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1947 NEW ZEALAND

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Leave

CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Minister's Statement .. .. .. 2 Reports from Branches — Secretary's Report .. .. .. 4 Apia Observatory .. .. .. 44 Reports or Research Committees op the Auckland Industrial Development Council op Scientific and Industrial Laboratories 45 Research— Biometrics Section .. .. ..47 Building Research .. .. .. 7 c , ~ Dairy Research Institute (N.Z.) .. 9 Defence Development Section .. ..48 Food Research .. .. .. 14 Dominion Observatory .. .. 49 Fruit Cold Storage Research .. .. 15 Dominion Laboratory .. .. 50 Fruit Research .. • ■ Dominion Physical Laboratory .. 57 Industrial Psychology Division.. .. 20 Fats Resea rch Laboratory .. ..63 Leather and Shoe Research .. ..11 «,.•,« «~ Manufacturers' Research Committee .. 23 Geological Survey 6d New Zealand Fertiliser Manufacturers' Information Bureau .. .. .. 66 Research Association (Inc.) .. .. 25 Magnetic Observatory .. .. 67 New Zealand Pottery and Ceramics Meteorological Branch .. .. 67 Research Association (Inc.) .. .. 25 Nuclear Physics Section .. ..67 New Zealand Woollen-mills Research J . „ c Association (Inc.) 26 Plant Chemistry Laboratory .. ..68 Radio Research .. .. .. 27 Plant Research Bureau .. .. 69 Tobacco Research .. .. 28 Soil Bureau .. .. .. 79 Wheat Research Institute .. .. 32 Wildlife Section .. .. .. 83 Cawthron Institute .. .. .. 33 tmt>tcr.tat. Agricultural Bureaux .. 83 Research Work at Agricultural Colleges— Overseas Liaison .. .. .. 84 Canterbury Agricultural College .. 36 Scholarships to United Kingdom College Massey Agricultural College .. .. 41 of Aeronautics .. .. .. 84