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THE twenty-second annual report of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand, covering the year 1947–48, is much less detailed than previous reports, although the activities of the Department have expanded during the year, to meet me marked increase in the immediate demands for scientific assistance from State departments and industry and in an attempt to anticipate the scientific needs of the next decade. Both the accompanying Minister's Statement and the Secretary's report refer to difficulties experienced through the limited number of qualified scientific workers, as well as through lack of suitable accommodation. Nevertheless, arrangements have been made for officers to take courses of studies in overseas institutions and to attend scientific conferences abroad. Increased collaboration between various branches of the Department and with other State departments has diminished the handicaps of shortage of staff and accommodation. Besides the formation of a Hop Research Association, a Leather and Footwear Research Association, which will extend the scope of the existing Leather Research Association, was formed during the year.
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Scientific and Industrial Research in New Zealand. Nature 164, 436 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164436a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164436a0