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Mr Johnsen specialized in Committees dealing with Tariffs and Preferences, Internal Taxation and Regulations, and State Trading, and work associated with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Miss N. Bowden and Miss E. O'Connor were untiring in their work on the reports of Committees and correspondence. Miss E. Lawrence, who came over from London, did excellent work in translation and as assistant to Messrs Barnes and Schmitt in general secretarial routine. Mr H. Saunders, from the Cipher Staff of the High Commissioner's Office in London, was on hand at all hours to receive, send, code, and decode the cables that it was necessary to exchange with Wellington, London, and Washington. The whole delegation gave a service that could not have been surpassed, and I desire to pay this tribute to them on behalf of the Dominion, the Government, and myself personally as Leader of the delegation. Minister of Finance and Customs.