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THE building and grounds in which the staff of the Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research has commenced its work were formally opened on Saturday evening, April 2, by his Excellency Lord Tellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand. The building is a fourteen-roomed house, formerly the residence of the late Mr. John Sharp and has been fitted up with che'mical and biological laboratories, a library, a museum, and offices. Ine grounds provide room for a considerable amount ot investigational work, but an experimental orchard and a site for an arboretum have been secured elsewhere After being shown over the building by the trustees and staff, Lord and Lady Jellicoe adjourned to the School of Music, where a very enthusiastic gathering of citizens awaited them.
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The Cawthron Institute, Nelson, N.Z. Nature 107, 668 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107668a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107668a0