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‘SAFEGUARDING’—in a non-political sense; safe- guarding of health, of justice, and of revenue—relies to an ever-increasing extent on the services which can, under cautious yet confident direction, be rendered by chemical science. The report of the Government Chemist for the year ending Mar. 31, 1928, abounds in examples of such service to the various departments, and in certain respects to the Government of Northern Ireland, the High Commissioner for India, the Crown Agents for the Colonies, the Dominions Office, the Corporation of Trinity House, the Commonwealth of Australia, and the High Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia. The work for most of the departments is carried out at the laboratory at Clement's Inn Passage, London; the laboratory at the Custom House naturally deals specially with customs samples, some of which, together with excise samples, are examined at chemical stations established at the more important seaports. In addition, the laboratory at the Geological Survey Museum is maintained, and work for the War Office is performed at the Supply Reserve Depot laboratory at Deptford.
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Chemical Analysis in the Public Service. Nature 122, 667–668 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122667b0
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