratory

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Contributor or. Department. Dominion Laboratory, Wellington. Auckland Branch. Christchurch Branch. Dunedin Branch. Agriculture 16 3 283 ' 7 - Air .. .. 543 8 Army 1,274 172 290 Broadcasting 3 Coal Survey 218 Customs .. 275 13 2 29 Education 1 Forestry "48 Health 2,725 6^772 6^373 2^207 Housing 146 23 6 6 Industries and Commerce 7 4 6 6 Internal Affairs 1 4 Internal Marketing "l2 3 "27 1 Island Territories 6 . Lands and Survey ... 6 3 Local bodies • .. 77 70 7 Main Highways Board .. 42 Marine .. .. * 7 2 Mines .. • 83 6 4 Munitions 601 Native 69 Navy 5 8 3 Plunket Society 273 61 68 Police 68 216 109 "24 Post and Telegraph 53 4 1 1 Printer 8 Prisons 193 Public Works 384 28 '"67 18 Railways 10 3 6 41 Scientific and Industrial Research — Dominion Laboratory and Branches 35 Dominion Physical Laboratory 34 Geological Survey 108 Manufacturers' Research Committee 3 "l9 Plant Research Bureau "95 Radio Development Laboratory 5 .* Soil Bureau 1 Unclassified 16 354 "35 6 Standards Institute 16 State Advances 126 41 27 Supply 116 26 31 U.S.LP.B 76 Miscellaneous 242 "49 "30 Totals .. • 8,007 7,755 7,469 2.409