SURVEY OF SOILS
GOmtNMENT INVESTIGATIONS; WEILINSTON, October 2-5. f The establisfnnient. wf rf survey biLnch cf .ihc/JDeipardment of Scifentilic a-d ii.diis.nhl ILsear.ili was ann.uncCd Ly'the tdin:e Minister, lit. Hon. G. \V. Forbes, ‘in ;a 'statement yesterday. He •said .(the co-operation of the Caws fhfon', Institute would 'be ScCLU'ed in ; the work .to -be undertaken. . ' “Dni'ing the pust teKV years, invostigatipns ’haye revealed the fundamelital importance ot the field work Of the geological survey in oonnect.on ,?with sprlH’drinatidn and the changes in 'thp • soil, ,r Mr 'Foi'bes said. Accordingly, a soil 'survey branch of tl;© Department of Scientific and Industrial ; R-Sseareh. -• has ■ ' torined, to work •Under the rgpndral .'Ndirecfcioifbf the ■"'se'cret'ary of . the Resenrck:dJcso.U:l'.t.n''6‘n4r: tk.e Aseisfant-Director-GeUeral of Agriqultnfe, Mr Rigg, df The; Ca.wthron Ilistituie, the, HiHcptor oi t. e ' The; ; workers?., qf these various .. branches willrbe qope4'djnated as one teani.. ... \
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1932, Page 3
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139SURVEY OF SOILS Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1932, Page 3
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